Sentences with phrase «said early proposals»

Although a final state plan for ESSA isn't due to federal education officials until the fall, she said early proposals are «definitely looking to be a strong and bold change for the state.»

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«Toshiba provided an investment proposal to SanDisk earlier this year,» it said in the statement.

Asked if they agreed with Obama's earlier proposals to raise taxes on the rich, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon both said they did.

Tsipras had earlier promised Merkel that Greece would bring a proposal for a deal to Tuesday's summit, a Greek official said.

Advertisers say Oath's proposal is more ambitious than Yahoo's earlier pitch because of its new connection with Verizon's consumer base.

Mitch and Freada Kapor, who were among Uber's early investors, said in a statement that Mr. Holder's proposals were «both thoughtful and extensive» and that «the company deserves some room to put the plan into effect.»

DOL's «two earlier proposals were complex and unworkable,» said FSI President and CEO Dale Brown.

Earlier in the week, representatives for CN and CP said the government's proposal to impose LHI fails to address the concerns of shippers in remote regions, and could even crimp their ability to serve customers in far - flung regions.

Oil prices erased early losses to rise on Thursday afternoon after Algeria's Energy Minister Noureddine Boutarfa said that most OPEC producers are supporting the Saudi - Russian proposal for an extension of the production cuts until March 2018.

He said the rise in the oil price and the resulting stronger cash flows made Santos a more valuable company than it was a month ago and Harbour, which made a $ 13.5 billion indicative takeover proposal in early April, would need to pay up.

Icahn «came to me» through investment bank Jefferies Group with a proposal in early August to «cover my short» position, Ackman said on «Squawk Box.»

«By refusing to release the data earlier, they [Egg Corporation] prevented egg producers from fully participating in the consultation process, which led to the development of the disastrous Egg Standards Australia proposal,» Mr Westwood said.

The City Council met in closed session earlier this month on this topic, and the city's attorney said there could be a lawsuit as a result of the proposal.

But Siwinski said voters had turned down a proposal to build a recreation center in an earlier referendum, and the Yunker family wanted the farmland to remain «pristine.»

This time, the museum hopes to win the hearts of nearby residents, who fought an earlier proposal for the site, by occupying less park space and building farther underground, said Ald.

Library Trustee Jeff Knezovich, who served on the panel, said the current thinking reduces the proposed third library branch size to 73,000 square feet, similar in size to an earlier library proposal.

Earlier Monday, Mayor Harold Washington said he was not about to «give away «Navy Pier and would take a hard look at the proposal.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has called that proposal a job killer, but asked earlier this month if he was ruling out any increase of the minimum wage this session, the Long Island Republican only said he would not take up «Silver's bill.»

In an earlier interview Ms Jowell said the government had «no plan B» if parliament rejected the order and last night the culture secretary said: «Ministers will want to reflect and come back to this elected house in due course with proposals as to how to take this policy forward.»

Rep. John Katko says he won't support the new Republican proposal to repeal Obamacare that could head to a vote in the House of Representatives as early as Friday.

During an interview with Capital Tonight's Liz Benjamin, Mark - Viverito, who supported an earlier congestion pricing plan, said she was still learning about the new proposal.

It was very hard to get the support outside of Manhattan, and we wanted to fully see that conversation emerge again,» she said of the earlier proposal.

Making a surprise appearance on newly televised Paul Vandenburgh Show My4 Albany, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was studying the minimum wage proposal introduced by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver earlier today.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the opening of the State Fair earlier today rolled out the three development teams which will offer Requests for Proposals to build what he said would be the largest exposition building in upstate NY at the fairgrounds.

Mr. Duncan, who spoke with reporters after an appearance at a New York Times education event, said he was a fan of Democratic nominee Bill de Blasio's early - childhood proposal.

Two of Cayuga County's state senators say they are opposed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to establish an early voting system in New York.

Cuomo said he's waiting to hear the response from the other legislative leaders — particularly Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who only recently backed off his insistence that he would not accept the «watering down» of the 2 percent hard cap Cuomo proposals — and the Senate passed — earlier this year.

«This is fair, affordable and straightforward - and it will give more people the chance of a more secure future to look forward to in retirement,» he said of the new proposals, paying tribute to the work of Baroness Hollis, who had earlier welcomed the moves.

While other Democratic North Country officials appeared broadly supportive of the proposal — Assemblyman Billy Jones (D - Chateaugay) also offered an early endorsement, calling it a «step in the right direction» — Senate Republicans expressed a more cautious tone, and said they were eager for more details on financing.

«Whatever criticisms one could have about the early response in Hoosick Falls, I think this proposal is a laudable attempt for the state to get its hands around these issues, «said Dan Shapley, Riverkeeper's water quality expert.

Republican Senate Leader John Flanagan, of Long Island, criticized congestion pricing earlier this month, and on Friday his spokesman, Scott Reif, said Republican lawmakers remain wary of any proposal that makes New York City less affordable.

The English Baccalaureate proposals still leave young people specialising too early - In The Times (#), Peter Lampl says Michael Gove has not been radical enough

Bonacic, the chairman of the Racing, Wagering and Gaming Committee in the Senate, released a statement earlier this month indicating he would not release his own casino proposal, saying that he while he wanted preference for the Catskills region, he would wait for Cuomo.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos earlier today said the education tax credit, a proposal aimed at encouraging private donations that help both public and private schools, would be included in the Senate's one - house resolution.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco said earlier that talks were underway to change the proposal, suggesting «tweaks» were in store for the proposal.

While the administration appears to have backed off part of the Port Authority proposal — saying bill language that would have enhanced the governor's powers over appointees reflected earlier thinking on the subject — the idea of an inspector general for the authority is still alive, much to AG Eric Schneiderman's dismay.

Expanding upon his earlier remarks, Jesse Norman appeared on The World At One, and described the reform proposals as «a constitutional monstrosity», saying the Bill «should never have reached the House of Commons»:

On Thursday, D.E.C. officials said that a review of 19,000 public comments submitted on the proposal raised significant issues that met the standard to rescind the project's earlier negative declaration determination.

The mayor also said that while it is not his first choice, the proposal from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to charge motorists new tolls for driving into the city's densest areas represents a big improvement over earlier so - called congestion pricing plans.

Democrats and Republicans said earlier this year that zeroing out education aid and shifting the $ 400 million pension costs to cities and towns were not proposals that would get through the General Assembly.

Commenting on the proposals outlined in the Early Years National Funding Formula consultation announced today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said:

Downing Street said around 15 or 16 members of the Cabinet spoke in a 50 - minute discussion on the controversial proposals earlier.

Earlier today, they held a press conference detailing their ethics proposal, which Skelos said he wasn't advised on prior to the announcement.

If the shared services panel votes to approve the plan, officials can move forward with the application process and the county executive's proposal can start to take effect as early as 2018, Donnelly said.

The P.E.P. voted to delay a vote on one Success co-location proposal earlier this week, saying it needed more time to review the proposal.

Scalzo, who like the entire council is up for re-election, said the measure was prompted by an earlier proposal by Councilman Richard Conti to reduce the council to nine members and invest the savings in added staff to beef up the local legislature.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Two sources familiar with the «Gang of Six» bipartisan talks say Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, D - Montana, could distribute a proposal to the other five negotiators as early as this afternoon.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer said Thursday that all charters that apply to offer pre-K were made aware of the mandated contract in their requests for proposals early this year.

Espaillat said that winning in Congress means that he will be able to provide «some level of relief for neighborhood and families that are facing eviction or having a tough time making ends meet,» such as the child care tax credit increase proposal he announced earlier this year, which he said will provide relief for working families.

David Laws said there would be six key policy proposals in the mid-term review when he was on the Today programme earlier.