Sentences with phrase «previous administration came»

Hoosick Falls» previous administration came close to settling with the companies for just over $ 1 million, with the caveat that the village would be prohibited from bringing future claims against Saint Gobain and Honeywell related to pollution.

Not exact matches

Mullin notes that most of the major stories we associate with previous administrations, including blockbuster events like Watergate and the NSA spying scandal, came from outside the White House, and didn't have anything to do with the traditional press corps.

Obama said the actions were «not the sum total of our response» and that his administration would provide a report to Congress in the coming days related to Russia's «efforts to interfere in our election, as well as malicious cyber activity related to our election cycle in previous elections.»

Legere's comments come as speculation heats up that the wireless industry may see a flurry of mergers and acquisitions under a Trump administration expected to demonstrate a much lighter regulatory touch than the previous one.

But this year, the Trump administration decided to award visas by lottery instead of the previous first - come, first - served basis.

He has criticized the previous administration's practice of using tax money as it comes in.

This is coming after the previous administration under Captain Idris Wada had craved for the payment of the fund.

«Mr. McCall's decision comes on the heels of at least two previous instances this fall where high level Cuomo Administration officials were engaged in direct political activities.

Cuomo noted the decision to not appoint a replacement is consistent with his administration's previous practices when it comes to vacancies in district attorney offices.

The current government, which came to power last May, said it inherited massive debts from the previous administration.

He added that the country was in a terrible shape when the administration came into power in 2015, with oil prices falling to as low as 37 dollars per barrel, from peak periods of over 100 dollars in previous years.

Just before the three - minute mark in this video, Duffy tells a story of coming to Albany during his tenure as mayor to lobby for mandate relief and meet with an unnamed high - ranking official in a previous administration.

This comes a day after Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemeka indicated that officials suspected of corrupt acts in previous administration will soon be put before court.

«Coming from the mayor, I think, it sends a good message that it's a primary focus of this administration, as it was the previous administration,» said Ignizio, who represents Staten Island.

This comes on the back of the camping of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees, Umar Bin Atef and Khalid Al - Dhuby in Ghana; a decision taken by the previous Mahama administration that was widely criticized by individuals and groups including the then New Patriotic Party [NPP] in opposition.

It is safe to say though, that more than any previous administration, the present administration comes top on the perception that a government will actually fight corruption...

«When you have people accused in your administration and you want people to note that you are an anti-corruption fighter and instead of you doing the needful, you come out and start defending them and you are asking discerning Nigerians to... where were you when people of the previous administration were being accused without evidence?

The Vice-President has recently come under criticisms by the opposition for dwelling too much on the corruption under the previous administration.

You find when people come in they just chuck out what the previous administration did just for the sake of it and while it's important to acknowledge that yes, things might change, but you have to know what's deep in the culture — and so I'd like to learn more about that.»

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

Readers will also recall that these latest donations come on top of tens of thousands of dollars in previous donations from companies and individuals that do business with the Finch Administration or rely on Mayor Finch and the Bridgeport Democrats for support.

Duncan's announcement comes in the wake of mounting pressure to address the timing misalignment among the implementation of the Common Core standards, the ongoing administration of old state tests aligned to previous standards, and teacher evaluation requirements that straddled the two.

The White House pointed to the previous administration as the guilty party, claiming that the review began in 2016, before the current administration came into office.

I'm sure Obama has a pretty good idea how screwed up the previous administration was when it came to environmental policy.

Michelle: There was a great story about these women at the white house who were on the white house staff I think in the previous administration who had kind of got together and said, «This is what we're going to do,» and they had a name for it that will not come to me right now but it was essentially that anytime that one woman gave an idea in a meeting, another woman would sort of echo that in order to reinforce and to prevent the mansplaning or the manterrupting, which is another great little term that people use or really allow that woman who originally said the idea to be able to take credit for it and be able to speak out and feel reinforced in that meeting which I just thought was a really clever way to do it.

«It is time to right the wrongs of the previous administration and get New Jersey back on the right track when it comes to reproductive health.»