Sentences with phrase «of illegal lobbying»

The stunning move comes after months of illegal lobbying by the Relay School of Education, including direct contact between Relay corporate officers and some of the highest ranking officials in the Malloy administration.

Not exact matches

As a major creator and distributor of creative content, the United States has a great deal to gain from lobbying for rules making it illegal to enjoy American creative work without new licences.

Today is an «Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action for Immigration Reform» in Washington, D.C., with many evangelical luminaries, and even more evangelical activists, hosting advocacy worship services and lobbying Congress for immigration legislation that would legalize the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S..

New laws making it illegal to take pictures or film agricultural animals came into force in the US states of Utah and Iowa, lobbied for by an industry attempting to keep secret what happens on factory farms.

The online home - sharing site today will file a formal complaint with a state ethics panel charging that the ShareBetter campaign, a coalition of unions, lawmakers and other Airbnb opponents, has engaged in illegal and unreported lobbying.

But UFC promoters have spent nearly a decade and millions of dollars on lobbying to get it legalized in New York, which until this year remained the last state where pro matches had been illegal.

The agreement includes mandatory compliance training for local development corporation employees, more public disclosure of interaction between these corporations and reminders that it is illegal to lobby the Council regarding development projects, even indirectly.

The environmental group Protect the Adirondacks filed an ethics complaint regarding what it contends was «illegal advocacy and lobbying» by the state DC in support of a 2013 constitutional amendment that cleared the way for a land - swap deal between New York and an Essex County mining operation.

A flurry of subpoenas from federal prosecutor Bharara, the first served on the governor's office, left no doubt New York's chief executive and his extensive inner circle are now included in an ever broadening corruption inquiry involving the letting of state contracts and illegal conflicts of interest and lobbying.

For example, Jack Abramoff's illegal lobbying conviction in 2006 generated a great deal of media coverage at the time, Xiao said, and the stock market reacted.

Most of the world is upset with Israel's treatment of its non-Jewish inhabitants, but its immoral and illegal abuse of non-Jews will not stop until the United States government finds the courage to stand up to Israel's powerful lobby and put justice ahead of the prejudice that enables and encourages the abuse.

Relay Graduate School of Education — Illegal lobbying marks effort to undermine Connecticut's teacher certification law

Recall that in July 2011, Mayor Bill Finch, the charter lobby ConnCAN, founders of Excel Bridgeport, and the chair of the state Board of Education engineered a secret and illegal takeover of Bridgeport's elected board of education.

post was entitled, Relay Graduate School of Education — Illegal lobbying marks effort to undermine Connecticut's teacher certification law.

In addition to engaging in illegal lobbying, the Relay School of Education has been violating state law and regulations by engaging in activities prior to receiving state approval.

on Relay Graduate School of Education — Illegal lobbying marks effort to undermine Connecticut's teacher certification law

Despite their ongoing lobbying, both before and during the illegal takeover and throughout the effort to persuade legislators to support Malloy's education reform bill, neither Lowney, Snow nor Excel Bridgeport registered to lobby with the Connecticut Office of State Ethics, as required by law.

What concerns me here is when this issue is set alongside the movie industry lobbying over illegal downloads of films and music there appears to be a double standard.

We continue to lobby for legislative change to make the sale of puppies in pet shops illegal and it is against our Code of Ethics to sell puppies to pet shops, but we are still looking into this particular case and the actions that we can take.

While the brash brand of direct interference into the public discourse on scientific findings about global warming and associated harmful impacts we saw from Exxon operatives in the 1980s and 1990s has now morphed into a more passive, less - visible form of tampering — such as the company's continued stream of donations (some alleged to be illegal) to groups known for lobbying against and often shooting down federal and state - level proposals to promote renewable energy and limit carbon emissions — perhaps Avery will be able to persuade the new corporate leadership team to stop funding these groups altogether.

Not to mention all the Schrödinger's cats, like saying «there is nothing illegal regarding Heartland shown by the released documents», right before saying that the documents «could indicate a breach of rules for non profits as far as lobbying goes».

They would have to collude to fix their prices (as the ethanol lobby always claims grocery chains do when the price of food spikes), which is illegal.

LRWC seeks to identify illegal actions against advocates, campaign for the cessation of such actions and lobby for the implementation of effective immediate and long - term remedies.