Sentences with phrase «policy in a given state»

In order to change policy in a given state, an insurer would have to develop leverage over legislators, and that is tough, unless you are an in - state insurer.

Not exact matches

Tourism Minister Enrique de la Madrid, confronting rising lawlessness in and around the resort cities of Cancun and Los Cabos, said it made no sense for Mexico to maintain prohibition given permissive US policies in states such as California.

The Equal Pay Act, first passed by Congress in 1963, mandated that men and women be given equal pay for equal work, and, some states, like Minnesota, have equal - salary policies.

That is, given the current state of the economy, and given the objectives for policy (the inflation target and a preference for avoiding undue instability in real GDP), the model can be asked: what is the path for interest rates over the relevant horizon which will minimise the variance of the objective variables around their targets?

Social network theorists and activists give the event a veneer of authenticity, but in truth it boasts a toxic piñata of attendees: U.S. officials, telecom magnates, security consultants, finance capitalists and foreign - policy tech vultures like Alec Ross (Cohen's twin at the State Department).

«Give the go - ahead for U.S. based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place and forcefully dictate that the United States» policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.»

That means the candidates should have principles but also policy agendas that are plausible given the state of public opinion in those constituencies.

To give a concrete example of this distinction, in the July - August 1967 edition of The Reformed Journal Smedes stated his position forcefully that America's presence in Vietnam was immoral on Biblical grounds (cf. Moody Monthly and Christianity Today, which remained at least tacit supporters of government policy throughout the war).

But the advice given by leading economists to the United States government has been to emphasize policies that lead to economic growth so that we will be in position to pay the costs of global warming as they arise.

Given this understanding of human beings, the policies that have destroyed so many communities both in the United States and in the Third World, are entirely rational and moral.

«Political leaders do not want to give a speech, cut a ribbon, or pose for photographs at the opening of a casino,» David Blankenhorn points out in a new and damning study, New York's Promise: Why Sponsoring Casinos Is a Regressive Policy Unworthy of a Great State.

The Guardian: Louisiana education case highlights Bobby Jindal's creationism state Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal is rapidly emerging as a new «moderate» Republican voice, but a court case beginning Wednesday is set to shine light on a controversial policy in his state which sees government funding given to schools that teach creationism.

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The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities said experience in other states shows that competitive bidding - choosing the formula company that gives the largest rebate - could save Illinois as much as $ 24 million a year.

This will give a clear picture of the state of breastfeeding — both policies and practices — in the UK.

The section «Developments related to Nestlé since 2006» erroneously gives the impression that Nestlé was admitted to FTSE4Good after strengthening its policy as it states: «In 2010 Nestlé revised its policy and Instructions for Implementation of the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast - milk Substitutes.

In addition to this, there are states that have licensed midwifes and giving birth in such states with an insurance policy will even make it cheaper for yoIn addition to this, there are states that have licensed midwifes and giving birth in such states with an insurance policy will even make it cheaper for yoin such states with an insurance policy will even make it cheaper for you.

Notably, unlike Virginia's law, the policy expressly empowers game officials to remove athletes from play if they are suspected of having suffered a concussion (a power that I have been advocating for many years game officials be given, and a power conferred on game officials by laws at the state level in only Arizona, Iowa, and Ohio), and requires that coaches who disregard the safety and well being of a youth sports participant as it related to concussions be subject to indefinite suspension (only Pennsylvania and Connecticut have laws which penalize coaches for violating their statutes)

I think what would give flight attendants more power to do the right thing in these situations is if their employers provided them with a policy that stated that they will uphold human rights legislation, which includes not discriminating against mothers and babies, and therefore breastfeeding is allowed and mothers are free to breastfeed their babies in the manner that they feel is appropriate.

The Constitution gives the President unique powers in foreign policy (it is his primary Constitutional portfolio) and the President is responsible for meeting with and negotiating the terms of any treaty the United States wishes to enter into independently (without any Congressional oversight).

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

Correction: those figures are for welfare state performance from the early 1970s to the late 1990s from Moller et all (2003), given in Horton (2010), «Whose Middle is it anyway» public policy review.

Cuomo isn't giving up on a bill that would help child sex abuse victims obtain justice as adults — even though the measure was left out of the state budget, saying he'll continue to push for the Child Victims Act, along with other policy items not in the final deal, in the post-budget session.

However, the fact that there is much more wriggle room in the state aid measures than he suggests gives him the opportunity to present a more proactive industrial policy as a victory against EU restrictions when in fact it is just an example of a member state working the system.

According to West, the former is the result of heavy - handed state policy which gives undue sway to particular groups in society over individuals, while the latter, at its worst, represents a form of «political straightjacketing».

However, the party has also reiterated its belief in City Regions, a policy first mooted in the wake of the 2004 North - East regional assembly referendum defeat — stating that it will pass an «English Devolution Act» if elected into government, giving more powers to City and also County regions, and replacing the House of Lords with an elected Senate of the Nations and regions to work as a forum for regional representation.

During a question and answer session at the CBI conference in London, Mr Blair gave this assurance, saying that the reasons for the rebate still remained as long as other EU member states benefited from the common agricultural policy (Cap) where Britain did not.

Governing bodies have discretion to give recruitment and retention allowances, Special Educational Needs allowances, training and professional development allowances and out - of - school activity allowances, as stated in the school's Pay Policy.

In a statement Sussman said that the project is «a past generation facility» and questioned Governor Cuomo's contradictory approval of the power plant given the official state policy banning fracking:

The national president said they were in the state to compel the governor to seek reelection given his pro-workers policy.

From the University of Edinburgh website, stating their policies for Humanities and Social Sciences, among a variety of other criteria: «08 Additional credit is given to students who:... * Apply from schools in the local area (defined as City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, Scottish Borders, Fife, Falkirk and district, Clackmannanshire) and applicants from schools in the wider locality (defined as the rest of Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Teeside, Tyne and Wear).

«Given the important role public policies and services play in supporting individuals to make the most of their talents, we will consider legislating to make clear that tackling socio - economic disadvantage and narrowing gaps in outcomes for people from different backgrounds is a core function of public services,» the white paper stated.

Astorino, the Westchester County executive, gave a strong indication of what his speech will contain late last week at an evening meeting of the state Business Council, where he delivered a scathing and apparently effective critique of Cuomo's economic policies, current New York economic conditions and the failure of the business community to fight for necessary reforms that left several Cuomo backers clearly uncomfortable, some in attendance said.

Cuomo has held events several days in a row to put forth major policy initiatives that will be a part of his combined State of the State Address and budget presentation to be given on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Albany.

In a State of the State address in Manhattan last week — one of six he gave around the state — Mr. Cuomo appeared to be positioning himself, and the state, as a liberal bulwark against Mr. Trump's planned policieIn a State of the State address in Manhattan last week — one of six he gave around the state — Mr. Cuomo appeared to be positioning himself, and the state, as a liberal bulwark against Mr. Trump's planned poliState of the State address in Manhattan last week — one of six he gave around the state — Mr. Cuomo appeared to be positioning himself, and the state, as a liberal bulwark against Mr. Trump's planned poliState address in Manhattan last week — one of six he gave around the state — Mr. Cuomo appeared to be positioning himself, and the state, as a liberal bulwark against Mr. Trump's planned policiein Manhattan last week — one of six he gave around the state — Mr. Cuomo appeared to be positioning himself, and the state, as a liberal bulwark against Mr. Trump's planned polistate — Mr. Cuomo appeared to be positioning himself, and the state, as a liberal bulwark against Mr. Trump's planned polistate, as a liberal bulwark against Mr. Trump's planned policies.

Dani Lever, the governor's press secretary, also defended Cuomo's record, saying, «Given the current political climate in Washington and the genuine frustration that progressive policies can no longer be achieved, New York State gives the rest of the nation hope.

The lecture would have given him a fine chance to relate the free market, minimal state, individual empowerment agenda Joseph was so fond of to modern education policy, illustrating how the ideas that underpin the CPS have permeated through to Gove's own thinking in the area.

Given the current political climate in Washington and the genuine frustration that progressive policies can no longer be achieved, New York State gives the rest of the nation hope.

In a letter to Cuomo, the lawmakers wrote the need for an openly gay judge on the state's highest court is especially important given the concerns over the civil rights policies of the new Trump administration in WashingtoIn a letter to Cuomo, the lawmakers wrote the need for an openly gay judge on the state's highest court is especially important given the concerns over the civil rights policies of the new Trump administration in Washingtoin Washington.

While noting that the need to ensure availability of the product to citizens is key in the State's drive to attain food sufficiency, the Special Adviser said that food production and self - sufficiency have been given priority attention at State's policy and strategic level.

«We have to talk about foreign policy that is grounded in the nation state, but a foreign policy that also gives the rights of others around the world,» he asserted.

I think, in the end, how it works in practice as a real world issue is something like this: * Where EU states do agree on overall strategy and policy, such as on the Middle East, the coordination can give them a voice at the top table.

Writing in the Financial Times (#) yesterday, Menzies Campbell called for a re-think on nuclear policy, in particular scrapping the «Moscow criterion» — an archaic detail which gives Trident the power to destroy ballistic missile defenses around Moscow, should the United States not intervene first.

Among the proposals not included by the Assembly: a sweeping policy change that would give the state wide latitude in determining value - based payments for health care providers, a plan to allow private equity investing in hospitals and a plan that would limit how much providers can charge for drugs in Medicaid - managed care plans.

On June 4th Liberal Democrats have an historic opportunity to positively shape energy and climate policy and in so doing give genuine credibility to this Government's stated ambition of being the «greenest ever».

We find this sudden change in policy by the majority party to be a harsh tactic to crush debate and transparency in a state government that has been given a grade of «F» on transparency.

The Donald J. Trump Foundation gave away $ 158,250 in 2014 to fight cancer and other diseases, many of which target children, and donated $ 141,000 to groups that promote conservative social policy he would espouse in his presidential campaign a year later, state and federal records show.

He said, «The Sport Commission Law will give legal backing to the formulation and implementation of sport policies in the State while the Sport Trust Fund will enable government to raise money for the development of sporting facilities and activities.

It sparked a national conversation on giving states more flexibility in education policy.

Kaehny said it made sense that Cuomo chose to implement an open data policy via an executive order rather than through legislation as in New York City, given the level of dysfunction in the state legislature.