Sentences with phrase «nationwide public call»

Following a nationwide public call for nominations, an ASPCA - appointed committee reviewed hundreds of entries and selected winners in six categories.

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In the face of a nationwide business backlash, the Tar Heel State this year repealed its so - called bathroom bill, which restricted transgender people's use of public facilities.

The last NYPD cops assigned full - time to New York City public schools are being moved out — despite nationwide calls for heightened security in the wake of last month's Florida shootings.

He also said it is important in reforming health care to realize that «there is no free lunch,» called for higher mileage standards for cars, talked about the struggles of carmakers in Detroit («You can't fight the marketplace»), and said that while he wouldn't call for a nationwide ban on smoking in public places like the one he pushed through in New York, «it would be great if America did it.»

Public Advocate Letitia James, a rumored 2021 mayoral candidate, is calling for the legalization of marijuana for adult recreational use in New York State amid a nationwide movement pushing for legalization and renewed attention around racial disparities in drug - related arrests.

Furthermore, whereas French research groups traditionally have received national public funding mostly through their own research agency or university and through specific calls from French ministries, several national agencies have been set up to fund more research projects on a nationwide competitive basis, such as the Agence National de la Recherche (ANR) or the Institut National du Cancer.

President Obama's «Preschool for All» initiative calls for dramatic increases in the number of 4 - year - olds enrolled in public preschool programs and in the quality of these programs nationwide.

The federation's review of the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called «the nation's report card,» found that charter - school students» average scores were lower in math and reading in the fourth and eighth grades than the nationwide public - school averages.

What is happening in New York is indicative of a groundswell of popular dissent — what Peter Rothberg, a journalist for the Nation and a New York City parent, called a «nationwide movement» — against the overuse and abuse of standardized testing in public schools.

The Race to the Top Fund, as Duncan calls it, is part of about $ 100 billion the bill would channel to public schools, universities and early childhood education programs nationwide, helping stave off teacher layoffs, keep class sizes in check and jump - start efforts to revamp aging schools.

Devine is calling on the public to stand with her organization to shut down the mills and end this unnecessary cruelty, while Aldworth warns that this is just the beginning of HSI's crackdown on such horrible facilities nationwide.

It is the principal project of the Public Justice Foundation, a non-profit membership organization that can call on a nationwide network of 3,500 attorneys.

Hurrell - Harring v. New York would have been the first time any state stood trial for its public defense failures, calling attention to a nationwide criminal justice crisis where poor, or indigent, defendants are too often effectively denied the right to counsel, creating a two - tiered system of justice.

But the nationwide movement to delete Facebook is gaining more traction than previous public protests calling for privacy and transparency, said Karthik Kannan, an expert in big data who studies systems that exploit instincts and biases to nudge human behavior.

But the nationwide movement to delete Facebook is gaining more traction than previous public protests calling for privacy and transparency, More...

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