Sentences with phrase «taken by the governor»

Maglan concentrated on investing in companies with economic difficulties in the United States but the low values in Puerto Rico and «the steps taken by the Governor to close the gap in the budget» attracted Maglan to invest for the first time in municipal debt.

This builds on steps taken by Governor Cuomo to open the doors of government to New Yorkers through his Open NY initiative.

He said: «We at the grassroots are very happy with the pragmatic steps taken by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to positively impact on the rural populace with meaningful economic policies and Deltans will benefit immensely.

The direction taken by the governor is a good one, however, the set of solutions being discussed and the process in which they are discussed could be improved.

The Personal Income Tax (PIT) actions taken by the governor and the Legislature this month should reduce projected deficits in the near - term, but balancing next year's budget will again be a struggle, and current conditions add risk to the upcoming state budget.»

«Mr. Capel's hysterics notwithstanding, the truly extreme position is the one taken by Governor Cuomo in his State of the State address, where he called for passage of the so - called «Reproductive Health Act,» which would expand late - term abortions in New York, even up to the day of a baby's birth.

Transgender individuals in New York State will soon have new protections against discrimination and harassment as the result of a new executive action taken by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

A document from Governor Cuomo's administration assessing the health impacts of hydrofracking, written less than a year ago, says the gas drilling process is likely safe if proper precautions are taken by the governor's environmental agency, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).

Lawmakers and good government groups have knocked the last - minute flurry of budget activity before the April 1 deadline because it at times requires messages of necessity, a procedural step taken by the governor to move legislation to the floor of the Assembly and Senate more quickly to circumvent the required three - day «aging» process.

A document from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration assessing the health impacts of hydrofracking, written less than a year ago, says the gas drilling process is likely safe if proper precautions are taken by the governor's environmental agency, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).

She lauded the steps so far taken by Governor Ortom, assuring him that they would continue to pray and stand with the state government.

Here is a final update on actions taken by the Governor.

Education advocate Jonathan Pelto is calling on Attorney General George Jepsen, the Connecticut State Auditors and the General Assembly's Education Committee to investigate the inappropriate and potentially illegal actions being taken by Governor Malloy's administration and a group of public school superintendents in violation of prescribed testing protocols for the Common Core SBAC testing.

Not exact matches

Spicer missed a number of recent press briefings because he was reportedly serving with the U.S. Navy reserve, and his place was taken by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, daughter of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Fed Governor Jerome Powell, President Trump's nominee to succeed her, will take over when her four - year term as chair expires on Feb. 3.

The professional watchers of the Bank of Canada were badly embarrassed by Governor Stephen Poloz's decision to take out recession «insurance» in January.

Now that Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rosselló has introduced a fiscal proposal that will cope with the island's debt and balance the budget, and our decisions are being disciplined by a federal fiscal control board, we need to start thinking about what it will take to create a sustainable economy where more companies like Señor Paleta can grow.

And in 2011, Wisconsin's governor decimated public sector unions by taking away state and local government employee rights to collective bargaining, reversing a policy in place since 1959.

But if by taking a run at Mark Carney, these Liberals have initiated a never - ending cycle of speculation about the possible political ambitions of future Governors of the Bank of Canada, they will have weakened — perhaps fatally — the foundations of Canadian monetary policy.

The move is a big gamble on the part of Governor Stephen Poloz, who hopes the rate cut will both spur companies to spend and help fend off low inflation, but the risk is that Canada's already over-indebted households will put themselves in even more danger by taking on excessive leverage.

Former Fed Governor Stein highlighted that Federal Reserve's monetary policy transmission mechanism works through the «recruitment channel,» in such way that investors are «enlisted» to achieve central bank objectives by taking higher credit risks, or to rebalance portfolio by buying longer - term bonds (thus taking on higher duration risk) to seek higher yield when faced with diminished returns from safe assets.

Read the letter sent to school board officials throughout the state of Florida by Governor Rick Scott outlining the action taken by law makers since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 17.

While organisations such as the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors take the lead in setting global standards, we contribute to global regulatory initiatives by participating in their task forces and committees to work on implementing financial regulatory reforms, enhancing standards and facilitating market development.

The short take is that unemployment rate estimates by the Fed governors keep coming down, bottoming in 2019, and rising after that.

Among changes to be implemented by June 30 is allowing foreign firms to take majority stakes in local JVs, People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang said on Wednesday at the Boao Forum on the southern island of Hainan.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

From early in the rule of Augustus it was suggested by the governor of Asia that each year should begin on the emperor's birthday, and this suggestion was enthusiastically taken up by the province.

Though Valerian was favorable to Christians in the beginning later he turned against because of the constant calamities of the empire which were attributed to their atheism and also he was influenced by his governor who took vengeance upon Christians.

Here's a better idea for this so - called «governor» to consider: Take a look at the research done by your alma mater, Texas A&M, on global warming and the effect it will have on Texas (higher temps and greater stress on water through decreased rainfall and increased evaporation)... then stop poopooing the efforts to mitigate the effect humans are having on climate change.

The Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 arrived as a surprise and took many lives with it, including, according to the report of the Massachusetts governor John Winthrop, those of eight Native Americans taken by the storm surge while «flying from their wigwams.»

The Governors trailed by a point at halftime and didn't take the lead for good until Porter - Bunton nailed a 3 for an 83 - 80 advantage with 59 seconds left.

Once the two bills are reconciled, the compromise version will be sent to Washington governor, Chris Gregoire, to sign into law, and would take effect by fall 2009.

Paladino, who is not shy about sharing his controversial views, was unapologetic about saying Erie County Executive Chris Collins should stand by comments that compared Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (an Orthodox Jew) to Adolf Hitler and the anti-Christ and pledged to «take down» the Manhattan Democrat if he's elected governor.

Grisanti has already taken the liberty of running a TV ad touting his relationship with the Democratic governor, who did Amodeo no favors by saying he knows «nothing about» the Senate hopeful.

Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, was rocked with a mass protest on Friday by interest groups which took over the streets to condemn the non-payment of workers» and alleged looting of the state treasury by Governor Ayo Fayose.

Speaking of fundraisers, the governor, who has pointedly remained close to home since taking office, is reportedly headed across the country for the first time for a Dec. 2 fundraiser in LA hosted by Hollywood bigwigs like Rob Reiner, Candy Spelling and J.J. Abrams.

If the Legislature has not modified the governor's budget by March 31st, the governor's budget will take effect the next day.

WSJ's Jacob Gershman takes an in depth look at how the Cuomo administration has controlled the message by preparing remarks for other politicians who are introducing the Governor.

«All candidates running for governor now should do the same if they want to be taken seriously by the people of New York.»

But that was over by yesterday, when the governor took a bit of a swipe at the Buffalo businessman.

At the end of 2010, Mugabe took additional action to seize total control of Zimbabwe by selecting provisional governors without consulting Tsvangirai.

Whereas Senator Sheldon Silver has refused to take up legislative action that would eliminate the «Pay for Play» culture that allows for our legislators to be used as bought and paid for commodities by outside business concerns, as your Governor I must fully investigate the Assembly and Senates ties to Business and the Lobbyists who curry favor with our legislators to gain undo advantage for those businesses at the peoples expense.

Morelle described the body as a technical advisory board and said an overarching governance board, appointed by the Governor, will take the lead.

Thus after repeated entireties by your elected Governor to both the Assembly and the Legislature, to take up action and to pass my Anti-Corruption Bill, I was ignored this past Legislative session and now deem it in the essential interest of the people of New York to accomplish the goals of my Anti-Corruption Campaign via other means, a «Mooreland Commission» composed of the best legal minds in the State of New York.

While Amtrak has rebuffed the governor's public offer to step in and take over emergency repair work at Penn Station, Cuomo inserted himself into the process this morning with a pledge to speed up bridge and tunnel repairs by early July.

NYC took over Governor's Island — an achievement by Mayor Bloomberg that eluded his predecessors.

«What we know for certain is he created these elaborate economic development schemes to take in millions of pay - to - play campaign donations by creating a culture of corruption that allowed his closest aide to line to his own pockets the way the Governor was lining his campaign coffers.

Lawmakers will return to Washington today facing intense public pressure to break their decades - long gridlock on gun control, a demand fortified by a bipartisan group of governors calling for Congress to take action to protect against mass shootings.

Having someone like Gareth by the governor's side always made the press shop rest assured that everything will be taken care of.

If Governor Cuomo wants to take the national fight to Trump, he must start in his own backyard by uniting a Democratic State Senate majority that will resist these attacks.