Sentences with phrase «rocked by corruption»

Meanwhile, he and others argue that with Rousseff's administration rocked by corruption charges and an economic downturn, positive attention from a climate agreement and a possible economic infusion to boost solar, wind and other renewables in Brazil could offer a much - needed public relations boost.

Good - government groups praised the action and said it sends a message to state government rocked by corruption and ethical scandals over the last four years.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said Monday his pursuit of a police commissioner to lead a department rocked by corruption and gang killings will include internal and external candidates, although he stopped short of calling it a nationwide search, which legislative leaders want.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said his pursuit of a police commissioner to lead a department rocked by corruption and gang killings will include internal and external candidates, although he stopped short of calling it a nationwide search, which legislative leaders want.

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In 2017, Costa Rica was rocked by one of the small country's biggest - ever corruption scandals, known as «cementazo».

All together, the package was billed as a five - point plan designed to enhance disclosure and regulation of campaign finance and lobbying at a Capitol rocked by scandal and corruption arrests in recent years.

Word of the potential agreements come as the Cuomo administration is dealing with poor approval numbers as well as a Capitol rocked by twin corruption scandals that have engulfed both legislative leaders.

The public financing component, a debate that was already due to heat up in the post-budget legislative session, is expected to be a flashpoint of discussion this spring at a Capitol rocked by back - to - back corruption scandals.

The Empire State's poor showing comes, however, after a year in which state government was rocked by twin corruption arrests, ultimately taking down Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

«Albany has been rocked by scandal after scandal, and yet the Senate continues to bury their heads in the sand and refuses to take action,» Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said of the need for stronger ethics law changes in the wake of the latest round of corruption cases in Albany.

New York state government has been rocked by one scandal after another in the past few years, with corruption cases toppling the Assembly and Senate leaders and an ongoing investigation into the executive chamber.

Tunisia doctors have on Wednesday commenced nationwide strike to push for reforms in the healthcare sector, rocked in recent months by corruption allegations and medical blunders.

Ethics reform is a top priority in Albany this year as the capitol has been rocked by multiple corruption scandals.

Ethics reform is a top priority in Albany this year as the capitol has been rocked by multiple corruption

State Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son are being probed by the US Attorney's Office, which has convened a grand jury and presented evidence about possible corruption in the latest claim of financial misconduct to rock Albany, sources said.

1) With Albany rocked by a seemingly endless barrage of scandals and arrests, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo set up a high - powered commission last summer to root out corruption in state politics.

The United States in the 1870s and»80s was deep in turmoil — a brash young nation torn by a great depression, mired in scandal and corruption, rocked by crises in government, violently conflicted over science and race, and fired up by spiritual and sexual upheavals.

Since 2014, Brazil has been rocked by the largest corruption scandal in its history, the ramifications of which are still on going.

So far the only money laundering case tied directly to Vancouver - area real estate involves the 2012 all - cash purchase of a Richmond condominium and a White Rock house by former China bureaucrat Jianjun Qiao, a fugitive now being sought by the Chinese government on corruption charges.