Sentences with phrase «taken against district»

It would be helpful for the petitioners, if they exist, to show what action was taken and should have been taken against district electoral officers performing key functions and showing party biases as they allege.

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In fact, in December 2017 a Virginia district court judge ruled against a female plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation against defense contractor BAE Systems, in part, because she «did not take advantage of BAE's harassment reporting procedures of which she was well aware.»

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Weiner, whose district includes parts of the Mission — an increasingly trendy area of San Francisco, where some of the bus protests have taken place — warned that lashing out against tech workers was not the right approach to address the issue of gentrification.

HiQ took LinkedIn to court, and the case is currently mired in the appeals process after a U.S. district court judge in the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction against Ldistrict court judge in the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction against LDistrict of California granted a preliminary injunction against LinkedIn.

Broward School Board members took a stand against arming school employees Tuesday, while facing harsh public criticism about how well the district protects and cares for its students.

Uber is offering free rides for everyone going out of the Sydney central business district, where law enforcement authorities are in a standoff against a hostage - taking crisis, but not before Uber botched up its PR yet again.

A stark vision in red, set against the verdant greens of the Helvellyn peak in the Lake District, a bridge made entirely from paper takes its place in the British countryside to defy both belief and gravity.

State prosecutors took over the case against Kerrick early on, when it came to light that Mecklenburg district attorney Andrew Murray had once been a law partner of a member of Kerrick's defense team.

The District 57 host team for the Intermediate Little League World Series taking place in Livermore for the second straight year, Canyon Creek shouldered plenty of expectations when it took to the field for the Day 1 nightcap against the Southeast Region All - Stars of Barboursville, West Virginia.

But James Strang, a former park board member who is helping lead the fight against the referendum, said that if the district is dissolved and later re-established it «will take a year or two «to get programs running again.

The Fox Valley Park District is taking a leading role in the battle against childhood obesity.

DuPage County Forest Preserve District leaders have vowed to take action against the village after realizing the Edge was built on distriDistrict leaders have vowed to take action against the village after realizing the Edge was built on districtdistrict land.

About 55 percent of voters opposed the Park District taking part in any kind of public - private partnership, and about 69 percent were against the district's participation in theDistrict taking part in any kind of public - private partnership, and about 69 percent were against the district's participation in thedistrict's participation in the center.

Wheaton Park District officials Monday welcomed an announcement by the Du Page County state «s attorney «s office that it would not take legal action against the district for alleged violations of the state Open MeetiDistrict officials Monday welcomed an announcement by the Du Page County state «s attorney «s office that it would not take legal action against the district for alleged violations of the state Open Meetidistrict for alleged violations of the state Open Meetings Act.

The case against the park district, brought in a civil action filed last May by the Cook County state's attorney's office, alleges that park district officials improperly took office in the Southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

Sara Niccoli, a Democrat running for the 46th Senate district against incumbent George Amedore, took aim at Flanagan's comments this week.

Ulrich was widely seen as having the right of first refusal to run for Weiner's seat, and he backed Turner after deciding against taking a gamble on a Democrat - dominated district that might not be long for this world anyway.

A hearing scheduled for Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Albany will be the first courtroom encounter between Paterson — represented by lawyers from the attorney general's office — and four state workers unions that brought suit against the governor's plan to force employees to take a one - day - a-week furlough until the state's budget plan is finalized.

According to the press release announcing the event, the Thompsons were «were incredibly instrumental when a rather shy individual took a stand against politics as usual in New York State and made the 23rd Congressional District Special Election international phenomena.»

Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who is leading the corruption cases against lawmakers caught taking bribes earlier this year, was the first speaker.

The campaign referenced a Buffalo News article in which Hoyt admitted to gauging McMurray's interest in running against Republican state Senator Chris Jacobs this fall, instead of taking on GOP Congressman Chris Collins in New York's 27th District.

When Rob Astorino is out campaigning for governor, it would serve him [more] wisely to invite local Republican senators who have done a good job for their constituents and carried those districts... than to take what his campaign manager's advice may be, which is to in effect campaign against them.»

He is running against Grimm, a two - term Republican congressman representing the 11th Congressional District, a seat that covers the entire borough of Staten Island and takes in parts of Brooklyn, including Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst.

Assemblyman Dan Losquadro doesn't want to see Southold and Shelter Island towns removed from his Assembly district and he's taking the fight against North Fork redistricting to a public hearing next week.

This is the most interest Cuomo has taken in any local election since he took office back in January — more even than in the NY - 26 special election that drew national attention when Democrat Kathy Hochul won an upset in the long - held GOP district against Assemblywoman Jane Corwin.

Rumore said if Paladino is defending himself against actions taken as a private citizen, he should not be able to use district money to do so.

The three - trustee majority of Hempstead's embattled school board pledged to take a more inclusionary approach going forward and decided against action on a variety of district matters until all five panelists can attend.

Cain had his picture taken with Matthew Corey, a Republican who is running in the First Congressional District in the Greater Hartford region against incumbent Democrat John B. Larson of East Hartford.

[22] He won the general election against Republican nominee and Richmond County district attorney Dan Donovan and took office on January 1, 2011.

Douglas Schneider has been running against Gold to take over the unpaid party position for the district that covers Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington and Ditmas Park.

Kansas» 3rd district (D): State Rep. Kevin Yoder struggled against former state Rep. Patricia Lightner in last week's primary for the right to take on Stephene Moore (D) for the seat being vacated by her husband Dennis Moore (D).

After year - long investigations into a potential pay - to - play scheme involving his definition political nonprofit Campaign for One New York and his failed 2014 fundraising effort for State Senate Democrats by now - former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara — eventually taken over by acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim — and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the pair decided not to bring federal charges against de Blasio or his aides.

The trustees also authorized the district's lawyers to take legal action against any parties involved in any election fraud and agreed to ask the education commissioner to order a new vote for the two board seats.

House Majority PAC, a third - party group supporting Democrats in Congressional races, today released an attack ad against Republican Congressional candidate Chris Collins, who is taking on Rep. Kathy Hochul (D) in New York's 27th district.

It took her ten years, during which she joined the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum, worked on Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, served as special counsel to then — HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and took another law job, before Gillibrand found the upstate House district in which she wanted to run... against a four - term incumbent for a seat that hadn't been held by a Democrat in 30 years and where Republicans outnumbered Democrats almost two to one.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is taking it on the chin these days for accepting campaign contributions from defense lawyers who represented high profile clients — including two of President Donald Trump's adult children and disgraced ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein — against whom he declined to bring criminal charges.

CORNING, N.Y. (WETM - 18)-- A local member of the Green Party who had his name fraudulently circulated for a possible run in the 23rd Congressional District is taking action against the man responsible.

In addition to the Ritter - Lerman race, Republican A. Lloyd Carter is taking on Angel Arce in the 4th Assembly District; Republican Paul Panos is running against Brandon McGee in the 5th District; and Republican Russell Williams is facing Edwin Vargas in the 6th District.

He was one of the first Republicans to take a stand against Trump, but winning re-election in this heavily Democratic district would have required him to over-perform the top of his ticket by significant margins.

* Dentist Paul Gosar (R), who is running against Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D) in Arizona's 1st district, said that there were «unintended consequences» that took place when the 17th Amendment was created.

In today's Congressional Corner, New York Representative Chris Gibson — a Republican from the 19th district — tells WAMC's Alan Chartock what happens when a Congressional representative takes a stand against the leadership.

The Rev's spitting mad, ready to back lawyer Luis Sepulveda against Peter, and take on Peter's district leader, Ken Padilla.

Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, has begged the Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify the disciplinary decisions taken by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, against him.

Christopher Marte is planning to run against District 1 City Council member Margaret Chin in the general election, which takes place Nov. 7.

Cuomo has called for an investigation into the allegations against Schneiderman, saying there could be more than one district attorney looking into the matter given the allegations took place in different counties.

He noted that strong recruits have already emerged in New York's 20th district where wealthy former state party chairman Sandy Treadwell (R) plans to take on freshman Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) and in New Hampshire's 1st district where former Rep. Jeb Bradley (R) is seeking a rematch against Rep. Carol Shea - Porter (D).

«You know I ran in ’12 and I got 34 percent of the vote, we came up from nowhere, we'd never been in politics; in ’14 we took 44 percent of the vote, and I think people in the district are starting to realize that I'm not really running against Bronson, but I'm running against a philosophy that's crushing New York State and the country,» Vazquez told WXXI News.

Moya, a former secretary to the Senate under Gov. David Paterson, took 67 percent of the vote in his race against Monserrate for the empty 39th Assembly District seat, which had been left vacant after Sen. Jose Peralta (D - East Elmhurst) won Monserrate's old seat in the Senate in a March special election.

«Community can take a stand against money, against greed, against power,» said Jennifer L. Mecozzi, who handily ousted School Board President James P. Sampson from his seat representing the West District.

Without indicating what action he might take in the Ivy case, Soares insisted he was working to prevent a defense attorney from raising a potentially disastrous legal argument against any district attorney who might bring charges in a case that falls into what Soares characterized as the executive order's ample ambiguities.