Sentences with phrase «when former state»

Esposito's trademark doggedness was on display just last week when former state Rep. Betty Sutton won a crowded Democratic primary fight in Ohio's 13th District.

While it was introduced into law in 1921, the Martin Act general law received a large amount of publicity when former state attorney general Eliot Spitzer ordered 10 investment banks to pay $ 1.4 billion for misleading investors in 2003.

Nassau contracting has come under scrutiny since 2015 when former state Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was convicted of federal corruption charges that included influencing the awarding of a county contract to a firm that employed his son, Adam.

When former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi was serving his jail time for public corruption, he was receiving $ 166,000 a year in pension checks.

Cuomo already netted one big scalp in his ongoing pay - to - play pension fund probe this month when former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi pleaded guilty to a felony charge of public corruption (his second since 2007).

The special election to replace Mr. Kruger took shape when the former state senator pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges and resigned.

When former state fair Director Peter Cappuccilli Jr. held his daughter Molly's wedding at the fairgrounds In June 2004, state workers erected a large white tent, where 450 guests celebrated in the biggest event the fair caterers had ever put on: a six - hour open bar, chocolate fondue, a raw bar and stations for meat carving and pasta.

Controversy over the county's contracting procedures system erupted last year when former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in federal court with influencing the county to award a $ 12 million contract to a company that employed his son.

Singas has focused on Nassau's procurement system since last spring, when former State Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and his son, Adam, were charged in a federal corruption case that related in part to the influencing of a Nassau County contract.

Not exact matches

When former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said last fall that his earlier enthusiasm for corn - based ethanol production in the United States was a mistake, he was conceding something that had long been obvious: the practice of diverting food crops to biofuels has contributed to food shortages and driven up prices for staples across the globe.

Former militiamen are offered the chance to buy their service weapons when they're done serving, but they have to get a permit for those state - issued guns.

Instead, our misgivings about Bernie have more to do with how competent he is when it comes to foreign policy, an area where Hillary, a former Secretary of State, clearly has much more experience.

«I can imagine these changes would be really good for the morale for the Chinese diplomats at the foreign ministry at a time when the morale of the diplomats in the US foreign service is at an all time low,» Susan Shirk, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia, told Bloomberg.

Inside the former arena, Lori Ajax, the state's top pot regulator, acknowledged the challenges but said the state can, indeed must, be ready on Jan. 1 when California is required to issue licenses.

The former secretary of state — and, as of Sunday, a presidential candidate for the second time — has been in the public eye since serving as the first lady of Arkansas, when her husband Bill Clinton was governor of the state.

Trump's decision to impose duties on up to $ 60 billion worth of Chinese imports, for example, comes at a time when Washington needs Beijing's help to rein in a nuclear - armed Pyongyang, said Wendy Sherman, a former under secretary of state for political affairs at the U.S. State Department who was the lead American negotiator for the Iran nuclear agreestate for political affairs at the U.S. State Department who was the lead American negotiator for the Iran nuclear agreeState Department who was the lead American negotiator for the Iran nuclear agreement.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis takes a look at what to watch for when the former Exxon CEO testifies at his confirmation hearing for secretary of State.

«This president is so sensitive to when he feels like other parts of his administration are getting out in front of where he is on policy issues, and extraordinarily so with Russia,» said Richard Kauzlarich, a former deputy assistant secretary of state who is an expert on Russia policy.

Vice has documented migrant worker abuses in Dubai, won acclaim for a documentary while embedded with Islamic State and garnered widespread attention when it took former National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman to North Korea.

Businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has once again offered to step into the void left by the United States when President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement.

We covered it during the 2016 presidential campaign, when Donald Trump falsely accused former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of giving away U.S. uranium rights to the Russians and claimed — without evidence — that it was done in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation.

In a terse decision, Judge Gregory A. Presnell of the United States District Court in Orlando rejected the former workers» arguments that Disney and the two contractors had colluded to make false statements when they applied for temporary visas, known as H - 1B, for the foreign replacements.

When former Simi Valley police Detective Michael Bender heard investigators in Ventura County filed murder charges against the so - called Golden State Killer, he thought about his friend — and now housemate — Craig Coley.

The former State Department diplomat who oversaw U.S. government sanctions policy said he was «extremely» frustrated when the Obama administration issued «weak» and «frankly inadequate» sanctions against Russia in December 2016 in response to that country's campaign to disrupt the U.S. presidential election.

Alexander, the former immigration minister, said that decision was triggered when an Iranian, whom he described as an «Iranian state representative,» showed up at Toronto's Pearson International Airport with a diplomatic passport from St. Kitts and said he had come to meet then prime minister Stephen Harper.

On Tuesday's broadcast of the Fox Business Network's «Cavuto: Coast to Coast,» former Senator Joe Lieberman (I - CT) stated that he hopes that President Trump pulls out of the Iran nuclear agreement when the deadline for the deal comes in May.

On Monday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's «Fox & Friends,» George Washington Law Professor Jonathan Turley stated there is a «sort of a concerted effort by many to ignore the unprofessional conduct» of former FBI Director James Comey when Comey

The former gymnast, who was a 15 - year - old homeschooler when she says Nassar started abusing her, became the first to publicly make allegations against the respected Michigan State University faculty member.

«When taking vows as elders at Coral Ridge, each individual commits before God to strive for the purity, peace, and unity of the church,» Coral Ridge stated to CT. «We are saddened that these two elders failed in their vows by withholding this information regarding our former senior pastor, which has since caused many families and churches much harm.»

He understood that when the effect of past oppression has been to leave people in a diminished state, the attainment of true equality with their former oppressor can not much depend on his generosity but must ultimately derive from an elevation of their selves above the state of diminishment.

The Commission on Global Governance (CGG) is a major player, and its cochairman Shridath Ramphal, former Secretary General of the British Commonwealth, puts its goal this way: «When we talk about «governance» and «democracy,» we have to look beyond governance within countries and democracy within states.

Such was the case with the former neo-Nazi leader Ingo Hasselbach, who reports that the East German National Socialist skinhead movement was born of disaffected but essentially apolitical youths who discovered Nazism only when the state and other hated authority figures labeled them as «neo-Nazis.»

When the nation was established as a democratic republic, the people of the former English colonies, acting in their various constitutional conventions, transferred all governing power to their states and to the federal government, reserving for themselves only certain rights and powers they previously claimed to enjoy as subjects of the British Crown.

Washington (CNN)-- When the State Department announced it was moving its Vatican embassy to a compound shared with the U.S. Embassy in Italy, some former ambassadors and conservative American Catholics were outraged.

Though he did not say that Versailles had taught the Allies that vengeance doesn't work in international affairs, that background was undoubtedly in his mind when he stated, «We can not commemorate the 8th of May without making ourselves aware how much conquest of self the readiness for reconciliation demanded of our former enemies....

When he expands upon the meaning of objectification in the twenty - fourth Category of Explanation, he states: «The functioning of one actual entity in the self - creation of another actual entity is the «objectification» of the former for the latter actual entity» (PR 25/38).

When Hillary Clinton — the former first lady, Secretary of State and president - elect Donald Trump's Democratic opposition — arrived at today's inauguration ceremonies, she took to Twitter to elaborate on her presence:

Instead, the unheralded but uniquely talented songwriter has had to settle for the status of Texas Music icon (which ain't a bad thing to have to «settle» for, especially when it means that a former Texas Governor and President of the United States is a big fan and it gets you a gig playing at his 2004 Presidential Inauguration).

Although the Church, even when emancipated from the State, only partially embodied the Gospel, on the whole it more nearly shaped the civilization which emerged among the former barbarians in the West than it did in the East.

When a former president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, spoke in favor of what he called «rugged individualism,» he was really stressing the particularities of each of us to the exclusion of the belonging, which is proper for all of us.

When Hillary Clinton — the former first lady, Secretary of State and president - elect Donald Trump's Democratic opposition — arrived at today's inauguration ceremonies, she took to Twitter to elaborate on her presence: One of...

Anti-replay forces got a boost last Friday, when former Pittsburgh Steeler coach Chuck Noll, who as a member of the NFL's rules - making Competition Committee previously did not voice his opinions publicly, stated that the use of replay compromises the effectiveness of on - field officials.

Big Ten Networks» Robert Smith, a former Ohio State RB, had this emotional reaction when talking about the tough upbringing Jabrill Peppers...

It is a sad state of affairs when even Peter Hill - Wood, the former Arsenal chairman who appointed Arsène Wenger as manager all those years ago, thinks the Frenchman has outstayed his welcome and is destroying his reputation by hanging on too long at the club.

Up to $ 73,500 to former NC State guard and current Dallas Maverick Dennis Smith, along with «notes about «options to recoup the money»» when the agency didn't land Smith.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

Magic center Rony Seikaly was confused when his former team, Golden State, triple - teamed him during their March 7 game.

In a recent interview [per the Metro], the former Udinese and Barcelona man admitted to arguing often with Wenger over playing time, stating that he is always looking to play as much as possible and prefers not to rest when the Arsenal manager insists.

Michigan starting quarterback Devin Gardner was heading to Louisiana sitting in coach, when former Ohio State Heisman Trophy winning running back Eddie George sat down next to him.

And Herman's new coordinator, former Ohio State co-coordinator Tim Beck, didn't exactly leave Buckeye fans crying when he left.