Sentences with phrase «state elected state officials»

She and Mattituck - Cutchogue school board members plan to attend Saturday's annual Longwood Regional Legislative Breakfast, at which educators meet with state elected state officials, Dr. Smith said.

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The news comes from a report issued Thursday by the Secure Our Smartphones («S.O.S.») Initiative, an international partnership of law - enforcement agencies, elected officials, and consumer advocates headed by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, and London Mayor Boris Johnson.

Prosecutors began to uncover a string of corruption scandals in 2014 and 2015, involving both private and state - controlled companies, like Petrobras, the nation's oil and gas champion, as well as current and former elected officials — namely, the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The fire started when a spark from the unauthorized fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks that were being stored at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village, a few hours north of Kerala's state capital of Thiruvananthapuram, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the state's top elected official.

In a press conference later on Friday, however, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine expressed frustration with Scott and the state's health department for keeping him and other elected officials in the dark about the island - city's five locally transmitted Zika cases.

Trump also cited the home states of his primary rivals who are elected officials: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

It is the highest honor that the state's iconic Bourbon industry gives to elected officials.

State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has asked Madison and Dane County leaders for records of their communications with Kraft Heinz officials — the latest round in a blame game between elected officials for the planned closure of Madison's Oscar Mayer plant.

Ten South Florida cities sued the state Monday, seeking the power to regulate firearms locally without paying fines or losing elected officials.

But Plank, who has contributed in the past both to Republican and Democratic elected officials in federal and state posts, said that having «such a pro-business president is something that's a real asset to this country.»

They're challenging a 2011 state statute, backed by the gun lobby, that outlines penalties for elected officials who try to enact local gun laws, including a $ 5,000 fine and the prospect of being removed from office.

Adam believes it is this visibility which will force accountability and responsibility from elected officials charged with the fiscal decisions of local, city, state and federal government offices.

The day - long summit boasted a premier lineup of executives, business experts and elected officials including: U.S. Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta; U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao; Dan Bryant, Senior VP of Walmart's Global Public Government Affairs; U.S. Rep. Lou Correa (CA - 46); Senator Orrin Hatch (R - UT); U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros - Lehtinen (FL - 27); Alia Moses, United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas; Mary Ann Gomez Orta, President and CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute; C.E. Tee Rowe, President and CEO of America's Small Business Development Centers and many more.

She has worked extensively with the executive branch, as well as elected officials in both houses and across the aisles of Congress, State Government, and in the private sector.

«Elected officials who are Latter - day Saints make their own decisions and may not necessarily be in agreement with one another or even with a publicly stated church position,» the policy explains.

That wasn't even Olson's case, but with assists from a federal district court judge who came out as being in a same - sex relationship only after ruling and retiring, and elected officials who chose to forgo their traditional duty to vigorously defend state law, Olson and Boies did succeed in disenfranchising millions of Californians on a procedural technicality.

• The existence of a shadow government of unelected officials, acting independently or at times in cooperation with elected officials, presents the United States with a serious constitutional crisis:

In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.

The office of our highest elected official is where separation of church and state should START.

That's why we're regularly working with elected officials, federal and state agencies, and state guilds to ensure you get a fair shake.

The Texas Restaurant Association, along with 45 other state restaurant associations, led its restaurateurs to Capitol Hill to speak with its Congressional delegation to relay real life stories, successes and challenges to their elected officials.

Educational session panels at OGS will range in topics including farm soil management, environmentally sustainable packaging, advances in agricultural technology, and a discussion with elected state and federal officials on key issues facing agriculture.

In total, Welcome.us has received 70 proclamations from elected officials in 31 states plus our nation's capital declaring June Immigrant Heritage Month.

Samantha began her career in the political arena, working for elected officials throughout the state of California.

The League of Women Voter's website can put you in touch with your federal and state elected officials.

The Diaper Bank supports the efforts of the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) by increasing awareness within our state and community; by informing elected officials; by obtaining Diaper Need Awareness Week proclamations for an annually determined week in the month of September; by hosting diaper drives; and by promoting opportunities for supporters and advocates to talk and help raise diapers, and dollars in support of diaper need.

This morning in Austin, our state's newly elected Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is holding a press conference to announce his first official act in office.

With the Park District increasingly dependent on outside funding for capital improvements, the advisory councils have stepped in, convincing state and local elected officials to contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars.

She currently is serving as chairperson of East Texas Area Breastfeeding Coalition, and has actively lobbied her local and state elected officials in support of breastfeeding legislation.

The Junior League undertook a $ 26.6 million capital campaign and led a statewide team of educational partners, community and business leaders, elected officials, parents, volunteers, children and nationally recognized children's museum experts to plan, develop and build a one - of - a-kind, state - of - the - art, statewide children's museum.

«The only thing we know Flanagan supports are double dipping elected officials who voted for large increases in state spending, installed Pedro Espada and Dean Skelos as their leaders and gave state grants to themselves and their families.»

Elected officials from across the state are strengthening their calls for the state pension system to divest from fossil fuels.

Our elected officials on the Federal level are arguing over a «Millionaire's Tax» and now the elected officials on the State level want to do the same?

It is also among four amendments Cuomo has proposed as concurrent resolutions with the budget plan, including the adoption of same - day voter registration, limiting the outside of state lawmakers and term limits for elected officials.

Cuomo is pushing a package of ethics reform proposals including public financing of political campaigns and strengthened disclosure of outside income for elected officials — measure he says must be in the final state budget agreement.

Three former NY elected officials, who also just so happen to be the trio that make up the «Wise Guys» on NY1, have released an open letter to New Yorkers that declares GOP gubernatorial primary winner Carl Paladino «simply not fit to lead this great state.»

Last week's news that the state will replace the toll booths at the Grand Island bridges with a cashless, automatic tolling system is inspiring a group of elected officials to push the state Thruway Authority to bring the same system to the Williamsville and Lackawanna tolls.

The state Democratic Party teamed up today with LGBT leaders and openly gay elected officials to slam Republican AG candidate Dan Donovan for his opposition to same - sex marriage, saying his position calls into question his ability to serve as the state's top attorney.

But some elected officials on both the city and state level have criticized this approach as a way to close public schools and open a charter school in its place.

An amendment proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year that would term limit all state elected officials has so far fallen flat in the Legislature.

The demonstrations have drawn elected officials ranging from the mayor of Albany, Kathy Sheehan, to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is prodding lawmakers to back first passage of a pair of constitutional amendments that would set term limits for state elected officials and create a full - time Legislature that bans outside income.

«If you're going to write 90 checks like he did, then the odds that at least one of those New York State elected officials hasn't been convicted of a crime over the past decade are about as good the odds you pick a NCAA tournament bracket perfectly.»

Several Sanders surrogates and campaign aides — including state Sen. Bill Perkins, of Harlem, who is one of the few New York Democratic elected officials to break ranks and endorse Sanders over Clinton — held a conference call with reporters today, calling Clinton out for waffling on the license issue, while also attacking Sanders» own record on immigration reform.

There are five pension funds in New York City, which, unlike the state pension fund, are run by boards of trustees comprised of elected and appointed officials and union representatives.

In recent weeks, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has slowly built support among New York Republicans, rolling out endorsements from the party's top state - level official (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos) along with a wide array of current and former electeds, operatives and county GOP leaders.

And a governor, as the state's most prominent elected official, can line up in - person meetings with hard - to - get political officials and business executives.

Paterson's a little late to react to this issue, elected officials from all over the state rushed to condemn the new law last week, and the Rev. Al Sharpton has pledged to challenge it.

About a week ago the idea of a pay raise commission for state - elected officials looked like a dead issue.

He is not, unlike many of the state's Democratic elected officials — including NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — going to Puerto Rico for the Somos el Futuro conference.