Sentences with phrase «nonpartisan group»

NCSE, a small, nonpartisan group of scientists, teachers, clergy and concerned individuals, rose to prominence in the last decade defending evolution in the curriculum.

Meanwhile, another opponent is nonpartisan group Common Cause New York, which put out a statement saying with overall crime dropping in Dutchess County, legislators should seek lower - cost, creative alternatives.

Off the Sidelines and the Center for American Women and Politics are other nonpartisan groups that offer training for women.

In March, nonpartisan groups Nonprofit VOTE and the U.S. Elections Project published «America Goes to the Polls 2016,» a report on voter turnout in the most recent presidential election.

In 2005, Achieve, Inc., a nonprofit, nonpartisan group concerned with preparing young people for work and college, released «Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work?»

Public Schools First NC is an important statewide nonpartisan group focused on creating good public schools in North Carolina.

StudentsFirst, like Stand for Children, presents itself as an issue - based nonpartisan group willing to back candidates from both major political parties.

Human Rights Data Analysis Group: Nonprofit, nonpartisan group applying rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world.

Nonpartisan groups representing nearly every part of the health care industry expressed their vehement opposition, including insurance companies, doctors, patients, hospitals, and other patient - provider groups including America's Health Insurance Plans, ACOG, American Medical Association, the President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and the American Heart Association.

The nonpartisan group's analysis of the legislation found that while all income groups would get a tax cut from the bill in the short term and long term, many Americans would see their taxes increase.

«We are a nonpartisan group, but small businesses just don't benefit at all from tax breaks on in the upper bracket, and they don't benefit from large corporate loop holes,» says Arensmeyer, adding that not addressing this now just means Washington will have to deal with it later.

«Lower enrollment among healthy individuals would likely result, especially if they would have to pay the premium surcharge due to having prior gaps in coverage, putting upward pressure on premiums, all else equal,» the nonpartisan group wrote in a March 2017 letter to Congress.

On a related note, Mission Readiness, the nonpartisan group of retired military leaders, wrote an excellent Reuters editorial in anticipation of this week's CNR hearing.

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A nonpartisan group called the Voter Participation Center is reaching over 300,000 black voters here with direct mail and text messages.

These have long been left for well - meaning civic associations and nonpartisan groups, but were taken up again and pursued with considerable energy and finesse by the Bush campaign among conservative Christians in 2000 and 2004, and by the Obama campaign among African Americans, Latinos, and college students in 2008 on the basis of new forms of political targeting.

Jamsion Dague, a research associate with the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonpartisan group that studies the operation of state government, said the corporation's involvement could benefit smaller agencies, such as an upstate community college, that have little expertise with big projects.

Also at 11 a.m., a nonpartisan group called «Save Our States,» founded by former state Comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, will release a new study that will «significantly alter the debate» on NYC charter schools, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Erin Loos Cutraro, co-founder and CEO of She Should Run, a nonpartisan group that encourages women to seek political office, said there are more than 500,000 elected offices in the U.S. — plenty of room for women to get in without the expense of mounting a federal campaign.

«It's really a case - by - case situation,» said David Levinthal of the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group in Washington that tracks political contributions.

He is the chairman of the town's nature preserve committee and is a member of the nonpartisan Group for Good Government.

The nonpartisan Group for Good Government was formed in 2008 in response to the town's financial crisis.

The No Hospital Downtown group is now getting some support from members affiliated with Reclaim New York, a nonpartisan group with conservative connections.

«It's a near certainty they will try to get out from under it,» Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group advocating fiscal discipline, said of the automatic cuts.

The total last fiscal year hit a record $ 8.6 billion, according to a calculation by the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonpartisan group that tracks state spending.

In the 2013 Democratic public advocate runoff election, turnout was seven percent, compared to 18 percent in the primary, according to data provided by FairVote, a nonpartisan group that pushes for electoral reforms.

New York is spending more than ever in the name of economic development — $ 8.6 billion last fiscal year alone, according to an estimate by the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonpartisan group that tracks state spending.

He suggested establishing a nonpartisan group of «presidential impairment consultants» who would be appointed at the beginning of each administration and who «would be charged with monitoring the president's mental health on a yearly basis and convening on an emergency basis should the question of inability arise».

The survey, «Mandate for Change,» was released in Washington last month by the Coalition for America's Children, a nonpartisan group of 250 organizations committed to children's welfare.

«Maybe the federal government has taken pity on the state of education funding here,» said Ms. Pedersen, president of the nonprofit, nonpartisan group, which advocates for improved education funding.

, a nonpartisan group working to increase American voter participation.

Many independent researchers, nonpartisan groups, and blue - ribbon panels, of course, have documented the prolonged stasis in the achievement data.

That's the conclusion of Diploma to Nowhere, a recent report from Strong American Schools, a nonpartisan group supported by the Broad Foundation and the Gates Foundation.

His nonpartisan group focuses on the effects of the tax code on low and middle - income families.

The nonprofit, nonpartisan group will work with the California School Boards Association to provide workshops and resources that will aid school boards and districts across the state in implementing LCFF.

The council is a nonpartisan group of business leaders who try to help resolve community issues.

«They've taken their concept of reform, like it or not, laid it out very directly, put the resources around it and moved to drive state practices,» said Gene Wilhoit, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, a nonpartisan group that represents state education officials.

In addition, says Jeannette LaFors, of Education Trust — West, a nonpartisan group, few school districts have enough experts on staff to review and compare the products.

Voter registration groups, including Rock the Vote, Voto Latino and HeadCount, a nonpartisan group that usually focuses on registering people at concerts and music festivals, also helped mobilize teams at Saturday's marches in 30 U.S. cities and have created a registration tool kit for high school students.

«What these [Stoneman Douglas] kids have done has been so impressive,» said Carolyn DeWitt, president of Rock the Vote, a nonpartisan group that encourages voter registration and a co-sponsor of Friday's event.

National Coalition to End Child Abuse Deaths Every Child Matters Describes a nonpartisan group of five organizations working to enlist the government and members of the media to bring attention to child abuse deaths and to develop a national strategy to prevent future deaths.

Sasha Cohen is a former U.S. Champion figure skater, a 2006 Winter Olympic silver medalist, and a member of Champions for America's Future, a nonpartisan group of athletes and coaches working to level the playing field for at - risk kids.