Sentences with phrase «other governors»

I hope it will inspire other governors to do the same.

The poll comes as three other governors pondering presidential campaigns are facing similar scrutiny from prosecutors.

As with fracking, environmental groups immediately said they would use the rejection to convince other governors to take a similar stand on the pipeline industry.

In the face of the persisting pro-Biafrans protest and the unforeseen implications of the continued agitations, the Governor of Imo State and Chairman of the APC Governors» Forum, Rochas Okorocha, is set to meet with other governors in the South - East, the leadership of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, and other stakeholders in the geo - political zone to talk and agree on how to check the activities of pro-Biafra groups in the region.

To give you an idea of just how unhappy lawmakers are with the governor's habit — like other governors before him — of stuffing non-budget policy items into the budget, Deputy Senate Minority Leader John DeFrancisco has suggested the Legislature move a constitutional amendment that would go before voters to outlaw anything other than spending from being put into the annual spending plan.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee: «I am proud to stand with other governors as we make sure that the inaction in D.C. is met by an equal force of action from the states.

Addressing journalists on behalf of other Governors shortly after a closed door meeting of the Owner States Governors at the Cocoa House Ibadan, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state stated that the meeting was aimed at restrategising the activities of the company and take some relevant far - reaching decisions to reposition the Investment and as well boost its economic base in line with the global economic trends.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R — Syracuse) complained that Cuomo — like other governors before him — stuffed the spending plan with controversial policy issues that held up completion of the negotiations.

«As other governors are doing around the country, they are backing out of Common Core and replacing it, and what we will replace it with, I will be revealing in September [in] our education plan,» Astorino said.

I like to place on record the role of your governor here, together with other governors who are working very hard to ensure this».

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy confirmed Monday that he is trying to keep the General Electric Co. at its longtime headquarters in Fairfield and fend off recruitment offers from other governors.

Governors of Borno, Alhaji Kazeem Shetima and his Kebbi State counterpart, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu have commended Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun for his accomplishment in the state, stating that the governor's achievements are worth emulating by other governors in Nigeria.

The governor also urged other governors in the South West to look beyond party politics and ask questions as to the beneficiaries, repayment and -LSB-...]

Governor Blairo Maggi's attendance and participation in the event was a strong pull for other governors in the Amazon region including those from the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Para, Rondí» nia and Acre, as -LSB-...]

While other Governors across the country were cutting funding for education, both Republicans and Democrats; Governor LePage proposed $ 80 million of increased funding for our local schools.

MASSOB, while commending Fayose for signing the bill into law, said other governors in the southern part of the country, as well as the Middle Belt, should enact similar laws.

The Alaska governor briefly waded into subject of Tuesday's meeting, saying that she and other governors present had «great concerns» about increased spending under an Obama administration.

While most other governors wield a veto pen, the bolo - tie wearing governor has rejected legislation with branding irons.

«But the last couple of budgets were very important, and at the end of the day, unlike other governors in this period of time have stripped bargaining rights... he respected collective bargaining of public workers, and that's a very important value.»

I think Governor Paterson is doing what other Governors should have done before.

We had a four year window of opportunity to drive education reform in this state... I came to this job in 2009 to work with a governor who had probably if not the highest one of the highest approval ratings in the country, who has set a state on a path to prosperity like few other governors have and who wanted to make education reform a priority.

Other governors on the delegation were Mohammed Abubakar and Abdullahi Gunduje of of Bauchi and Kano states, respectively.

While giving credit to local leaders like Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Cuomo noted his administration's willingness to invest across upstate New York when other governors hadn't, leading to both public and private progress along the waterfront.

He has gotten a lot done after other governors tried and failed, but there are dangers and costs to circumventing the process.»

Cuomo has joined 11 other governors prodding Trump to participate in international efforts to combat climate change.

They and other governors plan to convey their concerns to Mr. Obama at a White House meeting on Monday.

He's entering the fray from a strong position — President Obama ordered a wage freeze for federal workers in November, and many other governors are grappling with the same issue in order to breach their own budget gaps.

Amaechi became a man to watch when he led other governors and top Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stakeholders to defect from the party after former President Goodluck Jonathan and others curiously attempted to deny him of his victory as Chair, Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, in 2013.

While the Governor of Ogun Ibikunle Amosun is represented by the Deputy Mrs Onanuga other governors are present.

The governor emphasised that he, Saraki and other governors left the PDP due to impunity, disregard for the rule of law and lack of inclusiveness in the party at the time following extensive consultations with stakeholders and supporters.

National Drug Control Policy Director Michael Botticelli, a Capital Region native, wrote to Cuomo and other governors around the country this week about the urgent need for more doctors to treat people addicted to heroin and prescription narcotics, amid an epidemic of abuse and overdose deaths.

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, today hosted other governors of the South West geo - political region to discuss issues concerning the region within the Nigerian federation.

Gov. Cuomo hopes he'll be more successful than other governors at collecting sales tax on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations.

Wike is also mobilizing other governors from the zone to throw their weight behind Secundus as against the decision of other stakeholders.

Cuomo also wanted to establish a partnership among other governors in other states that would share information on illegal gun trafficking and develop a «working group» of law enforcement officials to establish best practices and share resources with federal authorities.

Click here for the Principles to Strengthen RGGI that were delivered to Governor Cuomo and other Governors throughout the RGGI region.

I hope other Governors will embrace their own state histories.

MASSOB spokesman, Samuel Edeson, said, «It is a very good development; we are expecting other governors in the southern part of the country, and the Middle Belt, to do same.

In 2010, he and 19 other governors sent a letter to Congressional leaders speaking out against EPA efforts to regulate carbon pollution.

While Gov. Lawton Chiles hits the Florida hustings on behalf of higher taxes, several other governors are also trying to enlist grassroots support for tax reform.

As chairman of the Education Commission of the States (ECS) at that time, I pushed other governors and corporate CEOs to address the problem with a high - level «Task Force on Education for Economic Growth,» thus establishing the vital link between education and economic growth that has fueled so many of the ensuing efforts to improve schools at the state level.

Other governors running have a similar view.

As you and other governors recently wrote in a letter to the federal government, the United States should uphold its commitment to the Paris Agreement.

Other governors who called for caution and assured Igbo of their safety were the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong; Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al - Makura; Adamawa State Governor, Mohammed Bindow; Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje; and Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello.

The White House offered Gov. Andrew Cuomo detailed updates on in - state refugee resettlement amid pushback by other governors to the administration's goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees through September 2016.

The governor also urged other governors in the South West to look beyond party politics and ask questions as to the beneficiaries, repayment and what the South West stand to gain from the $ 1billion Euro bond the federal government is planning to obtain.

Particularly disturbing is that if Cuomo succeeds in taking — mainly federal — clean water funds for a bridge project, he will open the door for other governors to do the same.

Other governors across the nation are doing the same as growing revenue and mounting surpluses have states putting the recession behind them.

And of course all of this took place against the backdrop of other governors, most notably Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, bringing their epidemiological expertise to bear by announcing mandatory quarantine initiatives of their own.

And he says Cuomo, and other governors before him, have taken too many half measures to try to stem corruption, that have not been successful.