Sentences with phrase «run state government»

The new law capped an extraordinary three weeks of lobbying that followed the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, with student survivors and grieving families working to persuade a Republican - run state government that had shunned gun control measures.

Grieving families and student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, where a shooter killed 17 people last month, worked feverishly in recent weeks to lobby a gun - friendly, Republican - run state government.

The new law capped an extraordinary three weeks of lobbying after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, with student survivors and grieving families working to persuade a Republican - run state government that had shunned gun control measures.

He was supported in his endeavor by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former mayors Rudy Giuliani and Ed Koch, who said Donovan would provide a fair, apolitical counterbalance to the Democrat - run state government.

«While that's occurring, the governor is going to be doing a legislative session and trying to run the state government.

Former lobbyist Todd Howe, a prosecution witness, has testified that Percoco helped run state government when he was a Cuomo campaign manager and helped arrange fundraisers with cloaked donors while he was working for the state.

«The last thing hardworking taxpayers want is an all - Democrat, all - New York City run state government free to push their liberal tax - and - spend agenda on the people of New York,» Skelos said this morning.

The latest charges mean two of the «three - men in a room» who were in that room running state government at the beginning of this year now face criminal charges and potentially years in jail.

Not exact matches

Twenty - nine states have an average of at least two prison museums each, according to Fortune's review of multiple compilation listings — they're run by either governments or non-profits.

The state government will introduce legislation into parliament tomorrow designed to finalise the long - running Bell Group legal case, in which the Insurance Commission of WA and other creditors are fighting over a $ 1.7 billion payout.

Whether small business owners think their state government is supportive or hostile depends on who they are, the kind of business they are running, where they are located and their political beliefs.

Instead, they said they got them from state - run companies, neighborhood committees or government departments that handed them out as part of their «party building work.»

In addition, Leatherbarrow said the best sources out there have yet to be translated from Russian — including the accounts of senior managers, state - run media reports, and a book by an engineer who's been blamed for the disaster, but insists he was scapegoated by the government.

More important, the government ordered its state - run banks to crank up lending, especially to residential and commercial developers.

The Liberal government's publicly stated goal is to have at least three LNG terminals up and running by 2020.

The first followed the Panic of 1837, which triggered downturns in states that had invested in canals and railroads, or that had insolvent state - run banks (this latter problem is echoed by Puerto Rico, whose Government Development Bank is in deep trouble).

There's Cyber Shangri - La (all the hackers unplug, pack up their laptops, and head home), Leviathan (governments lock down digital borders and impose state regulations), Clockwork Orange (ransacking runs rampant), and Independent (companies and other entities police the Internet and fight back against their tormentors).

The rebates are split between the federal government and the 50 states, which jointly run their Medicaid programs with the federal government.

And while that statistic might not be trustworthy, its publication in the state - run newspaper means the government is concerned about the prevalence of overwork - related deaths.

The Pyongyang government's state - run media said the cyber attack on Sony's Hollywood studio may have been the work of pro-North Korean supporters in a report on Sunday that dismissed charges that the country itself was to blame as «wild rumor.»

A program like the one proposed in both Senate and House versions of immigration reform bills would be a good start, awarding grants to nonprofits and state and local governments to run immigrant integration programs.

Banking in this country is not without its flaws, but Myerson's suggestion that banking be run by the state forgets an important point: It was the government that encouraged some of the riskiest lending behaviors by banks, in the name of the same equality he is advocating.

Of the 476,000 applications that have been started, just over half have been from the 36 states where the federal government is taking the lead in running the markets.

Long - running negotiations between CPB Contractors and the state government have resulted in the CIMIC Group subsidiary signing a $ 47.9 million contract for the New Lord St project at Ellenbrook.

Governor Kasich asked me to help him run economic development for the state and privatize the department so it could move at the speed of business not the speed of government.

JPMorgan Chase, seeking to avert a wave of litigation from the government, is negotiating a multibillion - dollar settlement with state and federal agencies over the bank's sale of troubled mortgage securities to investors in the run - up to the financial crisis.

Previous disclosures by the United States Office of Government Ethics showed that Mr. Kushner had divested his interests in several entities, mostly partnerships connected to a venture capital firm run by his brother, Joshua, called Thrive Capital, that invests in technology firms like Instagram.

With more than 35 years of experience, Clean Harbors performs a wide range of environmental and emergency services for State government clients, including state - run schools, colleges and universities, across the United StState government clients, including state - run schools, colleges and universities, across the United Ststate - run schools, colleges and universities, across the United States.

Jeff Dion, National Compassion Fund director, said that funding would come from programs run by the federal and state governments.

Unlike the U.S. federal government, most states and cities have constitutions that prevent them from running budget deficits.

These companies and entities are government regulated, run or independently, protected by laws from competition (government, or state - owned), afforded exclusive rates, rights and protected territories.

Trump is sending a loud and clear message to Americans: crime not only pays on Wall Street but it qualifies you to run the government of the United States.

The crisis, which has affected every level of government in the state, is a cautionary tale for not only public spending run amok but also independent investors taking too large of a risk by seeking high yields.

The launch of Petro has made Venezuela the first government to launch a state - run cryptocurrency.

Just 16 states and the District of Columbia have set up their own health insurance marketplaces, which left millions of residents in the 34 states that rely on exchanges run by the federal government vulnerable to the Supreme Court's ruling.

Supervised by the federal government, the state - run programs are funded by payroll taxes states impose on employers.

And my liberal friends look at that and they say, «If we had not created this halfway measure of health security, we would have what every other country has,» which seems to work well in other places, which is a government - run system where health protection insurance is guaranteed in some way or another, the exact structures differ, but by the state.

Milestones India In partnership with more than 50 state - run, cooperative and private banks, India's National Democratic Alliance government has launched the world's largest financial inclusion project to bring 75 million households into the banking fold by the end of January 2015.

He calls these banks an extension of the government's financial inclusion drive, which has led to the opening of 125.4 million new accounts in foreign, state - run and Indian private banks.

Fiscally, India has managed to bring its federal government deficit (as a proportion of GDP) down to 3.5 % this year, but the states run aggregate deficits in the order of 2.5 — 3 % as well, so the total government deficit is around 6.5 % of GDP.

Russian state - run media have repeatedly denied that the Russian government had any involvement in the poisoning.

It is tragic, therefore, that in the United States today, federal infrastructure investment, net of depreciation, is running close to zero, and net government investment is lower than at any time in nearly six decades.

The Venezuelan government and its state - run oil company, PDVSA, both defaulted on certain bonds in November, according to ratings agencies.

One reason Russia requests the reviews before allowing sales to government agencies and state - run companies is to ensure that U.S. intelligence services have not placed spy tools in the software.

The new government may be prepared to run bigger deficits than stated in the platform.

In November, the government changed some listing rules to allow book building, or the process of using underwriters to assess investor demand and price interest, for stake sales in state - run firms, subject to approval by the prime minister.

The announcement comes as Venezuela faces acute financing problems after creditors and ratings agencies declared the government and state - run oil firm PDVSA to be in partial default for missing interest and principle payments on bonds.

PV makers are supported at every level of government, including the supply of massive lines of credit by state - run banks.

Currently, the LDS run government is trying to close many state liquor stores.

When our fore fathers came up with the idea of seperation of church and state it wasn't to keep religion out of the government it was to keep the Church from running the government.