Sentences with phrase «budget conference kicks»

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Legislators sounded optimistic as they kicked off the first legislative budget conference committees — a largely ceremonial public negotiation that will unfold over the next two weeks as top lawmakers privately hammer out a $ 141.6 billion spending plan.

«We need a budget proposal from the governor and legislature that finally pays the money owed to our children and prioritizes schools that need funding the most,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, at a Jan. 10 press conference outside City Hall to kick off a new push for public school funding in Albany.

We joined allies in a press conference in Wednesday and will be heading to Harrisburg on Monday for a rally with more than 50 allies to kick off advocacy for a state budget that will include a $ 400 million increase in state funding for schools and are planning a wide variety of advocacy activities for the upcoming weeks.