Sentences with phrase «participation in a new state»

The words point beyond the state of estrangement to participation in a new state of things.

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A new restricted network relationship between Prime Therapeutics and Walgreens impacts CVS Pharmacy's participation in selected fully - insured networks in several key states, and many cases make CVS Pharmacy a nonpreferred provider for Medicare Part D as well.

But the crucial question for evangelistic mission today is how in a changed post-colonial situation the forms of the church and its evangelistic proclamation and the call to conversion and the invitation to join the fellowship of the church may take place within the context of the recognition of religious and cultural plurality and common participation in building a new just society and state.

Hunger Free Vermont and New England Dairy and Food Council challenge schools across the state to increase student participation in the School Breakfast Program by at least 20 % or more by moving breakfast after the bell.

Hunger Free Vermont and New England Dairy & Food Council in collaboration with the Vermont Breakfast After the Bell co-sponsors, challenge schools across the state to increase student participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) by 25 % or more by moving breakfast after the bell.

As international solidarity between states as well as UN resources have significantly decreased since the financial crisis in 2008, the new precept in international affairs appears to be that no major development project can be carried out without the active participation of major corporations and their front foundations / agencies, often in the form of public - private partnership (PPP).

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

The new rules in this area state: The Academy Trust shall ensure that principles are promoted which support fundamental British values, including: respect for the basis on which the law is made and applied in England; respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic processes; support for equality of opportunity for all; support and respect for the liberties of all within the law; and respect for and tolerance of different faiths and religious and other beliefs.

As New Yorkers prepared to «spring ahead» this weekend, Assemblyman Angelo Morinello's bill to end the state's participation in daylight savings time is slumbering in an Assembly committee for the past two years.

New York State continues to lag behind other states in terms of voter turnout and participation.

Phelan Bopp says New York State has one of the lowest food stamp participation rates in the nation, with just 68 % of those eligible actually signing up for the program, and she believes part of the reason is the fingerprinting requirement.

The NYSRPA is the state's leading organization in promoting rifle marksmanship and competition which strives to recognize those who promote and personally participate in marksmanship competitions, and who encourage such participation by New York's youth.

We need same - day registration, early voting, and nonpartisan elections to encourage voter participation in New York, which lags behind most states in America.

«The bottom line is... the laws of New York State discourage participation in the democratic process,» de Blasio said.

Blair Horner, Executive Director of NYPIRG, said, «New York ranks consistently as one of the nation's worst states in terms of voter participation, driven by our archaic voter registration and election administration systems.

«At a time in New York where our citizens experience too many barriers to participation, I am gratified that this opinion invites a new era of truly online voter registration, an incredibly exciting step that will help make the state election process more accessible and simpler for all,» Schneiderman said in a statement announcing the opiniNew York where our citizens experience too many barriers to participation, I am gratified that this opinion invites a new era of truly online voter registration, an incredibly exciting step that will help make the state election process more accessible and simpler for all,» Schneiderman said in a statement announcing the opininew era of truly online voter registration, an incredibly exciting step that will help make the state election process more accessible and simpler for all,» Schneiderman said in a statement announcing the opinion.

As The Business Council has consistently stated, we support New York State's efforts to promote minority and women businesses» participation in government contracting However, we find that there are numerous problems in both the current system and the changes being proposed in the Executive Budget.

1) Repeal the Triborough Amendment; 2) State pick - up of Medicaid costs from counties; 3) Roll - back of Medicaid entitlements / coverages to median national levels; 4) Major reform of SEQR process which blocks projects Upstate; 5) Repeal NY's participation in RGGI; 6) Cut 50 percent of staff at DOE, DOH, DEC in order to let the other half do their jobs, which means serving the people instead of feeding the bureaucratic monster; 7) Support expansion of nuclear plants at Oswego, construction of new plants elsewhere; 8) Tort reform to allow doctors to practice medicine, instead of fleeing NY; 9) Use the bully pulpit to support natural gas drilling and tell the envirowackos to grow up.

«New York ranks consistently as one of the nation's worst in terms of voter participation, driven by state laws that create obstacles to voting,» said Megan Ahearn, program director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, «Much of the rest of the nation has developed practices that improve voter turnout.

Less than one - half of 1 percent of voters donate to political campaigns, making New York dead last among the states in citizen participation (and 48th in voter turnout).»

New York is one of only 13 states that does not offer early voting and because of that and other antiquated laws we have some of the worst voter participation in the nation.»

During a testimony Tuesday in front of a New York State Legislature joint budget committee, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner discussed methods to increase voter participation and criticized the «LLC loophole.»

«We believe that effective legislative government requires ubiquitous, timely, and equal access to information for all New Yorkers, and the direct participation of as many citizens as possible in the legislative process,» said Andrew Hoppin, New York State Senate Chief Information Officer.

A Clifton Park resident, Ballantyne has also served as the political director for Eleanor's Legacy and was a key staffer for the New York State AFL - CIO for 29 years, having assisted in labor participation for campaigns.

The bill would ensure that schools can notify parents they can refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in Common Core standardized tests, protects schools from having state aid withheld & ensures that students are not punished for their lack of participation in those tests, and it would set - aside alternate studies, Last year, parents of 60,000 students refused New York State Common Core tstate aid withheld & ensures that students are not punished for their lack of participation in those tests, and it would set - aside alternate studies, Last year, parents of 60,000 students refused New York State Common Core tState Common Core tests.

Article 15 - A of New York State Executive Law, § § 310 - 318 (Participation by Minority Group Members and Women with Respect to State Contracts), was enacted July 19, 1988 and amended in 2011 to promote economic opportunities and equality of employment for minority group members and women in State contracting activities.

School Administrators Association of New York State Executive Director Kevin Casey said, «Citizen participation in government is crucial.

«By any measure, New York under this administration is leading the way on diversity in contracting by raising MWBE participation from 9 percent to 25 percent of state contracts over the last seven years.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered all state agencies to provide voter registration information in an effort to increase participation in elections.

We have been studying participation by small donors and volunteers in all state and federal elections, as well as in New York City.

Melissa Moore, New York State's deputy director for the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), told Observer that at Insite, the safe injection site in Vancouver, 35 percent of participations get a referral to detox or treatment.

The state Office of Mental Health, which operates the Central New York Psychiatric Center and other civil confinement facilities, said the agency is within its rights to ban participation in conference calls.

Participation in the labor force, at 68 percent, outpaces the Capital Region, New York state, and the U.S.

Voter participation has been on the decline across the country for decades now, but is especially poor in New York, where only 29 percent of those eligible cast their votes in the 2014 general elections for state - level positions, including Governor.

Jacques David, an attorney for The Legal Aid Society and member of the Brooklyn Voters Alliance, pointed out in a letter to The Suffolk Times last summer that New York ranks 41st out of 50 states in voter participation.

The movement continued to grow each year, and by 2016, the opt - out rate in New York State had grown to 21 percent of students, despite changes made in the tests and a campaign by the state education commissioner to encourage participaState had grown to 21 percent of students, despite changes made in the tests and a campaign by the state education commissioner to encourage participastate education commissioner to encourage participation.

Maximize resources to fight hunger in New York State by increasing participation in federally funded programs like SNAP, school breakfast and school lunch;

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (at podium) announces participation in the lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.

That's according to new Michigan State University research linking childhood participation in arts and crafts activities to patents generated and businesses launched as adults.

Religious participation is linked to lower suicide rates in many parts of the world, including the United States and Russia, but does not protect against the risk of suicide in sections of Europe and Asia, finds new research by a Michigan State University scholar.

A new report defines the criteria for a new technology assessment function in the United States, emphasizing the need to incorporate citizen - participation methods to complement expert analysis.

Participation in the bonus program did not, for example, boost the percentage of students who scored at or above the level designated as «proficient» under New York state accountability standards.

But as other states withdrew and new testing options emerged, the state legislature no longer saw participation in a consortium as necessary.

State participation in the consortia declined just as implementation of the new standards and tests was set to begin.

She pointed to new latitude for schools in meeting the law's requirement for 95 percent participation by students in state testing.

The new policy allows states to average participation rates for a given school over two or three years if that school misses the federal threshold in its most recent testing.

A new study finds that participation in the state's tax credit scholarship program has not shifted toward schools with weaker track records of improving student outcomes.

For this year's report, the Education Week Research Center issued state and national grades for a new Early Education Index, which draws on an original analysis of participation in early - education programs, poverty - based gaps in enrollment, and trends over time.

After peaking in participation with 46 states, 2014 saw the tide for Common Core start to recede for the first time, as Indiana, Oklahoma and South Carolina all repealed the standards and moved to replace them with new ones, while Missouri and North Carolina created panels that could end in the replacement of the standards as well.

New York state's approach reflects a 1997 federal law that mandates the participation of special education students in statewide assessments, under the assumption that...