Sentences with phrase «ongoing controversy over»

The news marks the latest development in the ongoing controversy over the project, which broke into the public view earlier this month when the Breitmans accused Johann Gevers, the head of the Tezos Foundation (created to support development of the project), of self - dealing.

Apple this afternoon addressed customer concerns about an ongoing controversy over power management features in older iPhones, pledging to introduce more detailed information about battery health and reducing the price of battery replacements for all of 2018.

Consider, for example, the ongoing controversy over short - lister Sonia Sotomayor, who currently sits on the 2nd Circuit.

An ongoing controversy over the display of works by Kelley Walker at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis (CAMSTL) drives home this responsibility.

There is ongoing controversy over quality.

The state's teachers» union said it plans to call for a vote of no confidence in state Education Department Commissioner John King on the ongoing controversy over new student testing and teacher evaluations.

The studies resolve an ongoing controversy over how the common yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae evolved.

She is now central to an ongoing controversy over whether that brain belonged to...

The report comes amid an ongoing controversy over steps taken by the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to regulate public comments by government scientists.

But there are other topics that unsettle New Yorkers, including ongoing controversy over the implementation of the Common Core learning standards, uneasiness over the economy, and concerns about corruption, in a year where the two leaders of the legislature were arrested and face trail in November.

Turning to the ongoing controversy over the state's response to water quality issues in Hoosick Falls and elsewhere, Cox called Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the PFOA contamination crisis «despicable.»

First, she confirmed the Times Union's Tuesday story that deputy conference leader Sen. Michael Gianaris, D - Queens, and Senate Democratic staffers met with the Albany County district attorney's office last week to discuss an ongoing controversy over several committee leadership stipends being diverted to certain IDC and Republican senators.

They've become a flash point in the ongoing controversy over adoption of the Common Core learning standards for students.

In view of the ongoing controversy over cattle colonies, it is interesting to note that Buhari owns a ranch in which, it must be assumed, his animals are kept.

In the wake of the ongoing controversy over the de Blasio administration's failure to conduct lead paint inspections, IDC Leader Jeff Klein is pushing for passage of a bill to create an independent monitor of the city's public housing.

The test results come amid ongoing controversy over the Common Core learning standards and the related tests.

Minister, the ongoing controversy over small - business tax rules underscores a point that our association, and many independent tax experts, have been making for years: it is time to review Canada's tax system with the goal of strengthening the incentives for investment and growth.

Back in November, then - CEO Schnatter blamed the National Football League's leadership for hurting the company's performance because it had not resolved the ongoing controversy over players kneeling in protest during the National Anthem.

Responding to the ongoing controversies over the non-indictment of a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a seven - point plan to change the way cops and communities interact and to reform legal proceedings involving police - related fatalities.

Despite the ongoing controversies over the Affordable Care Act, most health policy analysts — regardless of political or ideological leanings — believe that transitioning American health records to an electronic system will reduce medical errors and will improve the well - being of all Americans.

Not exact matches

«The controversy over fracking in the UK has deepened as Scotland imposed a ban on giving the green light to new schemes amid ongoing public opposition to the process.

Other Ukip politicians have also caused controversy over the ongoing crisis in the Mediterranean this week.

@DavidRicherby I should probably not have tried to summarise decades of controversy over who knew what and whether they had proof as «mere suspicion»; but the Blix investigation was still ongoing.

Ongoing bickering between state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday spilled into a legislative controversy over the payment of stipends to certain senators, prompting another round of jabs between the two Democrats.

At other times, Jewett helps Miner respond to major controversies that have roiled her administration, including the ongoing dispute with Cor Development Co. over the Inner Harbor development.

ATHOL — Emotions ran high at the Thurman town board meeting May 10 over the ongoing «white space» wireless internet contract controversy, and law officers intervened to restore order — and then cleared the town hall when the town meeting concluded.

One of the reasons the «controversy» over crops improved through biotechnology persists, is because it is manufactured and sustained by a well - organized, ongoing campaign, funded and sustained by vested interests.

The cover is stimulating significant pushback from educators and fueling ongoing and related conversations about teacher evaluations and the controversy over using student test scores in educator assessments.

Yet another attempt to gloss over this fundamental weakness in the man - made global warming theory is made in a recent paper by Peter W. Thorne, John R. Lanzante, Thomas C. Peterson, Dian J. Seidel and Keith P. Shine: Tropospheric temperature trends: history of an ongoing controversy.

There was ongoing jurisprudential controversy over the issue of whether a federally - regulated employer could lawfully dismiss an employee without cause under the Code.

Mootness: Although the College asserted the issue was moot, as no one's registrant status was impacted, and furthermore, paramedics had recently been transitioned from the HDA to the Health Professions Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. H - 7, which gives the College control over its own forms, the court decided that due to live controversies and an ongoing relationship between the College and the technician, declaratory relief would help them with their ongoing relationship, and would address future problems.

The ongoing tiff between the FBI and Apple has merely added fuel to the fire, which has created an uproar in the world, especially in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom, over the encryption backdoor issue ever since Snowden's data leak controversy.