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«One of the Obama administration's signature efforts in education, which pumped billions of federal dollars into overhauling the nation's worst schools, failed to produce meaningful results, according to a federal analysis.»

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The current petition is an updated version of the previous effort, but Carusone told Quartz earlier today that 25,000 new signatures have been added in roughly the last 24 hours.

The renewed efforts came after it was announced last week that Trump was «effectively being paid» to walk away from its embattled signature property in New York's SoHo.

Cohn's exit is, in its way, normal: He passed his signature policy effort, he didn't get the promotion to Federal Reserve chair, he was losing influence internally, he was burnt out, and so he is leaving.

The 1MDB case has become a signature campaign in the global effort by prosecutors to crack down on kleptocracy and the relative ease with which the superwealthy move their money beyond the oversight of government authorities.

Tracking the visual elements you include in your content efforts — such as cover images, logos, illustrations, charts — will make it easier to ensure that your work has a signature look and cohesive brand identity.

Robin Silvester served as Chair of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade in 2016 - 17, a year in which the organization integrated findings of the Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard 2016 into its advocacy efforts and continued to build on the strength of its four Signature Programs.

The TPP was one of former president Barack Obama's signature efforts, part of a broader strategy to increase American clout in Asia and provide a check on China's economic and military ambitions.

In an effort to help its fans enjoy a greater variety of the foods they love, Daiya, leading maker of plant - based foods that are dairy, gluten and soy free, unveiled the expansion of its signature line of craveable comfort foods at the annual Natural Products Expo West.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In an effort to help its fans enjoy a greater variety of the foods they love, Daiya, leading maker of plant - based foods that are dairy, gluten and soy free, unveiled the expansion of its signature line of craveable comfort foods at the annual Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CIn an effort to help its fans enjoy a greater variety of the foods they love, Daiya, leading maker of plant - based foods that are dairy, gluten and soy free, unveiled the expansion of its signature line of craveable comfort foods at the annual Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Cin Anaheim, CA.

And then in January, seemingly out of nowhere, the Rams announced a signature gathering effort in Inglewood to entitle their stadium.

However, Fichajes.net claims he could end up staying in La Liga as Valencia step up their efforts to beat Premier League clubs to his signature this winter.

The group, headed by Du Page County Board member Michael Formento, is trying to collect 2,100 signatures in an effort to get three advisory referendum questions on the ballot.

An online petition ultimately collected over 3500 signatures asking for the fraternity to be closed in an effort to stop the perpetuation of rape culture.

TLT: As you probably know, two food bloggers are asking Kraft to drop two petroleum - based yellow food dyes from its mac - n - cheese product and they've garnered 280K petition signatures in support of their effort.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has made gun control a signature issue for him following the shooting at Connecticut elementary school, said he would back additional gun control efforts, but insisted the SAFE Act remained the best gun control law in the country.

Ganim has opened up campaign offices in Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury and New Britain to help with the signature effort.

Sliwa's celebrity power in New York City could attract the 50,000 votes needed to give the Reform Party an automatic line on ballots for the next four years, ending the expensive and difficult effort to securing thousands of signatures for petitions to be placed on ballots statewide.

In an interview, Obama said he was moved by New York's own effort to legalize same - sex marriage, an issue that has been a signature victory for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, catapulting him to the top of the 2016 talk.

Tony Hoffmann of the Campaign Committee thanked everyone who participated in the petitioning effort reporting that VID had secured 700 signatures for Jerrold Nadler, more, he thought, than any other club.

Eliot Spitzer submitted 27,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot in the Democratic primary for New York City comptroller tonight, an effort completed less than four days after a rocky start.

Earlier this year, he formed his own organization, Revere America, to gather signatures from across the country in an effort to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — which Republicans like to call «Obamacare.»

During last summer's effort to secure the Independence Party line for Republican Sen. Terrence Murphy — whose district in the Hudson Valley and Westchester is about a two - hour drive from the Capitol — 40 state Senate GOP staffers gathered signatures, his petitions show.

In an interview Tuesday, McLaughlin said he was defending his volunteers and their efforts to collect signatures in the summer heaIn an interview Tuesday, McLaughlin said he was defending his volunteers and their efforts to collect signatures in the summer heain the summer heat.

Meanwhile, Mr. Spitzer's rival in the comptroller's race, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, spiked the signature football yesterday by announcing e had collected over 100,00 signatures in an «all volunteer grass - roots effort.»

Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie: «On behalf of a better, more accountable government, the governor should not only join in this effort, he should lead with his signature.»

As we've noted before, the scandal also taints the entire Buffalo Billion — the gov's signature economic - development effort, which is looking like just the latest in the long, long line of New York «jobs - creating» boondoggles.

Her efforts culminated in a 50,000 - signature petition being presented to parliament last year, with the support of a number of MPs, including the solicitor general.

GOP Congressman Michael Grimm lost the Independence Party's ballot line when he did not turn in enough valid signatures from voters in the district, but he appealed the decision arguing that a systemic problem with the Board of Elections unfairly placed obstacles in his signature - gathering efforts.

But corruption case has been even more troubling for Cuomo in that it has gone to the heart of a signature effort for him: upstate economic development.

But Cuomo's support for the conference also comes as he is facing a mounting of series of political headaches, including the arrest of his former top aide and others in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme involving the governor's signature economic development efforts in upstate New York.

NY1's Bobby Cuza is at the Bronx Board of Elections with Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., who announced he has collected some 10,000 signatures — far in excess of the 1,500 requirement, which more or less guarantees he'll be on the September primary ballot in spite of Democratic leaders efforts to bounce him from the party.

Valid signatures for this effort could have come from any registered voter, enrolled in a party or not, so any inability to qualify under these circumstances should send a message loud and clear that this candidacy has no grassroots support,» Latimer said.

The statewide teachers union this week filed papers in effort to stop Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature property tax measure in 2014: a rebate program aimed at property taxpayers.

Howe is an intersecting figure in the ongoing state and federal investigations into economic development projects, including the signature western New York effort known as the Buffalo Billion.

«If Eliot Spitzer cared about democracy, he would participate in the city's campaign finance program and not use his personal fortune to try and buy this election wholesale,» read the statement, claiming that Stringer had collected more than 100,000 signatures «[t] hrough an entirely volunteer» effort.

De Blasio, who was a deputy under Cuomo in the Clinton administration's department of Housing and Urban Development, needs the governor to fund many of his agenda items, such as certain Hurricane Sandy relief efforts and his signature political goal of expanding pre-kindergarten to every child by next year.

(WBEN) A grassroots effort to re-name the city's «Barkyard» Dog Park at LaSalle Park in honor of fallen Buffalo K - 9 Officer Craig Lehner is gathering thousands of signatures on Change.org, and inspiring the private group that operates the park for the city to consider making the change.

And on Monday, Ruben Dario Vargas, the candidate who had collected 1,600 signatures in his efforts to unseat Congressman Rangel, announced that he would abandon his campaign and was throwing his support to Sen. Espaillat.

Today, Team Trump again sought to scuttle the effort by rejecting calls for a roll call vote, declaring the anti-Trump faction the loser in a voice vote, even though its supporters had secured signatures from more than enough states — 11, all told — to force the matter.

Some Connecticut residents who are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act are speaking up in an effort to convince the Republican - controlled Congress to reconsider repealing President Barack Obama's signature legislation.

He also said he'd continue an effort on his «signature issues» of making the state more competitive in economic development, encouraging job growth and reducing regulatory burden on businesses so they can more effectively compete with enterprises elsewhere.

But the effort failed to gain additional traction at the hearing Tuesday as lawyers for Perez Williams succeeded in defending the validity of her remaining petition signatures.

«Paid canvassers are notorious in the election industry for stuffing pages full of fake signatures and walking away with a paycheck,» reported The Intercept last week in a dispatch detailing perceived Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee meddling in the effort to unseat Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus).

«Against the odds and all predictions - and in light of some who tried to thwart the effort - I am pleased to announce that we have collected more than 27,000 signatures in four days,» Spitzer said on his official Twitter account.

After a year of effort to draw attention to the inconsistent votes, flip - flops on issues, and contradictions in public statements that have been the signature of the tenure of Rep. Richard Hanna, Conservative Republican Michael Vasquez will be stepping aside to allow a focused and unified effort to unseat the self admitted Moderate.

On Wednesday evening Cuomo touted the fact that even in the extender he had ensured his signature efforts were fully funded.

The meeting is also one of Obama's final efforts to cement his legacy on climate change in the waning days of his term in office while his signature domestic climate policy remains stalled in the courts.

In Arizona an effort by one church group to place a referendum opposing «atheistic teaching» on next month's ballot failed to obtain the required 55,000 petition signatures.»

In a comprehensive and complex molecular study of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, published in Cell Host and Microbe, a scientific team led by the University of Wisconsin - Madison has identified signatures of Ebola virus disease that may aid in future treatment effortIn a comprehensive and complex molecular study of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, published in Cell Host and Microbe, a scientific team led by the University of Wisconsin - Madison has identified signatures of Ebola virus disease that may aid in future treatment effortin Sierra Leone, published in Cell Host and Microbe, a scientific team led by the University of Wisconsin - Madison has identified signatures of Ebola virus disease that may aid in future treatment effortin Cell Host and Microbe, a scientific team led by the University of Wisconsin - Madison has identified signatures of Ebola virus disease that may aid in future treatment effortin future treatment efforts.