Sentences with phrase «other leaders in the state»

In attendance at the meeting holding at the Government House were traditional, religious and others leaders in the state.

And we have watched how the Tennessee Board of Education and other leaders in the state have met, attempted to rescind, and actually rescinded some of the policy requirements that tie teachers» to their VAM scores, again as determined by teachers» students» performance as calculated by the familiar Tennessee Education Value - Added Assessment System (TVAAS), and its all - too - familiar mother - ship, the Education Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS).

Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other Broward County schools spent the day meeting with legislators and other leaders in the state Capitol less than a week after a former student was accused of carrying out the deadly attack in Parkland.

Not exact matches

WA business leaders have bemoaned the state government's failure to plan for life beyond the mining construction boom, but still see opportunities in other sectors.

If political leaders and lawyers in the United States try to stop progress — as is very likely — other countries will still adopt the new technologies and take the lead.

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.

More than 1,200 veterans representing every branch of the military sent a letter to House and Senate leaders on February 12, saying that «strategic investments in the State Department and USAID will be essential if we are to solidify our hard - fought gains and prevent other bad actors from filling the void» around the world.

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

But Musk severed those ties in June, citing Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement — a pact to reduce carbon emissions around the world that Musk and other business leaders had supported.

Yet a large number of criticisms in precisely this domain have already been leveled against Ukraine, not only from domestic political opposition groups but also from high - profile international actors and leaders of other OSCE participating states.

The world's political and business leaders should choose from «two fundamentally different outlooks» for the state of the world: One is Xi's «shared future» vision and the other is Trump's «America First» policy, said state news agency Xinhua in a commentary published yesterday (Jan. 24).

Rabbi Jonah Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, discussed how people of all faiths need to unify to help others overcome social problems in the United States at an interfaith discussion of clergy leaders in Palm Beach County...

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* Matthew Guy: the state opposition leader will have little to attack politically in this budget other than big spending.

Trump's comments to donors that laid bare his approach to arguing trade facts with foreign leaders show how he might try to engage with other heads of state in the coming weeks.

BEIJING (AP)-- China's leaders pledged Friday to open state - dominated industries wider to private competition and ease limits on foreign investment in e-commerce and other businesses in a sweeping reform plan aimed at rejuvenating a slowing economy.

Last week, Kong Hee and five other leaders of his 17,000 - member City Harvest Church (CHC) were found guilty by Singapore's charity commissioner of siphoning $ 35.9 million in church funds to support the singing career of Kong's wife and church co-founder, Sun Ho, in the United States and Asia.

The United States also encouraged the use of more selective terror in which government leaders, teachers, health workers, land - reform promoters, and others associated with the development of social programs of the government were targeted for assassination.

And the leaders of the state obviously engage in actions for which others are called on to sacrifice.

President Carter's announcement at Notre Dame in 1977 that Americans had gotten over their «inordinate fear of communism»» together with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's statement that Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev shared «similar dreams and aspirations about the most fundamental issues»» demonstrated that the degradation of moral judgment into moral posturing could coexist with breathtaking strategic myopia (and indeed moral blindness) in minds for which the evocation of the specter of Vietnam marked an end to moral reasoning, or indeed any other form of reasoning.

Republicans should be happy to learn this Truth that has brought America to the state of Light for Obama to pick on it.One thing good about American Democracy is it is «truly participating» and lasting with lessons for others to follow in modernity to tap blue horizons of life.Those blue horizons just do not end in economics that has many minds to tap the financial barometer of the country self educative in working of its affluent class and ordinary class both domestically and internationally relating to perfection with budgeting of money in economic plans that have been existing and are in the process to move charismatically with a tide over where bipartisan element also comes into play well integrated to test the mettle of the top leader of the country who has to stand over the continuous democratic element evolving of the country both in economic as well as inherently in spiritual terms for the good of the people at large mixing with the culture of exchange that has humanity behind it to survive??

The moral treason of the «conservative» leaders lies in the fact that they are hiding behind that camouflage: they do not have the courage to admit that the American way of life was capitalism, that that was the politico - economic system born and established in the United States, the system which, in one brief century, achieved a level of freedom, of progress, of prosperity, of human happiness, unmatched in all the other systems and centuries combined — and that that is the system which they are now allowing to perish by silent default.

Despite Pope Francis's unprecedented visit to a Pentecostal church and apology for past treatment of Pentecostals by Catholics, many Italian evangelical leaders remain concerned about how evangelicals in the United States (and other nations) are cozying up to the popular pontiff.

In the same spirit he looks to responsible leaders of other states as, first and foremost, their peoples» guardians.

Just before the crusade, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders in the city issued a strong statement denouncing those «who cast doubt upon the loyalty of the state department and officials in other departments of government, and many of our proven patriots and statesmen of long standing (February 28, 1962).

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statIn describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Neuhaus says that I «broke with other religious leaders in opposing a state constitutional amendment banning same - sex marriage.»

Christian leaders throughout the United States and several other countries have appealed to the Israeli government for an immediate ceasefire in their offensive against Hamas in the Gaza region.

In these sentences, Bucer formulated succinctly the conception of a Christian commonwealth which guided him throughout his career and which inspired the leaders in other Reformed city - states: Christ is the governor of the city and he governs through his WorIn these sentences, Bucer formulated succinctly the conception of a Christian commonwealth which guided him throughout his career and which inspired the leaders in other Reformed city - states: Christ is the governor of the city and he governs through his Worin other Reformed city - states: Christ is the governor of the city and he governs through his Word.

Industry leaders presented the results at a press event held at Fort Mason in San Francisco, attended by the media, government officials, members of the wine community from throughout the state and other key stakeholders.

Why does the United States — a «leader» in medical care — rank # 33 in the world for infant and maternal mortality... a ranking that puts us behind most of the other developed countries and many undeveloped countries??

I was a La Leche League Leader for 19 years, 1978 - 1997, in Michigan, and had the pleasure of working with Mary White when I went to other states to promote breastfeeding.

Others reported to be interested in leading the party after Mr Mahama's reign include former Ministers of Youth and Sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuije; Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur; former Brong Ahafo Minister, Eric Opoku; former Central Regional Minister; Kwaku Rickett Hagan; former Minister of State at the presidency, Rashid Pelpuo; and former majority leader and now 2nd deputy Speaker of Parliament; Alban Kingsford Sumane Bagbin.

Other opinion leaders who endorsed the Ghana + Peace Campaign 2016 include; His Majesty Otumfuor Osei Tutu II, Togbe Afede XIV Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State in Ho, Osaabarimba Kwesi Atta the Omanhene of CapeCoast, Hon. Helen Ntoso the Regional Minister for Ho, Ashanti Regional Minister - Hon John Alexander Ackon, Ambassador Ashim Morton, Sheikh Nuhu Sharubutu, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo - Addo, Archbishop Charles Palmer - Buckle, Dr. Edward Mahama - flag bearer of PNC, Mr. Julius Debrah, Nana Dzamah Gyasenhene II, Daasebre Nana Kwebu Ewusi VII, Dakpema Naa Mohammed A. Dawuni Chief of Tamale, Chief of Adweso, Nana Tete Pimpong, Apostle Eric Nyamekye the Apostle of the Church of Pentecost for Koforidua Area, Rev. Solomon Saa, Hon. Appiah Kubi aspiring Member of Parliament Nana Ama Amissah III Mankesim Ohemaa, and many other opinion LeaOther opinion leaders who endorsed the Ghana + Peace Campaign 2016 include; His Majesty Otumfuor Osei Tutu II, Togbe Afede XIV Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State in Ho, Osaabarimba Kwesi Atta the Omanhene of CapeCoast, Hon. Helen Ntoso the Regional Minister for Ho, Ashanti Regional Minister - Hon John Alexander Ackon, Ambassador Ashim Morton, Sheikh Nuhu Sharubutu, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo - Addo, Archbishop Charles Palmer - Buckle, Dr. Edward Mahama - flag bearer of PNC, Mr. Julius Debrah, Nana Dzamah Gyasenhene II, Daasebre Nana Kwebu Ewusi VII, Dakpema Naa Mohammed A. Dawuni Chief of Tamale, Chief of Adweso, Nana Tete Pimpong, Apostle Eric Nyamekye the Apostle of the Church of Pentecost for Koforidua Area, Rev. Solomon Saa, Hon. Appiah Kubi aspiring Member of Parliament Nana Ama Amissah III Mankesim Ohemaa, and many other opinion Lleaders who endorsed the Ghana + Peace Campaign 2016 include; His Majesty Otumfuor Osei Tutu II, Togbe Afede XIV Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State in Ho, Osaabarimba Kwesi Atta the Omanhene of CapeCoast, Hon. Helen Ntoso the Regional Minister for Ho, Ashanti Regional Minister - Hon John Alexander Ackon, Ambassador Ashim Morton, Sheikh Nuhu Sharubutu, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo - Addo, Archbishop Charles Palmer - Buckle, Dr. Edward Mahama - flag bearer of PNC, Mr. Julius Debrah, Nana Dzamah Gyasenhene II, Daasebre Nana Kwebu Ewusi VII, Dakpema Naa Mohammed A. Dawuni Chief of Tamale, Chief of Adweso, Nana Tete Pimpong, Apostle Eric Nyamekye the Apostle of the Church of Pentecost for Koforidua Area, Rev. Solomon Saa, Hon. Appiah Kubi aspiring Member of Parliament Nana Ama Amissah III Mankesim Ohemaa, and many other opinion Leaother opinion LeadersLeaders.

My attention has been drawn to a video which captures the Member of Parliament for Dome / Kwabenya, Deputy Majority Leader and Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Public Procurement, the Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo claiming in the said video that the Community Senior High School constructed and commissioned in her constituency during the tenure of President John Dramani Mahama was as a result of her personal intervention with the World Bank, that the Senior High School was not from the then NDC Government and that with the exception of the Dome / Kwabenya Senior High School project, all the other schools constructed during the previous NDC administration were executed in NDC strongholds.

Unlike some other countries where the State takes responsibility for providing security for opposition leaders, here, in Ghana, opposition leaders are responsible for providing and maintaining their own personal security.

On the other hand, if you're trying to reach a handful of influentials, such as, say, political activists in the mountain states in the West, you're going to get better results by focusing on the specific blogs and newsletters that these people read — and where possible, to contact potential opinion leaders individually and directly.

What we then did was to set up a committee of senior people in the states to hold conversations with all stakeholders including community leaders, religious leaders and all other interest groups.

While it is common for state leaders to congratulate each other on elections, at the moment the situation is outside the norm and Trump was criticised in part for going against the general trend.

I'm proud to join with Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and the entire Democratic Conference in calling on the State Senate to defend the public interest by bringing my tax disclosure bills to a vote this session, as is happening in 28 other state houses across the nation.&rState Senate to defend the public interest by bringing my tax disclosure bills to a vote this session, as is happening in 28 other state houses across the nation.&rstate houses across the nation.»

Although the US has cooperated with other states in space on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA tends to develop deep space explorations in a spirit of leadership, where the US is the natural leader of international alliances around goals chosen by the US.

At 1 p.m., New York's first industrial hemp research forum will bring together growers, business owners, researchers, regulators and others to discuss ways of strengthening the State's position as a national leader in this emerging industry, Stocking Hall Room 148, 411 Tower Rd. Ithaca.

Gibson, who served three terms and is not seeking re-election because of self - imposed term limits, joins more than 60 other local and state leaders, committees and organizations who have endorsed Faso in the race, including state and local GOP and Conservative party leaders, elected officials from the 11 - county district, CNBC television host Larry Kudlow, noted political science professor Dr. Gerald Benjamin and the state Conservative Party, among others.

Among other prosecutions involving political corruption in Albany, Bharara oversaw the conviction of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Cuomo, much to the chagrin of other Democratic leaders, including de Blasio, has worked for years to keep the Senate in GOP hands in order to prevent the high - tax and anti-business, left - wing, «progressive» policies of the Democrats who control the Assembly from dominating the state.

After Stop & Shop announced in March that it would be closing, Deputy State Assembly Speaker Earlene Hooper (D - Hempstead) met with store staff, residents, Mayor Don Ryan and other community leaders to discuss their concerns about the store closing, and with Stop & Shop officials to lobby to keep the store open, she said.

Bharara, the prosecutor who has already won convictions against former Senate leader Dean Skelos and Assembly leader Sheldon Silver, has issued subpoenas for records related to the Buffalo Billion projects, state contracts with COR Development for Central New York projects, and for a controversial energy project in Orange County, among other things.

When the rallying to oust Skelos became louder, Nozzolio and Seward joined 14 other senators in signing a letter that said «We strongly believe that Senator Dean Skelos should remain on as majority leader of the New York State Senate.»

Smith — one of the state's top Democrats — was busted last year in a failed scheme to secure a spot on the Republican line for the mayoral race allegedly through the bribery of Halloran and two other GOP leaders.

District Leader Keen Berger discussed campaigns in other states and candidates she was supporting like Donna Edwards, Catherine Cortez Masto, Russ Feingold and Maggie Hassan.