Sentences with phrase «sponsored by the governor»

The interview was precipitated by a «transparency summit» sponsored by the governor and the announcement that his administration was revising a policy that had lead to many state emails being deleted after 90 days.

The interview was precipitated by a «transparency summit» sponsored by the governor and the announcement that his administration was revising a policy that had lead to many state emails being -LSB-...]

The organization also received a $ 250,000 grant sponsored by the governor's office.

Deputy National Chairman of the party, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, had, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, alleged that the stakeholders» meeting convened and chaired by former President Goodluck Jonathan was sponsored by both governors.

At least one Democrat, Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr. of the Bronx, has publicly opposed the bill, sponsored by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

This was evident in the last PDP congress held in the Sunshine State as a splinter group, allegedly sponsored by the governor dragged the then executives to court.

One of the aspirants being sponsored by the Governor has erected billboards in all the three senatorial districts of the state.

And then this year, ConnCAN paid more than $ 800,000 to lobby on behalf of the «education reform» bill sponsored by Governor Malloy and Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.

Not exact matches

Lael Brainard, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, listens during an event sponsored by the Economic Club of New York in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

Findings in this report are based on the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), which is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Department of Treasury.

A highlight of this training will be a great southern meal and dessert and a tour at the Old Governor's Mansion sponsored by Horizon Software.

According to his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said he was not among those Nigerians that can be cowed by anyone, asking; «Now that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki has come out to openly say that categorization of IPOB as a «terrorist organisation» by the military is unconstitutional, is the APC also going to accuse him of sponsoring IPOB?»

In Latimer's candidate questionnaire he also touts his backing of the «sewage pollution right to know act,» which is a bill that Sen. Grisanti sponsored and was recently signed by Governor Cuomo.

Zenith Bank, the financial institution named by embattled Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State as sponsoring his election in 2014 today denied ever doing such.

Candidates for New York governor will face off in mid-October in a Buffalo debate sponsored by WNED WBFO and The Buffalo News.

Consider what happened in a former armory in this city's Midtown neighborhood on Wednesday morning, the latest in a series of rallies that the Democratic governor is headlining as part of an RV tour sponsored by the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice.

«These militias, the police said, were allegedly sponsored by Binji and his team to attack the convoy of the governor, cause harm and mayhem,» the statement claimed.

RedTube, an adult site owned by Internet pornography juggernaut MindGeek, has sent the governor a note applying to be one of the new private station sponsors.

The upstate debate will be sponsored by The Buffalo News and WNED - WBFO (not, it is worth pointing out, TWC News, which did issue an invite and also tried without success to get the governor to debate his primary opponent, Zephyr Teachout, but to no avail).

The 60 - minute debate, «Election» 14: The Race for Governor,» sponsored by WNED WBFO and The Buffalo News, will be held at the WNED WBFO studios in downtown Buffalo at 8 p.m.

«Election «14: The Race for Governor» will air on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. and is sponsored by The Buffalo News and WNED WBFO.

The legislation itself is sponsored in the Senate by Republican Deputy Majority John DeFrancisco, who has emerged as a prominent legislative critic of the governor.

The recall bill backed by Republicans and sponsored by Sen. Sue Serino, would allow for the removal of any governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, state lawmaker or local - level government leader if they are indicted for a felony or convicted of a misdemeanor.

A Cuomo spokesman Wednesday knocked by name Assemblyman James Skoufis, a sponsor of a free SUNY tuition bill in the chamber, for questioning the governor's tuition plan, and suggesting the lawmaker was motivated by the lack of a pay raise agreement last month.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Edward Pwajok (Plateau - PDP) sought to alter the Constitution to empower the National Assembly to remove the governor and his deputy in appropriate circumstance.

Question: Governor Aregbesola later came to your rescue by sending you to Ukraine to complete your studies, but government sponsored 87 out of 98 medical students?

The panel discussion, which was sponsored by The New York Times and not included on the governor's official public schedule that day, also included Sen. Jim Alesi, a Republican who voted yes on the measure.

Klein and Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D - Queens) fought for the technological tool and sponsored legislation, signed into law by Governor Paterson last fall, making information regarding the location of registered sex offenders more accessible and convenient for millions of New Yorkers.

Cuomo's camp said the second - term governor plans to take on Nixon, the onetime «Sex and the City» star turned left - wing gubernatorial hopeful, after she challenged him to a one - on - one debate sponsored by WABC.

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it has uncovered plan by a group sponsored by the State Governor, Nyesom Wike...

Yet the later the hour grows for the bill's approval by the two governors, the more skittish its sponsors are growing about its chances of becoming law.

But the governor, chiding Arbetter because her public radio program is sponsored by two unions, NYSUT and CSEA, that have been his political antagonists, said his own team was convinced it was «one of, if not the strongest, in the country in terms of the disclosure.»

There are insinuations that you are being sponsored by powerful forces in the APC, especially former governor Kayode Fayemi, to destabilise the government.

The poll also shows strong support by New Yorkers for gun control proposals by the governor and the Assembly's Democratic majority as well as measures to better protect schools from shooting sponsored by the Senate's Republican majority.

TRENTON — The governor has signed into law a bill sponsored by Senate President Steve Sweeney that honors a former Naval officer killed by a drunk driver by naming a section of a state highway in his name.READ MORE»

Fayose governor challenged the DSS to tell Nigerians those who sponsored the Tuesday protest in Abuja by a group that called itself National Support Groups for Good Governance, (NASUGG), saying «When protesters went round major streets in Abuja on Tuesday, protesting against Governor Wike, where was the Dgovernor challenged the DSS to tell Nigerians those who sponsored the Tuesday protest in Abuja by a group that called itself National Support Groups for Good Governance, (NASUGG), saying «When protesters went round major streets in Abuja on Tuesday, protesting against Governor Wike, where was the DGovernor Wike, where was the DSS then?

The governor also denounced an amendment sponsored by western New York Rep. Chris Collins and Hudson Valley Rep. John Faso that would require New York state to take over the counties» costs of Medicaid, worth about $ 2.3 billion.

The Bronx Freedom Fund was the first organization to be licensed as a charitable bail organization in the State of New York after Governor Cuomo signed into law a bill sponsored by Senator Gustavo Rivera allowing these types of organizations to function in the State.

PHOTO: Republican candidates for governor Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, Avon attorney Martha Dean, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti and former West Hartford Town Council member Joe Visconti met at the Mark Twain House and Museum for a debate Friday sponsored by The Hartford Courant and FOX CT..

Acting on a bill sponsored by two state lawmakers from Western New York, Governor Cuomo has signed a new law that will allow the grandchildren of murder victims to be reimbursed for counseling.

Sliwa said some candidates for governor will participate in a March 15 debate sponsored by the party at WABC Radio in New York, where he hosts two daily talk shows.

It is disheartening to note that a governor that swore to defend the Constitution of Nigeria, and by extension, the constitution of the political party that sponsored him, is the same person planning for its murder,» he said.

As mentioned previously on the Bronx News Network, the Governor signed into law a new foreclosure bill on Tuesday in the Bronx, sponsored by State Senator Jeffrey Klein.

The measure passed the Assembly, where it was sponsored by Jeff Aubrey, and now awaits the governor's signature.

This legislation expands on a bill that was signed into law by Governor Cuomo in 2012, sponsored by Senator Rivera and Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz, which banned smoking outside of schools.

The agreement was reached late Monday night by the governor, who sponsored the reforms, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk County), Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx), and Sen. Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx).

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed for the second consecutive year an annexation oversight bill sponsored by Hudson Valley lawmakers.

Since 2010, more than 40 states have signed on to the initiative, which is sponsored in part by the National Governors Association.

The governor's public schedule for Saturday did not include an appearance at the rally in Harlem, which is being sponsored by Assemblyman Keith Wright.

The tone is in contrast to earlier in the week, when Senate sponsor Diane Savino expressed annoyance over a number of objections raised by Governor Cuomo.