Sentences with phrase «state officials moved»

When state officials moved forward anyway, Barnes says she filed a complaint this month with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, asking federal education officials to bar North Carolina's reforms.

State officials move test scores and targets whenever it fits their agenda.

Not exact matches

Late last year, officials in Utah moved to ban Zenefits; the state's insurance commissioner, Todd Kiser, sent a letter to the company calling its business model a violation of state laws.

Later on Monday, officials from the company, the city and state will take questions about the move to the hub, announced earlier this year.

The official stance of the state for this move, said Lee, was that «this was the kick in the butt these people needed to get back to work.»

Washington's move to probe steel imports could trigger a trade dispute between the United States and its major trading partners, who are likely to take retaliatory steps, the official China Daily said in an editorial on Monday.

Iran moved this month to formally unify its official and open market exchange rates and banned money changing outside of banks, after its currency, the rial, plunged to an all - time low on concerns about a possible return of sanctions if the United States exits a multilateral nuclear accord.

According to recent reports, Intelligence Agencies in India have just issued an official report stating that virtual currencies such as Bitcoin can be used for the funding of illegal activities, by people who also move their funds through hawala transactions.

Canadian officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have remained optimistic in their outlook on NAFTA in comments to the media, stating that moving forward with NAFTA in place is their expected result.

WASHINGTON — White House officials moved quickly on Wednesday to calm fears of a potential trade war with China, saying the administration's proposed tariffs were a «threat» that would ultimately help, not hurt, the United States economy, hours after China said it would punish American products with similar levies.

The United States imposed major new sanctions against Russia on Friday, striking at senior Russian officials and some of the country's biggest companies in one of Washington's most aggressive moves to punish Moscow for its alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and other «malign activity».

In a sign of official encouragement, a Chinese business magazine said a state bank has provided $ 1 billion in loans to help companies with listings abroad move them to domestic exchanges.

Kuwait is considering privatizing its oil - field services sector, a senior finance ministry official said Tuesday, in a potentially controversial move in the petroleum - dependent Persian Gulf state.

Christianity Becomes the State Religion In the fourth century, Christianity moved from being a persecuted sect to being the official religion of the Roman Empire.

First Baptist's move to deny a wedding venue has been blasted by local and national officials with the Southern Baptist Convention, whose 16 million members make up the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.

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.

This weeks View From the Enemy comes direct from the official Manchester City website, who have moved to state their respect to the work done by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger over the years, pinpointing the Frenchman as the breakthrough in English football when it comes to foreign managers.

The Gunners are currently being linked with a move to sign the Spaniard following his return to Madrid, but the speculation appears to be ignoring the news on Real's official website, which stated he would be joining up with the first - team squad for pre-season, on the manager's orders.

L'Equipe state that the senior official explained that Anthony Martial's move to Manchester United in 2015 was sanctioned because of Financial Fair Play (FFP) reasons in order to be «safe and sound» but the lub had moree freedom as to whether to let Lemar go or not.

It is interesting to hear Wenger state in the last few days that he hoped Cesc will be with us for a good 2 or 3 seasons, just when it coincided with Barcelona declaring that they are making drastic cuts to their wage bill on and off the field.They literally have no cash to spend and though asset rich, the effects of the Spanish economy are taking affect.I think Cesc has accepted that and will show full commitment to Arsenal.He is pivotal to any success we may achieve.His whole body language has changed, he looks generally much more content, and he can put to the back of his mind, at least for the time being any proposed move, and that for us is a good thing.Barca are disguising their troubles by saying yet again they have made no official approach to our club, purely to save face.

In what county officials regard as an unprecedented legal move, Cook County State's Atty. Dick Devine on Thursday sought to place operation of the park district under court supervision.

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.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit charging that North Carolina's bathroom law violates federal civil - rights law — a move that came hours after the state's officials filed their own suit saying the department was trying to rewrite national law by attacking them.

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.

Therefore, in order to move to a proportional representation system, you would need the state officials in charge of drawing congressional districts (traditionally the state legislature) to draw districts against their own interests when it is perfectly legal to blatantly draw them in your favor (so long as you don't do so in such a way as to not explicitly dilute the power of some actual protected class, i.e. race, gender, etc.).

During a recent conference on addiction held in Tehran, Saeed Sefatian, a prominent Iranian official and head of the working group on drug demand reduction in the Council for the Discernment of the Expediency of the State (also known as the Expediency Council), illustrated what could become a potential alternative to Iran's current drug policy — including a move which that could include measures towards legalisation of cannabis and opium.

Despite intense opposition from nearly every local elected official and a total lack of public input on the new design, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Transportation are moving forward with plans to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge without transit.

[15] This bill moved the petition deadline for political parties seeking official state recognition from April to January 2 and moved the petition deadline for independent candidates from May 1 to March 1.

The move makes New York the first state to comply with the controversial request, after officials initially said they would resist the request.

State officials describe that move as routine because the MTA owed the state that money anState officials describe that move as routine because the MTA owed the state that money anstate that money anyway.

At the Governor's direction and after 70 years of stagnation, the state, MTA, local officials and Long Island communities are moving forward on this $ 2 billion project.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Companies in New York state are «open to the idea» of moving the state income tax code to a payroll tax system, a senior state official told Reuters on Friday.

Cuomo and locally elected officials have pushed back against efforts that would end local and state deductions, a move that would have the greatest effect on high - tax states like New York, New Jersey and Illinois.

State officials insist that refunds are moving faster this year, though many filers are yet to receive them.

The letter, on official stationery bearing the names of state Sen. Marisol Alcantara (D - Inwood) and Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa (D - Inwood), says the move would deprive their constituents of «vital health services.»

A top state party official, in an unprecedented move, has prepared a letter to Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, the Bronx Democratic chairman, calling on him to formally begin the ouster effort.

Former Maryland GOP Chairman Alex Mooney has moved to West Virginia and is considering a run for the open 2nd District, according to a high - ranking state party official.

Democrats Francisco Moya of Corona and Aravella Simotas of Astoria, both of whom had no opponents in the general election, stepped into seats left open by officials moving on to the state Senate.

[Franklin - Hodge later said that the company had tweaked its official company name to move from «Blue State Digital LLC» to «Blue State Digital Incorporated.»]

Democratic lawmakers were quick to praise the move, which Cuomo had pledged to do back in January during his second State of the State address (and unlike other pledges — campaign finance reform and a call for independent redistricting — Cuomo actually spoke the words about fingerprinting, rather than leaving it in the official statement).

Cuomo is also pushing to expand charitable deductions for taxpayers in New York that could let them recover from the federal cap on deductions — a move that follows the broad outlines being considered by California officials, another high - tax state that is reacting to the SALT cap.

The move also will reduce the time teachers spend grading the tests and may speed the transition for some schools to computer - based testing, state officials said.

And, in a move that administration officials said was planned well before any of the recent revelations about Mr. Hoyt, Mr. Cuomo is expected to announce on Monday the appointment of Cathy Calhoun as his director of state operations, a top post in the executive chamber.

A bold move to be the first elected official to support the junior United States senator from Vermont, in Westchester County, the adopted home of Hillary Clinton.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - New York taxpayers stand to lose about $ 68 billion that they now deduct from their federal taxes if President - elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan move forward with their tax reform plans next year, according to state officials and tax experts.

Historians and analysts say President Donald Trump's call for a sitting United States senator to resign over a dispute about a nominee is unprecedented — yet, White House officials are mum about the provocative move.

GEDDES — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state officials are moving forward with the second phase of the New York State Fairgrounds transformation prostate officials are moving forward with the second phase of the New York State Fairgrounds transformation proState Fairgrounds transformation project.

Our communities and our state and federal elected officials need to work together now to make sure we take this opportunity to successfully move ahead.»

ALBANY - State officials are preparing to move ahead with long - awaited efforts to overhaul the healthcare network in central and eastern Brooklyn, including the likely merger of at least three money - losing hospitals into a single care - providing entity for the region.

News of the belated state action in Petersburgh comes as the Cuomo administration moves to contain political fallout from the slow official reaction to the potential health threat from pollution of water in Hoosick Falls with a chemical called PFOA, which is used in manufacturing non-stick materials and has been linked to kidney and testicular cancer and thyroid problems.