But subsequent governors and legislative leaders failed to follow through with appointments to the panel, so it has never met. (empirecenter.org)
Economic development funding was often distributed by former governors and legislative leaders when each received a pot of money, sometimes totaling half a billion dollars, as part of the state budget deal. (wxxinews.org)
While it's likely that many of the earlier bills dealing with salaries were signed as a result of backroom - deals between governors and legislative leaders, this sort of trading had become fully public. (politico.com)