Sentences with phrase «state speech today»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for bonuses of $ 20,000 for teachers rated «highly effective» on their performance evaluations during his State of the State speech today.

Cuomo mentioned the creation of a new state - run College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity in his State of the State speech today in Albany.

In his State of the State speech today in Albany, Cuomo laid out plans to spend money on roads, schools, the environment, transportation, homeless shelters and housing.

Not exact matches

«Today I am announcing that in the coming weeks I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate,» he said during a speech on the chamber floor.

That speech is no longer being given to fresh fish like Liam in many places today, because parole was abolished in a number of U.S. states during the 1990s and educational programs behind bars have been severely cut back.

The governor isn't scheduled to deliver any speeches today, although members of his cabinet are acting as surrogates for him at several locations around the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's eighth State of the State address today is expected to address «unprecedented challenges» facing New York at all levels of government, sustaining his criticism of Republicans in Washington, according to a source with knowledge of the speech.

Also on tap for today: «Housekeeping» remarks from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, and invocation from the Rev. Michael Faulkner, who is running against Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel; speeches from fromer US Attorney Michael Garcia (believed to harbor some political aspirations) and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (one of the party's rising stars) and presentation of a lifetime achievement award to former state Chairman Bill Powers.

«I failed to mention that today the Board of Elections found another 28 votes that we had not accounted for,» the state senator chimed in as he was taking questions after his speech.

Governor Andrew Cuomo began a three day, six speech tour today, replacing the traditional State of The State address in Albany with a roving series of regional appearances.

The Secretary of State's speech today provides yet further vindication of the ongoing, 8 - year campaign by NASUWT members on workload.

«Today, I am proud to announce that I am running to become the Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York,» said Williams in his announcement speech before a crowd of nearly 100 community members.»

Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith has dismissed as «ignorance» and «smears» today's speech by Secretary of State Stephen Crabb on standards in Welsh education.

«Our property taxes have long been an obstacle to growth, but today with the federal SALT provision, it's an economic cancer,» Cuomo said during his State of the State speech.

Gov. Andrew is to deliver a joint State of the State and budget speech later today, during which the governor is expected to focus on ethics and education policies.

Tonight's Katie's last night, and she'll have the Secretary of State on to talk about Obama's speech today and the changes in the Arab world.

Today Cuomo led an emotional pep rally — complete with a rare invocation of Mario Cuomo's famous 1984 «tale of two cities» convention speech and a special guest, Vice-President Joe Biden — calling for New York's minimum wage to nearly double, to $ 15 an hour, across the entire state.

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«It is now clearer than ever that the Cuomo administration is intellectually, ethically and financially exhausted and that today's speech was more a litany directed to politics in 2020 than to governing in 2018,» Giambra said in a statement Wednesday following Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address.

In his speech today at Imperial College London, the business secretary unveiled urgent action being taken and setting up a state - backed business bank that would increase lending and «shake up the market.»

He seemed happy to disclose such state secrets to political journalists at a press gallery lunch today in Parliament, possibly confident he was in sympathetic company following his anti-legislation stance on the Leveson report; «the same message» as Nick Clegg gave, he argued, if you «listened carefully» to the Deputy PM's notably separate speech on the matter.

«In his speech today, Governor Cuomo outlined a clear progressive vision for protecting our most vulnerable citizens, continued economic development and job creation, a fairer criminal justice system, a more equitable educational system, greater infrastructure investment and a plan for addressing sexual harassment in New York State.

Maybe coincidence, but that last line was directly at odds with Cable's condemnation of the Conservative Party's «blinkered, small - state ideology» in his speech earlier today.

Commenting on today's speech at Brighton College by the Secretary of State for Education, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said:

Calling the idea offered by the speaker during her State of the City speech last week «interesting and intriguing,» Cuomo said the island jail was a dated facility, and that the smaller, more technically advanced jails that can be built today would be «more appropriate.»

Melissa Mark - Viverito delivering her State of the City speech today.

Mr Cable should remember, however, that although Mr Cameron is giving a party political speech today he is also - largely - stating government policy.

Acting as a ceremonial host, Suffolk Executive Steve Bellone opened today's state Democratic convention in Melville with a speech boosting Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that included a partial echoing of the line that the GOP represents «extreme» conservatism.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is forgoing the traditional inaugural swearing - in ceremony at the state's capitol, in favor of smaller events today in New York City and Buffalo, where he will give his inaugural speech.

In one of her first major speeches as a presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for sweeping criminal justice reforms in the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men in police custody — most recently in Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unrest.

According to an administration source, Cuomo plans to discuss the plan in today's State of the State speech.

«Today [Governor Cuomo] made a very strong case for a vision for New York State and New York City,» Stringer said after the speech, «that I believe goes a long way to helping the struggling middle class, the poorest people among us.»

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo said today he would combine the release of his executive budget and his annual State of the State into a single speech on Wednesday, Jan. 21.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will deliver his second State of the State Address today at 1:30 p.m. WXXI will carry the speech live on WXXI - TV, WXXI - AM 1370 and WXXINews.org.

The governor was quick not to answer a question last week about whether he'd like to change the way the state Board of Regents is appointed, fueling speculation he'll use today's speech to call for greater gubernatorial control of schools.

ALBANY — There was so much to cover, Andrew Cuomo said Monday, that he had to start unspooling the elements of today's combination budget unveiling and State of the State speech last week.

«I think the speech, today, certainly included a lot of progress on some important issues — a lot of real progress for New York City, and I think, for the whole state.

One Comment about Obama's speech today on testing students and rewarding teachers for the performance of the students: The Chicago Tribune recently ran an article stating that the Chicago and Illinois schools were RECLASSIFYING JUNIORS AS SOPHOMORES SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE TESTS.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will give his fourth State of the State speech at 1:30 p.m. today, detailing his priorities for 2014 and unofficially kicking off his re-election campaign in an election year.

The Labour leader was using the word deliberately, of course, because Lib Dem business secretary Vince Cable has chosen to chuck the word into his speech today in which he criticises anyone who dares be even a little bit chirpy about the state of the economy.

In combining his annual budget preview with the State of the State Address, Governor Cuomo is expected to touch on several ambitious efforts in his speech today.

In his speech in Cairo today, President Barack Obama indicated his intentions to support scientific initiatives in the Islamic world as part of his vision for promoting peaceful relations between the United States and countries with a Muslim majority.

Cuomo will announce the move today during his annual State of the State speech in Albany.

So it's easy to say, or at least guess, that if Hillary Clinton were president of the United States, Margot Robbie could start writing her acceptance speech today.

By 1997, as it became evident that this goal wasn't going to be met, President Clinton returned in his State of the Union speech to the old model of substituting quantity for quality: «We must make the 13th and 14th years of education - at least two years of college - just as universal in America by the 21st century as a high - school education is today.»

They do so today for countless purposes, typically to claim a right to free and edgy speech on T - shirts or banners under the First Amendment, to assert rights to education of the handicapped under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to ask for more school spending under state constitutional provisions that are said to guarantee an equitable or an adequate education.

During the governor's high - profile State of the State speech to the legislature, Malloy immediately sparked teachers» opposition when he said: «In today's (public education) system, basically the only thing you have to do is show up for four years.

Outspoken Sir Michael Wilshaw is set to issue a mea culpa later today in a keynote speech at the Festival of Education — stating «if I have stirred up emotions... and caused offence by speaking bluntly, then I apologise».

And I want to consider this carefully in my speech to you today, because I think it is the essence, at the heart of our current parlous state of educational affairs.

In his State of the State speech on February 8, 2012 Governor Dan Malloy began his discussion about the issue of teacher tenure by saying «In today's system basically the only thing you have to do is show up for four years.