Sentences with phrase «on state government leaders»

At 11 a.m., amid a growing flood of reports of lead in school drinking water around the state and the country, a coalition of New York public health, environment, and healthy schools advocacy groups will call on state government leaders to take action, LCA Press Room (130), Legislative Office Building, Albany.

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One government official says that top leaders met last spring to consider the worst possible scenarios and concluded they should build new alliances with China, Persian Gulf states, and others, and begin creating their own products in order to end their dependence on the West.

On Monday, over 150 heads of state and government leaders spoke at the conference, including the newest addition to their ranks: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

May 28 - 29, Manila The event cuts across the hyperbole and brings together business leaders, government, and blockchain enthusiasts alike to access the state of blockchain and discuss applications on improving and changing the way business is done.

«Centene's entrance into the state of New York marks a significant step in our strategy to continue to be the national leader in government - sponsored healthcare,» Centene CEO Michael Neidorff said on a call with investors.

The U.S. government and major business leaders are renewing their call on the Thai government to crack down on slavery in its fishing fleets, and to punish people who force migrant workers to catch seafood that can end up in the United States.

Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government leaders all of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can do nothing.In hebrews the great men and woman of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act of faith we do he remembers because we do it out of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

Our hope is to have the U.S. government, in partnership with the many stakeholders in the food system, including producers, manufacturers, retailers, non-profits and food advocacy groups, faith organizations as well as leaders from state, tribal, and local government, join in using the Call to Action as an opportunity to further individual and collective actions on preventing food waste.

Working with USDA and partners in the states and tribes, EPA plans to secure action on the 2030 FLW reduction goal by working with leaders in the food system (e.g., private, government, nonprofit, academia, faith) to promote action and bring more successful interventions and tools to advance the sustainable management of food.

Rainforest Alliance Leadership Summit May 9, 2018 - New York City, NY, United States A convening of leaders from business, government and conservation for a day of panels and discussions on protecting the environment, implementing climate solutions and supporting communities worldwide.

In front of a packed audience in the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity with a show of force that included medical, business and government leaders, grassroots activists, celebrity public service announcements, cartoon characters as nutrition experts, as well as those most directly affected — the kids themselves.

A progressive capitalism can only be forged with an enabling state that understands the global environment in which today's business leaders operate: where survival depends on profitability, where the world is awash with investment opportunities beyond the UK, and where arbitrary interventions in markets and constant changes in government policy discourage the long term investment Britain needs.

He also commended the Kano State government, which summoned a meeting of Christian and Islamic leaders, widower of the deceased, and security agencies, as soon as the sad event occurred on Friday.

The Kano State Government on Tuesday announced the death of Kano billionaire and leader of Tijjaniyya Sect in Africa, Khadimul Quran, Sheikh Isyaka Rabi'u.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos has seized on today's scathing IG report on AEG as proof that state government is suffering mightily under the «arrogance» of single - party rule.

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

Democratic Congressman Brian Higgins said he would back GOP Congressman Chris Collins» plan for the federal government to hold back on some healthcare reimbursement if state leaders continue to take money from counties for Medicaid.

The annual state report on lobbying is out, and it finds that $ 226 million was spent on influencing government leaders, with the largest amount from education groups.

On Sept. 2, Senate Democratic leaders wrote to federal and state criminal prosecutors, as well as other government watchdogs, seeking investigations into a Texas - based firm with a $ 100,000 - a-year contract to run the Senate Republicans» official government website: Align Media LLC, and its owner, Justin Gargiulo, along with his other consulting firm, VoterTrove.

Nassau district attorney investigators arrested Gerard Terry, a former North Hempstead Town Democratic Party leader, on April 12, 2016, who, public records show, amassed nearly $ 1.4 million in state and federal tax debts while receiving government jobs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Good Government Groups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finanGovernment Groups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finangovernment groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

We call on Governor Cuomo, legislative leaders Skelos and Silver, Attorney General Schneiderman, and Comptroller DiNapoli to use the explosion in affordable Information Technology to make New York State government vastly more transparent, more responsive, and more accountable.

Central New York this month won $ 500 million from the state for economic development, based in part on a promise that city and county leaders would work together to streamline and modernize local government.

On Monday, members of the New York Leadership for Accountable Government — a bipartisan coalition of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders dedicated to reforming elections laws in the state — delivered an open letter to the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

Today, we call on our state's elected leaders to recommit themselves to this fundamental principle, and use the same affordable technology that New Yorkers use every day to shine a light on what our state government is doing and spending.

Linking the fight against both Maute and Abu Sayaff in terms of the global «war on terror» against ISIS and al - Qaeda, government forces raided the safe house of Isnilon Hapilon, a leader of the extremist group Abu Sayyaf believed to be a key figure for the Islamic State in the Southeast Asia region.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson said his 32 - member majority conference will be voting «yes» on the budget extender bill next week — even if it includes public employee furloughs, as Gov. David Paterson has threatened — because he is «not in the business of shutting downs state government.»

Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. is now keeping his cards fairly close to his vest as to whether he'll be voting «yes» or «no» on the next round of extenders, preferring, in his usual way, to keep everyone guessing as to whether he'll wreck havoc on state government.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

On Tuesday government reform groups called on New York State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - 2) to bring to a vote a bill that would close what's known as the «LLC Loophole.&raquOn Tuesday government reform groups called on New York State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - 2) to bring to a vote a bill that would close what's known as the «LLC Loophole.&raquon New York State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - 2) to bring to a vote a bill that would close what's known as the «LLC Loophole.»

(CNN)- Fresh off the plane from a whirlwind four days of meetings in Europe, Secretary of State John Kerry stopped by a progressive policy forum in Washington on Thursday to chide U.S. leaders for allowing the government to shut down.

«I've worked with Carlina Rivera on countless local issues over the years as a community activist, Democratic District Leader and most recently, in government,» said State Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh.

And last week, the leader of Ontario vowed to push a law that could restrict New York companies from bidding on billions of dollars of government contracts in that Canadian province in retaliation for a «Buy American» program signed two months ago by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for major state road and bridge projects.

With a recent poll showing that nearly 90 % of New Yorkers believe that unethical behavior is a serious problem in state government a month before former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos are sentenced for public corruption, the governor and legislative leaders have an obligation to New Yorkers to reach a significant agreement on ethics reform.

According to him, it was not within the purview of the current government or any government to sponsor religious leaders or Christians as a whole on pilgrimage because it is a deviation from the core mandate of the state.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer also criticized the move, which would cut money used by state and local governments spent to help maintain records on those who are ineligible to purchase firearms.

«The crass ineptitude and lukewarm attitude of this APC government is no longer tolerable, and therefore, we are calling on President Buhari and his team to return Nigeria to its state of booming economy before they assumed office in May, 2015, and then quit immediately to allow other capable leaders recover our ailing economy».

Unable to close a final budget deal, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders on Monday approved a 1,535 - page package of emergency measures to keep the state government running until May 31.

State government appreciates this expertise as it contracts with human service organizations to deliver programs on its behalf, but government leaders

Akande was reacting to a media report that claimed that ahead of Tuesday's visit by Osinbajo to Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South - West Local Government Area of Delta State, tension on Sunday enveloped the Niger Delta region over alleged arrest and invasion of some ex-militant leaders» homes by soldiers.

The Governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, said the leaders of markets in the State had been warned and counseled several times on the need to rein in on their market men and women to desist from disturbing others through their trading activities on the roads, but some had become adamant.

«Within minutes, a significant body of town and local leaders came forward to urge me to stay on and work with the board to address internal issues and, in particular, to carry on my work regarding my Local Government Fiscal Modernization program and the proposed refinancing of town debt expected to achieve a savings of over three quarters of a million dollars over the remaining life of the debt,» stated Quigley.

In his own state of the city address Tuesday evening, Common Council Majority Leader Rennie Scott - Childress (D - Ward 3) offered up a ringing defense of Mayor Steve Noble's progressive «One Kingston» agenda and called on Kingstonians to embrace local government as a force for positive change and economic growth.

The leader would not characterize her approach as distinctly feminine, but prides herself on being the first woman to head a conference in state government.

The union leader slammed the state government for failure to pay lecturers all outstanding salaries pointing that both academic and non academic staff in the institution have been living on failed promises under the Yahaya Bello administration.

The governor and the legislative leaders, meanwhile, announced an agreement on a budget scheme allowing the state and many local governments — but not New York City — to «borrow» nearly $ 6 billion over the next three years from the state pension system in order to use the funds to make required annual contributions back to the pension fund.

Similarly, 78 percent thought that Governor Cuomo's decision to shut down the Moreland Commission, which was investigating corruption in the state legislature, was a political deal struck with legislative leaders, rather than a «decision based on good government.»

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