at issue

1. Under discussion. The topic at issue is whether or not to implement a new detention policy. I hear that controversial new parking policy is at issue in today's city council meeting. Please tell me that mandatory overtime is at issue in the board meeting.

2. In disagreement. They are at issue over the best way to lead the committee. It seems like my teen daughters are always at issue over one thing or another. I get that you're both angry, but what exactly is at issue here?

issue

n. problem. (In colloquial use, issue has virtually replaced the word problem. It is even heard in a few idioms such as Do you have an issue with that?) I had an issue with my car this morning. It wouldn’t start. You are late again! Do you have an issue with our office hours?

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Issues: Addressing the health insurance issue, implementing the Insurance Receivership Model Act and planning an affordable catastrophe insurance program since earthquakes are biggest risk for Utah.

Regulator yearbook: the 2007 insurance commissioners

Describe the issue for which the taxpayer is requesting arbitration, including the dollar amount of the adjustment in dispute; and

Service formally establishes appeals arbitration program

While the IRS's desire to streamline the current multiple levels of review is understandable and admirable, we have concerns about giving an Associate or Assistant Chief Counsel the authority to issue and sign a Generic Legal Advice memorandum--especially one that he or she can unilaterally originate.

TEI files comments on IRS Chief Counsel notice on case specific legal advice: letter submitted on August 28, 2006, by TEI President David L. Bernard to Donald L. Korb, Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service

The addition of the free report kept us from losing leads because we got as many to sign up for both as had previously downloaded the single issue. And the number of internet-based subs we received has jumped from 3-4 per month to 6-8.

Offering sample issues--vs. trial subscriptions--on the internet

The other members of the Chicago Youth Council also had some experience of immigrant issues, albeit a less visceral one than their peers.

Inclusiveness and justice: the pitfalls and possibilities of interfaith work

From the earliest (Brown, 1975) to the most recent articles in this domain (Pope & Barret, 2002), the issue of coming out has been central for gay men and lesbian women who are seeking career counseling.

Culturally appropriate career counseling with gay and lesbian clients

However, placing a controversial issue at the end of one segment detracted from the coherence of the course.

Classroom controversy: Christianity and gay rights

The section dealing with the environment dealt with the main characteristics and issues of the environment, and the main strategies pursued and recommended to deal with this it.

The environment in the 2002 Arab Human Development Report: a critique

Last year, his class discussed the issue of patriotism and preemptive war.

Hot-button handling: social studies and hot-button issues go hand in hand. Here's how to prevent inevitable sparks from flaming out of control

In addition to these issues, the intersection among the personal, social, physical, mental, and vocational aspects may at times be both complex and daunting for persons with MS and people who work with this population to understand.

Multiple Sclerosis: a Guide for Rehabilitation and Health Care Professionals

"GM is pre-funding and locking in the amounts, but they have significant financing costs," Oline notes, estimating the financing cost for the issue at around $1 billion annually.

GM's pension gamble: like many other companies, General Motors has a huge pension problem. But are "co-cos" the way to solve it? The answer is: "it depends."

That said--and Brooks's editorial aside--the first issue of ZG was something of a disappointment.

'Zines for a day: Matthew Higgs on the other art press. (Writing the '80s)

IT MIGHT BE possible -- or relatively easy -- to feel sympathy for the house of bishops' failure after three days of discussion, to come to a consensus on the issue of same-sex blessings.

Our divided bishops: sympathy and regret