In addition, our reviewers provide an overview of each site, highlighting areas
of special interest to teachers and students.
If such a system would have been implemented, it could have enabled candidates who can't garner big checks
from special interests to compete with small dollar donations from constituents.
But critics say the process would do the opposite, and would open the door to
allow special interests to rewrite the state constitution.
Another major similarity between the two individuals is that both candidates relied heavily on the support of
special interests to fund their campaign operations.
A researcher's view of topics of
special interest to apartment industry professionals, from changing demographics to trends in financing to larger economic issues that affect the industry.
Becoming a green law firm demonstrates the firm's commitment in areas
of special interest to these clients and makes the firm especially attractive to potential clients who share these values.
And, she says, large donations from deep
pocketed special interests to political candidates is, in its own way, just as bad as accepting a sack of cash.
Dennis Van Roekel, the outgoing president of the National Education Association, described the California lawsuit as «yet another attempt by millionaires and
corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools.»
«This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate
special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public education.»
In a 2000 report, the ABA Commission on State Judicial Selection Standards warned of the «alarming increase in efforts by
special interests to influence the outcome of judicial elections through both financial contributions and attack campaigning.»
Countries that have been divided the way Germany and Korea have are of
special interest to political analysts, since such key factors as religion, cultural history, geography, ethnicity and technological capacity are relatively constant in both regimes.
During an extended interview with Sam Roberts, the disgraced ex-governor, who has made no secret of his desire to re-enter the political stage, suggested Cuomo is too much a creature of Albany and too close to
special interests to make the politically unpopular choices necessary to reform state government.
On the county level, Day received support from former County Legislator Bob Jackson and current Legislator Joe Meyers, who has been united with Day on issues affecting East Ramapo, particularly addressing
special interests to which he states local politics have been beholden.
«We must not allow criticism manufactured by
special interests to turn back the clock on teacher evaluations and higher standards,» StudentsFirstNY executive director Jenny Sedlis said.
And that campaign, involving all sorts of organizations that have lobbied against climate change legislation, has led some people to conclude that this is connected to a larger campaign by
special interests to attack the science of climate change, to prevent policy action from being taken to deal with the problem.
Of
special interest to women: Some studies have suggested that seaweed may be helpful for regulating estrogen, which can help mitigate PMS symptoms and possibly reduce breast cancer risk.
The newly published book will be of
special interest to kids and parents in Atlanta as the High Museum prepares to host Kusama ’s
What this means is that Second Quest is accessible to non-gamers and people largely unfamiliar with the series, and it's of
special interest to readers interested in how Japanese stories have influenced people around the world to begin their own conversations.
«The LLC loophole allows
big special interests to virtually by pass the campaign contribution limits that apply to most New Yorkers, and give politicians vast sums of money, often without clearly identifying the source,» said Kavanagh, the bill's sponsor.
The LLC loophole was created by the Board of Elections in 1996, and has allowed
special interests to spend tens of millions of dollars since.
Of
special interest to business users: You can set the Tab 10.1 to encrypt user data; and it supports enhanced Exchange ActiveSync, Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN, and F5 SSL VPN.
Of
special interest to retirees are generally issues such as whether Social Security benefits are taxable at the state level, what property taxes will be levied and how retirement account and pension withdrawals are taxed.
It and other dark money groups can serve as conduits for anonymous donations from corporations and other
wealthy special interests to flood elections, making it particularly dangerous to democracy.
Where we have ventured into politics, we have too often treated religious commitments as one
more special interest to be protected, and we have measured our success by how well we have mobilized our constituency for that purpose.
The Spring / Summer 2006 Programme list for the UK's top action research charity with knowledge and understanding of boys and young men («Working with Men») should be of
special interest to organisations working with boys and young men from African Caribbean communities.
Another notable feature in both the proposed and final rules — one likely to be of
special interest to elementary school parents — is a requirement that wellness policies set nutritional standards for foods and beverages that aren't sold but instead made available to children at school, such as offerings at classroom parties or treats given out by teachers as a reward.
In the coming week here on TLT, I'm eager to share a great guest post from a school food provider who really tells it like it is, and I'm going to have an announcement later in the week that I hope will be of
special interest to Houston readers.