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In separate phone calls to British and Turkish leaders this week, Xi called for an investigation into the alleged chemical attack in the town of Douma by the Syrian government, days after the US and its allies struck three targets in Syria in retaliation.

Jaish al - Islam, however, believed it could avoid the same fate even as Syrian troops encircled Douma, saying it wanted to protect the town and its people from forced displacement imposed by the Assad government.

A tax plan approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday would sharply curtail a federal deduction that millions of Americans can now claim for tax payments to state, county, city and town governments.

Last January, President Barack Obama's administration awarded $ 48 million to relocate a small Louisiana town sinking into the Gulf of Mexico, the first such project funded by the federal government.

SEPTEMBER 2004: Chris Tenove's series of reports from towns hard - hit by government cutbacks in B.C.'s «Heartland» garners first of many Webster Award nominations for Tyee.

Positivity has been held back by rising labour shortages and the burden of complying with government regulations, and this should remind us that Brexit isn't the only game in town.»

The town's inhabitants were told by a representative of the Iraqi government that they had «until sunrise to evacuate», according to Fox News.

The year before Luther and Melancthon wrote their Memorandum, there occurred the violent take - over of the town of Munster by Anabaptists, declaring they had guidance and revelation to unseat the government.

Dean, Jewish people are sometimes offended by nativity scenes put up by their town's government's because it seems like the town is * endorsing Christianity *.

The $ 35 million investment in the facility, just outside Wexford town, has been supported by the Government of Ireland through Enterprise Ireland since 2014 and has doubled peak capacity at the plant.

If you are involved in a private youth sports program which plays on publicly - owned fields, diamonds, rinks, or courts, or are in local government, you have probably been hearing a lot lately about what is being dubbed the «power of the permit»: the authority municipalities and towns around the country are using to condition use of their athletic facilities by private programs on compliance with state concussion safety laws from which they would otherwise be exempt, or, in an increasing number of instances, to fill gaps in their state's law.

The appointment which was conveyed to the new monarch through a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, said this followed the completion of the due process of selection conducted by the kingmakers of the ancient town.

The scheme will also aim to help people get to work or school by better connecting towns and cities, unlock land for new homes, and improve business links — forming a crucial strand of the government's strategy to rebalance the economy by ensuring wealth is spread across the UK and not just concentrated in the south - east of England.

In 2014, the FBI probed a 2007 land purchase by Marchione as part of an ongoing investigation of Halfmoon town government.

By restoring state revenue sharing to former levels to pay for unfunded state mandates, which are driving many cities, towns, and counties toward bankruptcy, New York's local governments could fully fund their services and still cut their highest - in - the - nation property taxes.

As Congress returns to town today, the president faces weeks of hard negotiations to overhaul the tax code, raise the debt ceiling, keep the government open, finance his border wall, and secure relief and reconstruction money for areas devastated by Hurricane Harvey.

He noted Towns, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was noncommittal when asked by Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican, to subpoena records from the «Friends of Angelo» loan program through which the former CEO of Countrywide Financial charged with fraud and insider trading by the SEC provided sweetheart mortgages to Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd and others.

Ogunmola, who also hailed from Ogori, the same town with the deceased, said government was saddened in no small measure by the alleged action of Soje.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly on the stand.

This was contained in the quarterly publication made available by the state government to mark the second quarterly town hall meetings of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the state, stating the activities of the government ministries and agencies.

Chiefs and people in towns such as; Nyinahini, Nkawie, Mpasaaso in the Ashanti Region, have vowed to resist any attempt by the Akufo - Addo government to stop Exotic Cubic from mining bauxite in the area.

Vice President Kwasi Amissah Arthur has urged supporters of the NDC to go to town and remove clothes covering the faces of opponents of the Mahama - led adminitration, which is making it impossible for them to see the several developmental projects executed by government across the country.

Indeed, when Phil Woolas was the Local Government Minister, the Isitfair council tax protest group asked him about this, and he responded by stating that the Government had no plans to cap Town or Parish precepts.

Exactly two years after the abduction of over 200 school girls from Government Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, the Bring...

Residents of Damboa town, Damboa local government area, Borno State, have raised the alarm over incessant attacks on them by suspected members of the Boko Haram insurgents.

«While strongly condemning the killings and other acts of violence that have been perpetuated in the town, Acting President Osinbajo emphasises that resorting to acts of violence as a form of redress over grievances by any group of people anywhere in the country will not be tolerated or condoned by the Federal Government.

Highway Superintendent Pete Harris, who became the only elected Democrat in town government after former councilman Al Krupski was elected to the Suffolk County Legislature earlier this year, shocked his party Wednesday morning by announcing he won't seek re-election.

Hein did not mention his administration's proposal to reduce the county's share of sales tax to Kingston city government by $ 1.6 million a year and by $ 330,000 to the towns — a consequence, his spokespersons have said, of the localities» failure to reduce taxes after receiving a collective $ 7 million a year in cost relief from the county.

Exactly two years after the abduction of over 200 school girls from Government Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, on Thursday marched to the Aso Villa, lending a voice to the clamor for their release, DAILY POST reports.

The town hall meeting was organised by the state government in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria, the co-sponsor of anchor borrowers programme.

«I would bring local control back to town government, take advantage of our local resources, especially our water system, fight for the taxpayer at every level, especially state and federal, and get water and sewer projects back on track to be in the best interests of the town, not just a cost burden directed by others.»

Exactly 800 days after the abduction of over 200 school girls from Government Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, the Bring...

The Ekiti State police command has confirmed the death of one of its men in the fracas that occurred in Igbara Odo community in Ekiti South West Local Government Area of Ekiti State, on Friday, by youths of the town.

Mr. Gaines, a best - selling author and magazine journalist, went into greater detail on his vision of a more cooperative town government, and expressed concern about the lack of «big - picture» budget thinking by some members of the community.

In the town's response, an attorney for Oyster Bay argues that in addition to attorney - client privilege, the government is not entitled to the complete documents because the documents are also protected from disclosure by the attorney work product doctrine, which can bar disclosure of material attorneys develop in preparation of a case.

It may be a month late — warp speed by government standards — but it appears the ducks are lined up to put the new Family Courthouse at the Business Resource Center in the Town of Ulster.

Adopted by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state lawmakers in 2011, the property - tax cap mandates that school districts, town boards, county boards and other local governments keep the growth of their tax levies at 2 percent or the rate of inflation — whichever is lower.

Mr. Harris, 60, remained the only elected Democrat in town government after former councilman Al Krupski was voted to the Suffolk County Legislature earlier this year, and he shocked his party in May by announcing he wouldn't seek re-election.

In the latest government filing, Eastern District prosecutors said they specifically want complete copies of documents that have been submitted to them only in redacted form because of a claim of attorney - client privilege by the Town of Oyster Bay.

A judge has thrown out a lawsuit against the town of Newtown and its school district by the parents of two children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, ruling that school officials» actions are protected by government immunity in the...

The mailing, which was received by residents on Friday and Saturday, lists the town's website but does not include other information about accessing government.

Referring to a recent Brookings Institution report that ranked Syracuse at the bottom in economic development among cities, Byrne pinned the blame on local government and advocated for government efficiency by reducing duplicate services that are offered by both the city or town and the county.

Seventh was the bombing of Odi town in Rivers state by the military during the course of President Olusegun Obasanjo's government in 1999 in which hundreds of civilians were murdred.

«Coughlin accuses President Buhari's government of attempting to cover - up the abductions of 400 women and children «abducted last year by militants from the Nigerian town of Damasak.»

Responding to remarks by various stakeholders during a Town Hall meeting in Government House, Makurdi, on Monday, the President also urged them to show restraint and allow the security agencies to handle the untenable situation.

Zambelli argues that Mr. «I am the government» achieves transparency by town halls and forums once bills are already passed into law.

Thousands upon thousands of Hempstead Town property owners were victimized by Sandy, and our state government should not make them victims again.

Speaking on Friday at a town hall meeting organised by the Federal Ministry of Information in conjunction with the Kano State government, he said the policies of the government would result in prosperity for all in no distant time.

Fayose made the disclosure when he visited Oke - Ako in Ikole local government area of the State that was invaded last Friday by Fulani herdsmen that killed two residents of the town and injured others.

The debate, for now, has been waged by groups in favor of making changes to the cap, including the New York State United Teachers and representatives of local government lobbying groups like the New York State Association of Counties, New York Conference of Mayors and the Association of Towns.