Sentences with phrase «nonpartisan effort»

A nonpartisan effort called The Trust Project is working to address this situation by helping online users distinguish between reliable journalism and promotional content or misinformation.

The Campaign for Fair Education Funding is a statewide nonpartisan effort made up of organizations that represent Pennsylvanians from every corner of the state.

Still, he thinks the low barrier of entry combined with a nonpartisan effort to support troops helped boost his effort in an age where petty spats on social media often dominate one's news feed.

I see a lot of synchronicity between this partisan approach and the nonpartisan efforts of others seeking climate progress, including the religion - framed discourse of the Texas Tech climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe and the arguments of Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Richard Alley at Penn State — both of whom are climate scientists who are registered Republicans.

Not exact matches

Efforts to curtail the tax breaks are likely to face fierce opposition in Congress; the oil and natural gas industry has spent $ 340 million on lobbyists since 2008, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which monitors political spending.

This is not some nonpartisan, good government effort.

Even though the HHFKA had its origins in the George W. Bush administration, and even though its nutrition standards were recommended by the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine, it's Michelle Obama — and, by extension, her husband — who've been the public faces of this effort.

He also worked as an attorney and advocate at Demos, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, on a nationwide effort to secure the voting rights of low - income citizens, and was a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Election Law Committee.

Good government groups are organizing a grassroots effort to advance the push for nonpartisan redistricting reform a concept at the center of a several statewide platforms, including one advanced by Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo and another by former NYC Mayor Ed Koch.

U.S. Senate Republican leaders seem increasingly focused on reviving their effort to undo the Affordable Care Act before the end of the month, asking Congress's nonpartisan budget analysts to fast - track consideration of a plan that would devolve federal health - care spending to the states.

While Bloomberg's efforts failed in 2003, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, recently supported the implementation of nonpartisan primaries in a 2014 New York Times op - ed.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave his vital support to Cuomo's effort to cut spending, establish a 2 percent cap on the growth of property taxes, enact nonpartisan redistricting of election districts for the next 10 years so majority parties don't protect their power, and other key proposals.

Federal agencies need to patch some scientific holes in their ongoing efforts to protect struggling bee populations, according to the nonpartisan watchdog agency of Congress.

J. Nick Baird, MD, is the chief executive officer of the Alliance to Make US Healthiest, a nonpartisan organization of national and grassroots efforts focusing on healthy initiatives for individuals, communities, industries, and on the government level.

And I think it's worth noting how heavily this nonpartisan, state - led effort has come to rely on the funding and enthusiastic support of the Obama administration when it comes to assessments and testing.

The Twentieth Century Fund, a nonpartisan New York City - based philanthropy devoted to «timely analyses of economic policy, foreign affairs, and domestic policy issues,» issued a report in October on the history and effectiveness of efforts to privatize the public schools.

Black students continue to be disciplined at school more often and more harshly than their white peers, often for similar infractions, according to a new report by Congress's nonpartisan watchdog agency, which counters claims fueling the Trump administration's efforts to re-examine discipline policies of the Obama administration.

National School Choice Week is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical effort seeking to raise awareness about the school choice options parents have, or want to have, for their children.

The Week is a nonpartisan and nonpolitical public awareness effort.

National School Choice Week is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical public awareness effort.

The Week is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical public awareness effort and welcomes all Americans to get involved and to have their voices heard.

In the meantime, I encourage you to have a look at a fresh nonpartisan analysis and set of recommendations on climate policy from the Council on Foreign Relations, which calls for concrete steps by the United States as well as intensified efforts to build bridges between established and emerging economic powers.

CarbonWA can build on the support it has built for a nonpartisan carbon tax, and collaborate with Citizens Climate Lobby and other such efforts to make climate action something that people across the political spectrum want to support.

Bob Perciasepe, president of the nonpartisan Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, says the plan will boost efforts by states and business to cut emissions: «Years from now, I'm sure we'll see this as a pivotal moment accelerating the clean energy transition that is already underway.»

Our partner in this effort is the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, an independent and nonpartisan research and advocacy organization which seeks to remedy systemic injustices facing vulnerable populations within our court systems.

Nonpartisan thanks to a major reform effort in 1994 Nonpartisan Judicial Elections Act (Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Circuit, Chancery, County)

While there have been efforts to simply do away with the elections outright and move to a merit / commission system, there's been no effort to move to nonpartisan elections.

Only one effort has been introduced in the last two decades to move from partisan to nonpartisan: HJR 11 of 2015.

Efforts to end these and move to nonpartisan races have gone effectively nowhere.

Every effort West Virginia has taken in the last several years (enacting public financing of supreme court races and moving to nonpartisan judicial elections) North Carolina has done the opposite (repealing public financing of appellate races and efforts to move back to partisan judicial elections).

A look at those 8 and the efforts to move to nonpartisan races is below.

Fostering Connections promotes the safety, permanency, and well - being of children and youth in foster youth, and the Fostering Connections Resource Center will provide nonpartisan, timely, and reliable information to support decision makers in their implementation efforts.