Sentences with phrase «protests over plans»

The «Unite the Right» rally — which drew white supremacists and neo-Nazis from around the country — stemmed from protests over the planned removal of a statue of Lee, the Confederate General.

Eight people were arrested outside the governor's Manhattan office after they blocked traffic during a protest over planned hikes on rent - controlled apartments, two days before a hearing that will determine the new monthly cost for tenants.

Cuomo has clarified in recent weeks his remarks that he would support a government shutdown over the issue, saying Democrats should leverage power through the threat of a shutdown by pushing for strong gun control laws, similar to how Republicans in Congress have staged similar protests over Planned Parenthood and spending issues.

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The debate over legislation to overhaul Obamacare is getting increasingly heated, with Senate Democrats reportedly planning to gum up the works in the Senate as much as possible to protest the GOP's secretive approach to drafting the legislation (there is still no bill text available).

White nationalists and neo-Nazis descended on Charlottesville over the weekend to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

A South African judge who said he planned to skip his grandson's bar mitzvah because of expected protests over the judge's role in a report that was critical of Israel has now decided to attend the event, he said Sunday.

Last year, farmers groups from across Europe were involved in protests and other industrial action as part of plans to draw attention to concerns over the money received for their milk and the difficulty in meeting supplies.

Over the last few months, farmers groups from across Europe have been involved in protests and other industrial action as part of plans to draw attention to their concerns over the price they are receiving for their mOver the last few months, farmers groups from across Europe have been involved in protests and other industrial action as part of plans to draw attention to their concerns over the price they are receiving for their mover the price they are receiving for their milk.

The former Arsenal and England international midfield star Ray Parlour sounds to me as though he has a lot of sympathy with the frustration that has been boiling over for a large section of Arsenal fans this season, but he also sounds like he thinks we would be wasting our time with the planned protest during the Premier League match against Norwich at the Emirates this weekend.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Fans have been protesting for a few seasons now, but this season has been the strongest yet, with planes flown over matches, as well as planned marches organised by fan groups.

This warning came on the heels of the planned protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Kaduna State chapter to express solidarity with the over 21,000 teachers recently sacked by the state government.

The MP was Robin Cook's replacement and resigned as a ministerial aide in protest over Trident plans.

Goldsmith resigned both his seat and the Tory whip in October in protest against the government's planned expansion of Heathrow airport, which has a flight path over the constituency.

A group of Stoneman Douglas shooting survivors over the weekend announced plans for a nationwide march to protest gun violence, with students criticizing the NRA's impact on stalling gun legislation in Congress.

While the debate is over approval of the Green Code, Monday night's protest rally and then Common Council hearing show the over-arching plan for Buffalo's new zoning and development rules is subject to attack on the specifics.

Last month, Cuomo asked some of his New York commissioners to boycott the Port Authority's public board meeting in protest of the ongoing dispute with New Jersey over what to fund in the agency's 10 - year capital plan.

There was tension in the Federal Capital Territory at the weekend over plans by Sylva's supporters to storm the PDP National Secretariat today to protest against his disqualification.

Plans for the protests circulated widely on social media on Saturday, as students, parents, teachers and neighbors gathered to express their grief over the fatal shooting of 14 students and three staff members at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

In early 2015, as Malaysians were protesting over government plans to introduce a consumption tax, the then first lady was complaining about the rising costs of her hairdresser.

The umbrella body of Muslim faithfuls in Nigeria, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has announced its plan to embark on a nationwide protest against the Nigerian Law School over its law against the use of hijab.

Later today, care workers will stage a silent protest outside county council offices in Dorchester over plans that could see their pay cut.

Men of the Abuja Command of the police had taken over the premises as early as 7 am Monday ahead of resumptions by workers who had however planned to stage another protest against Yussuf's recall.

Protesting hauliers have handed a petition to Downing Street as the government faces growing pressure over its planned road tax changes.

The take over, according to findings by the Nigeria Politics Online, is to checkmate a planned protests by members of staff of the agency who have kicked against the recall of Yussuf.

The group plans to march alongside over 100 Westchester residents in New York City this weekend to protest in favor of legislation and policies regarding human rights, immigration reform, and women's rights.

Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan and some students» leaders are currently at loggerheads over today's planned protest believed to be spearheaded by the suspended President, Students»...

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Days before one of New York's toughest - ever state budgets is due, protests over education and social services cuts persisted and Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that the government could shut down if the Legislature gets in the way of his cost - cutting plans.

«Despite what you read in The Telegraph, plans for the Universal Credit are on time and on budget Main Where is the wave of protest over the arts spending scaleback?»

His resignation was attributed to German protests over his refusal to attend the Earth Summit after the Community frustrated his plans for an energy tax and a European Environment Agency.

This week: audio from student protests across the state during the National School Walkout; the politics behind gun control regulations and how they affect CA; the ongoing dispute between the fed government & CA over its state ESSA plan.

Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has just unveiled a new organization plan for the state's largest school system that has brought loud cries of protest, especially over her plans to close or relocate a half - dozen schools.

Even so, the planned overhaul triggered mass protests, forcing the governor to compromise: Edison received only twenty schools (its stock took a nosedive after this announcement), with competing private contractors brought in to take over others.

While fights and protests over a rough draft we disagree with may feel cathartic, it will not be as effective as working with diverse community, education and civil rights groups to answer this fundamental question and influence the vision for a plan to create great schools for all students.

Students at five Alamo Colleges have been staging protests over the schools plans to abandon physical textbooks and embrace digital ones.

Cat lovers are up in arms over a Dade County proposal to license and vaccinate pet cats for rabies each year; to make their feelings known, the cat lovers plan to hold a protest Monday.They see as added insult county plans to, in effect, subsidize dog owners with the proceeds from the «cat tax.

The hacker cabal, Anonymous, who emerged in the wake of George «Geohot» Hotz» bitter legal feud over hacking the PS3's firmware, have promised their «movement does not end here» after a planned protest of Sony Center stores - which had the Japanese manufacturer hiring police forces for protection - ended up in embarrassment, with a scant few members sheepishly arriving for the proposed sit - in.

To mark the 30 year anniversary of the first Guerrilla Girls protest at MoMA, Director Glenn D. Lowry announced yesterday plans to give the museum over exclusively to women artists for the entire year of 2015.

In a move that may derail a comprehensive climate change and energy bill in the Senate, one of the measure's central architects, Senator Lindsey Graham, has issued an angry protest over what he says are Democratic plans to give priority to a debate over immigration policy.

(08/07/2009) Despite violent protests by indigenous groups over plans to expand oil and gas exploration in the Peru's Amazon rainforest, energy investments in the South American country are expected to increase to $ 1.5 billion in both 2009 and 2010, reports Reuters.

Though the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project would not have involved building a huge dam, as Circle of Blue reports, the run - of - river project still would have diverted a 16 kilometer stretch of the river through pipes to generate electricity.In addition to stopping the project, construction on which had been on hold for over a year after scientist AD Agarwal nearly died in a hunger strike protesting the plan, a 135 kilometer stretch of the Bhagirathi River upstream of the town of Uttarkashi will be designated an «environmentally sensitive area», prohibiting future hydro or similar development projects.

The repercussions of this apparently anti-foreign protest stance, however, may be greater than the 500 square kilometers to be flooded or the 40 thousand lives to be affected by the dam itself — particularly as plans are made to build 100 similar dams across the Amazon over the next 20 years.

The protests spread from school to school as students shared plans for their demonstrations over social media.

There are many public protests planned in major cities all over the world.

Last week, over protests from thousands of Ohioans statewide, Governor John Kasich signed a budget into law without exercising his line - item veto to strike a Targeted Restriction of Abortion Providers (TRAP) provision prohibiting transfer agreements with public hospitals, a mandatory ultrasound provision, as well as a measure designed to block funds for preventive health care at Planned Parenthood health centers in Ohio.