Sentences with phrase «when state lawmakers»

They broke the form and went with a system which differs from nearly the other states in the nation, when state lawmakers created the car insurance system in Kansas.

When state lawmakers created the auto insurance system in Kansas, they broke the mold and went with a system that's different from...

Sadly, many of the few prohibitions that still exist are a relic of the Civil Rights era, when state lawmakers in certain states tried to use this out - dated concept to make it difficult for impoverished minority plaintiffs in Civil Rights cases to gain legal support in the battle against racial segregation.

Hundreds of Wisconsin school and public libraries narrowly avoided paying more for Internet service when state lawmakers reached a budget agreement last week to save WiscNet, a nonprofit cooperative that provides low - cost broadband service.

Connecticut, which has one of the largest achievement gaps in the country, is on the hook for a $ 300 million reform agenda, which was created when state lawmakers passed a sweeping new law.

Yet, at a time when state lawmakers often find themselves under fire for their public school interventions — be it vouchers, Education Savings Accounts or a still - gestating private takeover of low - performing schools — the lab school project has sustained limited public scrutiny and a tepid acceptance from many public school advocates.

Ryan Warner: And this all came at a time when state lawmakers adopted a number of reforms that came with no money.

But the education department has limited control at a time when state lawmakers, partisan politics and federal law have all had a hand in altering the way Michigan students and schools have been judged in recent years.

One incentive was eliminated in 2011 when state lawmakers began phasing out the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program, which awards scholarships to North Carolina high school students to pursue teaching degrees in the state.

When state lawmakers meet next week to begin the weighty task of reforming North Carolina's knotty method of financing public schools, the sufficiency of the state's K - 12 funding will not be on the table.

When state lawmakers were debating a financial bailout for the Detroit school district in February, DeVos authored an op - ed published in the Detroit News saying that the district had outlived its usefulness and should be shut down.

A diminishing courts budget was just one of several hits justice took when state lawmakers last convened for the 2013 - 14 session.

Indiana had just started aligning its standards for social studies to the Common Core when state lawmakers paused implementation of the new standards.

When state lawmakers agreed to allow the companies to operate outside New York City as part of the budget, they thought that they would pass the legislation by April 1, the start of the new fiscal year.

When state lawmakers in June agreed to an overhaul of the 421a tax abatement program, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the revisions the «best rent...

Instead, Cuomo framed the debate over the tax abatement, which is expected to pick up when state lawmakers return to Albany next month after an extended break, as a union battle for them to fight over the prevailing wage.

The news of the application filing fees signal that start of a new phase of the casino process, initiated first in 2012 when state lawmakers took the first step in approving a constitutional amendment for expanding casino gambling in New York to table - top games.

It will be 18 years without one when state lawmakers return to Albany in January.

When state lawmakers agreed to allow the companies to operate in upstate New York and on Long Island as part of the budget, they thought that they would pass the legislation by April 1, the start of the new fiscal year.

This month, Uber won a major victory in Albany when state lawmakers approved new rules allowing Uber and other ride - hailing apps to expand to upstate New York.

Daily fantasy sports giants DraftKings and FanDuel beat one key deadline last week when state lawmakers approved a bill paving their way to restart operations in New York.

Queens Democratic leader Joe Crowley, who will pick the party's nominee for the Sept. 13 special election, is anxious to carve up Weiner's former territory when state lawmakers redraw district lines in 2012 to reduce New York's congressional delegation by two.

As he said earlier Thursday in an interview on «The Capitol Pressroom,» an upstate public radio program, Cuomo promised some unspecific actions and reforms that he would push when state lawmakers re-convene in January.

It died in Albany when state lawmakers, arguing drivers already faced steep parking fees and tolls, refused to bring it to a vote.

When state lawmakers approved a bill to permit new gambling casinos in the final hours of the legislative session, they left something out.

Of course, what the district in question — NY - 19 — will look like when state lawmakers get done with it is anyone's guess.

Before Hinchey's retirement announcement, it looked like two freshmen Central New York Republicans — Ann Marie Buerkle and Richard Hanna — would likely end up in a primary battle when state lawmakers finished redrawing the House lines and removing two seats — a move made necessary by New York's slow population growth as compared to other states.

Not exact matches

Fantasy sports moved a step closer to being legal in New York on Saturday when lawmakers approved the daily and season - long games, clearing a path for FanDuel, DraftKings and others to offer them to millions of players in the state.

Case in point: This week, Texas state lawmakers voted to prohibit doctors from vaccinating foster children when performing initial medical exams.

Lawmakers have yet to come up with a fix for the patchwork of conflicting state laws that govern how companies shield personal data and notify consumers when breaches occur.

Parents, students and teachers from South Florida, the state's Democratic stronghold, have been a forceful presence in the Capitol since last week, when busloads of Stoneman Douglas High students spent two days lobbying — and protesting — lawmakers, urging them to take more far - reaching action and ban all assault weapons.

Meantime Florida lawmakers will experience the Parkland students» political motivation firsthand when they arrive at the state Capitol this Wednesday to speak to members of the Legislature.

However, resuscitation requires state lawmakers, when they reconvene this fall, to override Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's recent veto of legislation calling for an Illinois Student Loan Bill of Rights.

During a press conference, sophomore Lydia Hester from Madison East High School asked state lawmakers, «How do you expect students to be successful when kids have to worry about themselves, their friends, and their teachers being shot?»

Of note: In November, a lesbian lawmaker in Hawaii made national news when she voted against a draft of her state's bill legalizing same - sex marriage, citing religious freedom concerns.

When meeting with state lawmakers to promote Illinois» Dream Act this summer, he gave another dream catcher to Illinois State Senate President John Cullestate lawmakers to promote Illinois» Dream Act this summer, he gave another dream catcher to Illinois State Senate President John CulleState Senate President John Cullerton.

The individual excerpts make good reading, especially the part in which Walker talks about potentially tricking Democratic lawmakers into returning to the state, plus when the governor says that he and his team had considered importing «troublemakers» to discredit protesters.

Silver has also been an unabashed defender of legislative member items, saying that lawmakers know their districts best when it comes to allocating state dollars to local causes.

Bratton said he is «open» to supporting Cuomo's police reform plans — a change from the message he sent to state lawmakers on Wednesday when he said the NYPD has «sufficient levels» of oversight.

When his proposal to overhaul ethics at the state Capitol were met with shrugs by lawmakers, Astorino's top advisor blasted them in a column for Newsday.

«Yet when it comes to actually doing something about it, like limiting outside income for lawmakers, the State Senate GOP says it's at «the bottom of the priority list.»

Senate Republicans have been more guarded when it comes to placing limitations and restrictions on outside activity by state lawmakers.

State lawmakers are expected to consider a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures when they return to Albany for the post-budget session next Tuesday.

Even more fraught is the debate over procurement reform in the state Legislature, where lawmakers had sought to restore power to the comptroller's office when it comes to oversight of economic development spending.

While faulting the Federal Land Registry in Lagos which was established when Lagos was Federal Capital Territory, the Governor said the continuous operation of the registry was an aberration and it ought to have been closed and all title therein moved to the Lagos State Land Registry, urging the federal lawmakers to urgently correct the anomaly.

... it is for the whole nation», the lawmaker pointed out when commenting on the party's vigilante group Invincible Forces threats to lock up offices of state institutions

Top issues for state lawmakers to tackle when they return to Albany from their two - week spring break include NYC mayor's control, ethics reform and changes to the election laws.

The memo from counsel David Lewis comes after it was revealed late last week seven lawmakers — three members of the Independent Democratic Conference and four Senate Republican conference members — were designated committee chairs on payroll documents given to the state comptroller's office when they are, in fact, vice chairs.

This week, Mayor de Blasio, who supports the fee, took an earful from State lawmakers when he testified in Albany on the $ 152 Billion proposed state buState lawmakers when he testified in Albany on the $ 152 Billion proposed state bustate budget.

State lawmakers and lobby groups say Governor Cuomo was in error when he said that there was no political will to enact reforms in 2017.