Sentences with phrase «urge public officials»

We urge public officials and the citizens of Texas to affirm the right of every child in Texas to receive an education that is excellent and equitable.

All you need to do is declare your support for charter schools and urge public officials to protect them.

A presidential staffer, Mr Daniel Batidam, has urged public officials, including ministers of state and district chief executives, to lead the crusade against corruption since they are the public's prime suspects in the act.

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In 2010, Russ Shay, the Alliance's public policy director, privately urged IRS officials to crack down on the syndicators through more aggressive action than individual audits — perhaps by issuing a public advisory.

The passage most picked up in news reports is this: «We urge those Catholic officials who choose to depart from Church teaching on the inviolability of human life in their public life to consider the consequences for their own spiritual well being, as well as the scandal they risk by leading others into serious sin....

So insists a collective of elected officials, including City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, City Council Immigration Committee Chair Carlos Menchaca, Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and numerous other Councilmembers, who issued a letter to New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, urging her to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from New York State courts.

Newsday is «guardedly optimistic about progress on legislation that would strip state pensions from public officials convicted of corruption,» but urges lawmakers to «cast a wide net.»

He urged officials to be «very conservative» when estimating exactly how much gambling cash the state might actually see over time if Cuomo's constitutional amendment passes muster with both the Legislature and the public.

Officials urged people to avoid using public transportation until further notice.

New York education leaders urged government officials to build more flexibility into the state's new «free tuition» program, which launched this summer and is currently serving more than 23,000 public college students statewide.

Also at 11 a.m., Leaders of the Raise the Age NY campaign stand with public safety officials and urge legislators to prioritize legislation to raise the age of criminal responsibility in New York, LCA Pressroom, Room 130, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

«The Government urges the Court to go further by reading § 1346 to proscribe another category of conduct: undisclosed self - dealing by a public official or private employee.

All five people who spoke during a public hearing on Poughkeepsie's proposed 2013 budget urged city officials not to lay off any sanitation workers or firefighters.

At noon, Citizens Union will unveil its position on a variety of police oversight reforms and urge New York City government officials to enact local laws that create a more cohesive system of public oversight with enhanced accountability to New Yorkers, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

In particular, we urge the security agencies to invite Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia for questioning on the basis that he engaged in falsification and fabrication of public records to deceive public officials.

TV host and cookbook author Rachel Ray announced the official launch of a petition urging de Blasio to make good on his 2013 campaign promise and expand universal free lunch to the city's 1.1 million public school students.

The members of the public were spurred on by an op - ed piece published on an internet news source that implied town officials had already made a back - door deal with another entity to run the shelter, and by a letter sent to other animal service organizations soliciting proposals by a woman who has long been an opponent of the League's presence at the shelter, ostensibly at the urging of a member of the Town Board.

UPDATE: Johnson released a lengthy statement in response to the AFL - CIO attack, noting he has been a «strong supporter» of a property tax cap and charter schools, was «proud» to support Tier V — «a move that will save Long Island taxpayers $ 8.5 billion and save this state $ 35 billion over the next three decades» — and has been urging teacher and public sector unions to sit down with elected officials to «hammer out revised wage agreements that reflect the current economic reality.»

BOSTON (AP)-- A new report is urging Massachusetts officials take more drastic steps to combat Lyme disease, from launching aggressive public education campaigns to exploring expanded crossbow hunting to cut down on the number of deer that may be carrying ticks.

Alhaji Murtala urged Ghanaians and public officials to support Martin Amidu uncover and prosecute all corrupt officials both in past and present governments.

Officials are also urging the public to take steps to be ready by downloading an app that offers real - time information and a means for families to put their own emergency plan together.

The actions are amplified by officials like Paul Van Blarcum, the Ulster County Sheriff who sparked a firestorm last week when he urged licensed gun owners to carry their weapons in public.

The New York City Bar Association's committee on government ethics said the proposal «is both practical and sensible, and presents an opportunity to build toward obtaining the goal of providing the public and government officials with an accurate picture of who is spending what to influence the exercise of governmental power by those officials» but urged the tightening of a definition.

«I think it's fair for the public to urge state elected officials running for City Council to follow the same rules,» he said.

A coalition comprised of local elected officials, laborers, and members of public and private business are urging New York State to upgrade outdated infrastructure across the region.

Rockland County Legislator Ed Day, a Republican, is sponsoring a resolution urging state legislators to move forward with a Senate and Assembly bill that would amend the state constitution to authorize the forfeiture of retirement benefits earned during the term of office of a New York elected official convicted of a public corruption felony.

The World Health Organization urges countries to augment their official disease surveillance efforts — which draw information from networks of doctor's offices, hospitals, and public health laboratories — with what's known as «event - based surveillance,» said Dr. Larry Madoff, editor of ProMED, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases.

Public health officials urge U.S. families to get vaccinated in preparation for what, they warn, could be a particularly bad year

«Rather than rush into any agreement, we would urge school officials to engage a public discussion that includes parents, students and advocates concerned with student privacy.»

As parents, educators and taxpayers of Nevada, we the undersigned urge Nevada's public officials to defend and expand the most inclusive school choice program in the nation.

LAUSD Urges Students, Community Members to Vote Like public school educators throughout the state, L.A. Unified officials and board members are urging students, parents and concerned adults to vote in next month's election and are working to inform them about Propositions 30 and 38.

Dr. Tony Bennett, former Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction and former Florida Commissioner of Education, writes that he strongly urges «state education officials to look to the best practices identified in existing state plans as they create the Sunshine State's plan — to make sure that Florida's system of education benefits all students.»

Hundreds of CEA members attended the first three of five scheduled public hearings on these certification changes, and urged SDE officials to reconsider their proposed regulation revisions.

NCSD urges federal government officials to increase funding for voluntary, public magnet schools that enroll a diverse student body.

I found myself in front of a panel of legislators last month, seated next to a supportive official from Spokane Public Schools, urging the Legislature to come up with a fix.

As a proud graduate of Tacoma Public Schools, an advocate for public education and an elected official who cares deeply about our city and state's future, I urge you to join me and cast your vote for InitiativePublic Schools, an advocate for public education and an elected official who cares deeply about our city and state's future, I urge you to join me and cast your vote for Initiativepublic education and an elected official who cares deeply about our city and state's future, I urge you to join me and cast your vote for Initiative 1240.

They also told Camden County officials last month that cats smell, they are a nuisance, make too much noise, are a public health and rabies threat, transmit disease and parasites, including «roundworms, hookworms, and even plague,» and «terrorize and kill» 15 billion other animals a year, urging them to round up and kill cats, too.

Specifically, NAIA urges federal and state public health officials to consider adopting regulations for admitting dogs and cats, especially strays, to the North American Continent.

With the help of ACE, I spoke at a public hearing at the EPA Headquarters in Washington DC in November of 2013 to urge EPA officials to propose strict standards to regulate carbon pollution from existing sources and broaden the energy horizon to offshore wind and rooftop solar.