Sentences with phrase «policy matters to the people»

A Wake County Superior Court three judge panel justly pronounced in July that the State Board of Education (SBE), a body of part - time volunteer appointees, is subservient on policy matters to the people's elected General -LSB-...]

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But as people with experience solving complex problems, leading complex organizations and coping with regulatory and legal issues, they have a valid and vital perspective to express on matters of politics and public policy.

Making matters worse, this new policy applies not only to new solar customers, but also to people who had already invested in solar for their home or business.

(Reuters)- Members of U.S. President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum have decided to disband the group, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

«As a matter of sound policy, and to help protect the many, many people who helped secure Phyllis» freedom, we will have no comment concerning the efforts that were undertaken to secure her release.

Additionally, for the first time, it established as a matter of public policy the need to provide a wide range of mental health services to prevent mental illness and to improve the mental health of the American people.

In the Student Review, an alternative and unofficial school paper, Brooks poked fun at university policies, interviewed polygamists, wrote about gay issues and simply didn't shy away from matters most people were afraid to talk about.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

As a matter of routine, the village, which employs about 100 people, needed to update its employee policies to reflect the state breast - feeding law passed in August.

«Nothing else truly matters: not the NHS, now in its most severe crisis since its creation; not the real challenge of the modern economy, the new technological revolutions of AI and Big Data; not the upgrade of our education system to prepare people for this new world; not investment in communities left behind by globalisation; not the rising burden of serious crime; or bulging prison populations; or social care; not even, irony of ironies, a genuine policy to control immigration.

With unwavering commitment to the people of the 46th district and the issues that matter most, Senator Tkaczyk proved that being on the right side of reform is not only good policy, it's good politics.»

(d) It further is the policy of the United States that, to the extent permitted by law, all agencies should take appropriate actions to promote clean air and clean water for the American people, while also respecting the proper roles of the Congress and the States concerning these matters in our constitutional republic.

His proud self - image is as a «simple goat - herder» at one with the ordinary people of South Africa in contrast to the aloof image of Mbeki, but whether this is just the politics of personality or a real policy shift is another matter.

On the economic and business side, emphasis was put on the importance of being part of single European home market with access to over 250 million people for British business, industry, jobs, and future prosperity; greater bargaining strength in matters related to issues such as energy and trade negotiations; and the ability to take advantage of the Common Agricultural Policy with the price stability and guaranteed food supplies that it brought with it.

At first sight, Labour's policies are attractive and speak to the issues that matter most to people.

It means using place based policy, making decisions at the level most appropriate to people's real lives and what matters to them.

Rather, we need policy attuned to the challenges people face in everyday life, bringing prosperity we can all share in — and we have to campaign as community activists, delivering those policies where they matter.

«In the United States of America facts matter, accountability matters, and policies that seek to satisfy the greater good of all people matters.

This means that people get a chance not just to vote for their representatives but also to vote on policy matters that can affect their lives.

Their experience and understanding helps ensure we have the very best policies, policies that matter to ordinary people.

We use our connections with MPs, peers, industry leaders and public policy experts to put together speaker panels which attract the people that matter.

«I am delighted to join the Ukip team, helping to fight for Britain's interests in Europe and for better policy on the issues that really matter to people.

«The reality of the city's overall legal position — meaning the need of the city to defend our legal prerogatives in all sorts of cases in very narrow, obscure legal ways — makes people think it's a policy matter.

Policy - makers don't make the environment and climate change real for people, mattering to their everyday lives and their everyday experience.

«Looking at healthy life expectancy and health loss at the country level can help guide policies to ensure that people everywhere can have long and healthy lives no matter where they live.»

Chemist Mario Molina told ScienceInsider in an interview that his four - person squad, inspecting the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is expected to provide transition staff with the names of qualified candidates as well as rationales for each «in a matter of weeks.»

So it turns out that it doesn't matter that all the promo material on the film — TV ads, trailers, everything — reveals the story's twist — Lincoln and Jordan and all their fellow citizens aren't survivors of a global disaster but rich people's insurance policies — because all that happens after the secret is revealed is that Bay can finally get down to doing what he loves to do: Stomp and crash and burn and destroy as Lincoln and Jordan escape into the real world — just 20 minutes into our future — and must be recaptured.

Over the holiday weekend, several people approached me to ask where I stand on them as a matter of public policy and principle.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Cashin, author of Place, Not Race, explains how the benefits of race - based admissions decisions are actually outweighed by the social costs, and argues for a return to what she considers the original intent of affirmative action policies: helping people — no matter their race — who have been systemically locked out of opportunity.

Commenting on this year's GCSE results, CBI director for people and skills policy, Neil Carberry, said: «We know that education really matters when it comes to delivering a great future for young people and for the nation as a whole.

As I observed last year in Letters, «Policy is a blunt tool that works best when making people do things is enough... Policy is far less effective when it comes to complex endeavors where how things are done matters more than whether they're done.

«Work Matters: A Framework for States on Workforce Development for People with Disabilities» represents the culmination of a yearlong joint task force effort of state policymakers convened by NCSL and the Council of State Governments (CSG) to address barriers to employment and develop policy solutions to build a thriving workforce that is disability inclusive.

Education reformers today seem to treat any resistance to their favored policies as simple matters of marketing — throw a lot of money at consistent messaging and people will come around to realize that they actually love what you are selling.

If a rider with the same limits injured three people, their policy would only pay up to $ 50,000 for the accident no matter the amount each individual injured person claimed.

It doesn't matter if the loss is caused to a natural person or a company — you're still responsible, and the policy is still there to protect you.

In dealing with the continued weak economy, our leaders are so determined not to repeat the perceived mistakes of the 1930s that they are risking policies with possibly far worse consequences designed by the same people at the Fed who ran policy with the short term view that asset bubbles don't matter because the fallout can be managed after they pop.

When the insured person dies, no matter at what age, the policy is paid to their designated beneficiaries.

As an added Member benefit, we offer TruStage Life Insurance Policies to help you protect the people who matter most in your life.

Again, no matter the outlook of the relationship, listing another person on a policy is an additional level of risk that could potentially lead to higher insurance costs.

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

This is relevant to policy discussions, because the view on Arctic tundra fits — as with so many other parts of the climate question — the overall conclusion that rising temperatures result in rising impacts on systems and resources that matter to people.

Given the unavoidable fact that most people do not have the training (or the time) to reach an independent conclusion on a scientific matter of this kind, knowing where most of the people who do have the training and who have taken the time come down on the matter is the best guide available on where the public and its policy makers should place their bets.

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To make matters worse, the Federal government promoted policies that encourage deforestation, including stopping efforts to mark the borders of indigenous lands in the Amazon, dismantled FUNAI (the federal organization for indigenous issues), and effectively removing protections of those areas of the country that have the lowest deforestation rates, indigenous people's landTo make matters worse, the Federal government promoted policies that encourage deforestation, including stopping efforts to mark the borders of indigenous lands in the Amazon, dismantled FUNAI (the federal organization for indigenous issues), and effectively removing protections of those areas of the country that have the lowest deforestation rates, indigenous people's landto mark the borders of indigenous lands in the Amazon, dismantled FUNAI (the federal organization for indigenous issues), and effectively removing protections of those areas of the country that have the lowest deforestation rates, indigenous people's lands.

I don't believe a person needs a degree in the sciences to reach the conclusion that he is saying any statement by the IPCC that that doesn't attribute all (or at least all that matters) AGW to CO2 is performing a disservice to policy makers and the public.

Yet this judgment is clearly not fair, carbon taxes were tried in Europe at a time when people had not understood the gravity of the climate issue and resistance to ceding any sovereignty in matters of taxation was stronger than the desire for climate policy.

Although ordinary individuals may have no duty to go beyond their own personal opinion about the science of climate change, government officials who have the power to enact policies that could present catastrophic harm to millions of people around the world may not as a matter of ethics justify their refusal to support policies to reduce the threat of climate change on the basis of their uninformed opinions on climate science.

And when it is a public policy issue on which we propose to force a solution on people who don't agree, is it right that we steam - roll over their concerns in the firm conviction that their opinions don't matter because * we * know we're right?

«You can't get to the type of carbon emissions people want to get to... unless you continue to use aggressive nuclear policy and have the nuclear fleet continue to function,» said former Sen. Judd Gregg (R - NH), now co-chair of industry advocate Nuclear Matters.