Sentences with phrase «state governments move»

New retail trading laws for WA will affect businesses as varied as Bunnings, Masters, stallholders at short - term markets and even shops on Rottnest Island as the state government moves to widen trading hours and remove anomalies in current regulations.

Secretive funding network channelled millions to stop state governments moving towards renewable energy

Not exact matches

THE state government's move to strengthen codes of conduct in the property industry is credited with helping uncover three new real estate scams.

The City of Cockburn has continued its attack on the interim report by the state government's Major Stadia Taskforce, flagging the possibility of legal action as part of its next move.

The state government has begun the tender process to find a lead financial adviser as it plans to move ahead with divesting a portion of Keystart's loan book to the private sector.

State and the federal governments are making historic moves to combat the U.S. opioid drug crisis.

Treasurer Eric Ripper said the move was aimed at stamping out the practice of Governments offering financial incentives to lure companies and events from one State to another.

After all, who in California government wanted a flagship company moving jobs out of the state.

Besides encouraging local companies to publish updates in English, the government has also moved to privatize state - owned firms.

The state government has continued its investigation into moving one of its departments to Fremantle, but has not committed to the shift.

In a statement Monday, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said the move is a response to legislation that took effect in New York State this weekend requiring the use of American - made iron in certain government road and bridge construction projects.

Governor Kasich asked me to help him run economic development for the state and privatize the department so it could move at the speed of business not the speed of government.

Such a move was no longer attractive after recent measures taken by the Singapore government to cool the city - state's property market, Overseas Union said.

The state government's chief information officer, Giles Nunis, is moving to the private sector following a recent review recommended sweeping changes to his office, which was established under the Barnett government.

Engaging constructively with governments is central to advancing BlackRock's mission, and, in the United States, we desperately need to find common ground on which Americans of different views and from different parties can come together to move the nation forward.

According to USA Today, Hyperloop One will weigh local, state, and federal government's support of particular projects — and thus, their likelihood of getting funding — before deciding whether to move forward with them.

California Air Resources Board chief Mary Nichols told Reuters last month that a group of states was considering the legal move, but it does not mean they could not still try to reach agreement with automakers and the federal government.

Meanwhile, in the rare occurrence that a company decides to move to Minnesota from other states, it is often the result of substantial tax breaks or other government incentives.

He justified his decision to replace his deputy Yassin by stating that «I must have a solid and unified team moving in the same direction,» adding that he hoped the new Cabinet «ensures that the Government has the strength and unity to focus on my development plans.»

And as the cryptocurrency world adjusts to the idea of a state - backed coin, it appears that the Maduro government is moving to launch another one already.

Mr. Mulvaney also questioned G.E.'s claim that the bank's uncertain future forced its move, suggesting that other economic factors in the United States — corporate taxes, government regulations and tort costs — could have also driven the decision.

Such a move by the Trudeau government to draw more revenue into federal coffers would take Canada in the opposite direction as the United States, Mr. Rosenberg said, noting that «the implications for the Canadian dollar is decisively negative, not to mention the deflating effect on asset values.»

The government is advancing legislation to move it to C$ 14 at the beginning of 2018, making it the steepest in Canada and higher than U.S. states such as Michigan, one of its main manufacturing competitors.

With Aetna Inc. looking to move its headquarters from Hartford, on the heels of General Electric Co.'s shift to Boston, Connecticut's economic development strategy may now turn inward, boosting its cities to attract high - tech workers and fixing state government's crisis - prone budgeting.

During his visit to the Irving Refinery on August 8th, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated that the Energy East pipeline was not just about moving Alberta's energy to markets, but that the government would, make sure «that Canadians themselves benefit from these projects and from that gain in energy security.»

CNN also reports that the Republican - controlled state government in Florida is expected to raise the mandatory minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21 — a move that would have prevented the 19 - year - old Parkland shooter from legally acquiring the gun that he used in his attack.

Take away: The move, followed a few recent high - profile mergers among State - owned companies, highlighted the government's determination to push forward reforms of the state - owned companies to improve efficiState - owned companies, highlighted the government's determination to push forward reforms of the state - owned companies to improve efficistate - owned companies to improve efficiency.

The move marks yet another notable effort taken by the Singapore government to promote the application of blockchain tech as part of its wider push for the city - state's fintech development.

The move is likely to be controversial because investors have long assumed that the debts of the state - controlled airline were guaranteed by the government.

Economists and analysts are trying to gauge the costs to the economy and consumers if the United States loses its solid - gold credit rating — a move that appears more likely now that the standoff in Washington over government spending has calcified.

The airline is set to be taken private by its majority shareholder, the state fund Khazanah Nasional, in a move to revamp its business — effectively giving the government full control.

In a move to boost China's domestic semiconductor industry, the country launched a ¥ 140 billion, state - backed semiconductor investment fund, which was already in progress prior to the U.S. government's ban on ZTE.

The first phase of sanctions targeted individuals, but these new measures prohibits U.S. institutions from trading new bonds with the government of Venezuela or state - owned oil company PDVSA, a move intended to choke off the regime's finances.

Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper added to this unease after a recent trip to Washington, stating that he does not believe President Trump's threat to pull out of the deal is a bluff, and that the government needs to think about concessions to move the process forward.

The Brazilian government temporarily removed a 20 % tariff on ethanol through December 31, 2011, in a move to pressure the United States to lift its own tariffs on imported ethanol.

The proposals for health care in Congress this year, for example, will soon escalate the clash between religious hospitals and state agencies over mandatory performance of abortion: Any single - payer system will prove, as it must, irresistible to social engineers in government, and each twist of the ratchet necessarily moves Catholic hospitals further from the Church and closer to the state.

The government is slowly moving to a Socialist state, so slowly you don't even realize it's happening.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

In their eagerness to highlight and address the inevitable contacts between religion and government, and to move beyond implausible, distorted versions of church - state «separation,» Eisgruber and Sager abandon too much.

A number of good examples already exist, whether that is Marine Stewardship Council's longstanding focus on regional fisheries as the certification unit, the Alliance for Water Stewardship's approach to watershed - level management, Rainforest Alliance measuring conservation outcomes across regions with a prevalence of certified enterprises, or the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil partnering with state - level governments to move whole jurisdictions towards certifiable production.

They will not tell your child that his strengths lie elsewhere, that their school objectives will change and move according to what a government official states, but that he has his own strengths, abilities and talents.

When we moved to France balancing and controlling colors was even easier to do, because the European government regulates food dye additives better in Europe than in the United States.

Tom Schatz of Citizens Against Government Waste called it a prime example of how the nation «is moving ever closer to becoming a «nanny state.»»

The Supreme Court has dismissed moves by Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome to stop the valuation of his properties by the government as part of efforts to retrieve the GhC47.2 million that he owes the state

In a Middletown Times Herald - Record OpEd (subscription needed), Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver calls out the Senate GOP for refusing to move the state primaries to June 26 and forcing local governments to pay for a fourth election.

The move to launch the African passport was reached during the Summit in January this year, with the AU deciding that the passport would be launched in Kigali, starting with Heads of State and Government, with Foreign Ministers, the leadership of the Representatives of the AU Executive Councils and Organs.

Percoco was accused of accepting bribes from COR development executive Steve Aiello and Joseph Gerardi and Peter Galbraith Kelly from Competitive Power Ventures, and using his position in state government and his relationship with the governor to move projects forward.

Leader of the protesters and treasurer of the Market Men and Women, Ojodu Retail Market Branch, Alhaja Fadeke Bello, said the traders were surprised, when some officials of the state government gave them only one day notice to move out.

While describing it as a political witch - hunt, The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, who spoke while briefing journalists in Benin, the state capital, said that the state government's move was a clear sign of political desperation and persecution of the former governor, rather than addressing the numerous challenges facing the state.

Moving the motion, Karim said in spite the federal statutory allocation, salary bail - out funds and Paris Club refund received by Kogi Government, non-payment of state and local government workers salariesGovernment, non-payment of state and local government workers salariesgovernment workers salaries lingered.