Sentences with phrase «while governors»

While governors in Montana, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii and Vermont have signed executive orders that institute similar requirements on state agencies, a handful of states are pursuing comparable statutes through legislation.

And while governors must be knowledgeable about the school, including its pupils, staff and community, in turn, school leaders must provide information to them in the appropriate way.

With California's fiscal outlook worsening, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week called state lawmakers into a special session to balance the current budget, while governors in Mississippi, New York, and several other states sounded alarms about their own revenue problems.

While governors had to sign a form committing their states to pursuing four general areas of reform, these assurances carried little weight.

While the governors of four states were in attendance, Rivers State was represented at the meeting by its deputy governor.

BY ANDY HUMM While governors in North Carolina and Mississippi struggle to defend their anti-gay laws, Pope Francis has found a way to hold on to Catholic teachings that condemn LGBT people, exclude women from power, and forbid divorce by taking a softer tone that has won him plaudits from the mainstream media and kept -LSB-...]

Greenberg said that while governors usually lose the most poll standing when the budget is late, but that the effects this year should be minimal: «They passed an extender, nothing stopped, so from the average New York citizen's point of view, nothing happened.»

I tut dat the President is the leader of party @ National level while Governors are same @ the State level.

While the governors were said to have been satisfied because Badaru is one of them, the Tinubu group was said to have taken solace in the fact that Badaru was a member of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, of which the former governor was a leader.

Governors Kwankwaso and Wamakko personally collected their awards while Governors Ahmed and Amaechi were represented.

Its members do not instinctually follow the governor, but rather act as a backstop for traditional liberal interests while governors from George Pataki or now Cuomo try to pull negotiations to the right.

According to a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Abdulrazaque Barkindo, the forum said while governors were doing their best to mitigate poverty, some elements were working hard to obliterate this effort.

While governor, Chafee reportedly signed three bills in three years that raised the state's minimum wage.

While governor Haruhiko Kuroda defended the decision amid criticism, experts do not think negative rates are sustainable in the long term.

Leaders of the House and Senate want to require a three - day waiting period for taking possession of long guns purchased in the state, while the governor said he did not support that change.

One example is Huntsman, who while governor of Utah signed a law introducing civil unions for gay couples.

His dad, also Mormon, was very popular while governor of Michigan, and remains so to this day; despite that, Michigan citizens aren't all wearing magic underpants.

As for Romney being qualified: he was educated at Harvard with law and business degrees, he has managed hundreds of people in his church callings, he fixed a bankrupt Olympics, he started business that were very successful, he turned around businesses and later helped turn his state around while governor.

The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.

Several times the Puritan service was prolonged while the governor was forced to wait outside before the church was ready for his use.

New York mayor Bill de Blasio described the attack as «a particularly cowardly act of terror» while governor Andrew Cuomo said it was a «lone wolf» attack, and there was no evidence it was part of a wider plot.

He's never given a speech in Texas while governor like that... he's just done very stupid things instead

When he got pulled over for speeding by a Texas state highway patrol officer while governor of Texas and asked the Trooper: «Don't you know who I am?»

He turned Massachusetts» budget from red to black while governor by turning a three Billion dollar deficit into a 2.16 billion dollar surplus.

The savaging of Clinton reached an early low in 1993, when David Brock's «Troopergate» article appeared in the America Spectator detailing Clinton's alleged infidelities while governor of Arkansas.

On June 20, while Governor Peter Shumlin was out of state on vacation, Scott, 54, beat a field of 29 to up his victory total to 28.

While the governor's re-election may look good at the moment, the prospects for a 2020 campaign for governor are not widely supported among New York voters, the poll found.

Thus, while Governor Patrick has a much larger following, it appears as if social media tactics, as opposed to pure content or «celeb power» explain at least some of that difference.

«My question is to ask if the Governor is indirectly and perhaps surreptitiously involved in local politics by getting at least one of his Commissioners to actively support a candidate of his choice while the Governor remains silent,» Rivera Sr. continued.

While Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo is a Democrat, he ran on a fiscally conservative platform that had more in keeping with the Senate Republicans» interests — property tax cap, public employee wage freeze, spending reductions — than the majority of Democrats (particularly those who hail from downstate) in the Senate and Assembly conferences.

While the governor has talked of preserving liberal politics in New York, he acknowledges the reality of needing to work with the incoming Trump administration.

While governor, Spitzer was a main proponent of the Reproductive Health Act, a measure that became something of a political football again in Albany this past legislative session.

While Governor Cuomo's polling numbers remain strong, Paladino says Cuomo is vulnerable on issues like the NY SAFE Act, and hydrofracking.

Nixon's campaign says Cuomo is «bullying» her by blocking her access to event space around the state, while the governor's re-election campaign says she's being «paranoid.»

And while Governor Cuomo swiftly coming out and calling for Schneiderman's resignation certainly didn't help matters, no one in the office chimed in and said the words, «Eric should stay and fight» either.

«Once again while the governor wastes billions of dollars on consultants, he threatens the state work force with layoffs.

While Governor Cuomo is criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for stepped up enforcement against undocumented immigrants, an immigrant rights group is calling him a hypocrite for keeping campaign contributions from a billionaire who's company is headquartered in the same Buffalo building as ICE.

While the governor has announced plans in support of public financing and empowering district attorneys during these situations, others are calling for term limits and according to a recent Siena poll, 82 percent of registered New York voters agree.

While the governor can sign bills into law, only a majority vote by the public would ultimately ratify Cuomo's constitutional amendment.

While the governor is determined to embrace pragmatism and realpolitik, the mayor considers his office a perch upon which he can fight for what he believes in.

While the governor piled 13 ethics and voting reform initiatives into last year's State of the State Book, not one became a reality, at least as not as envisioned, and many subsequently re-appeared on this year's agenda in an updated list of 14.

While the Governor has repeatedly called on the IJC to significantly increase outflows from the lake, the Commission seems determined to continue prioritizing commercial shipping interests over the safety of thousands of residents and families.

Horner, with NYPIRG, said while the governor should hold his tongue while a jury is reviewing evidence and deliberating, after the proceedings finish, Cuomo should speak out and make some major changes to his signature economic development programs.

While Governor Cuomo is an advocate of congestion pricing to raise funds to fix the subways, Mayor de Blasio has called the idea «inconceivable.»

While the governor's absence can be chalked up to any number of unrelated issues, the optics are just wrong.

When Eliot Spitzer appeared on «The Tonight Show,» Jay Leno asked him how a man so smart could do something so stupid as hiring hookers while governor.

A new Siena College poll shows that while Governor Andrew Cuomo's favorability rating has slightly recovered, mass transit and taxes have rankled New Yorkers.

Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru, will serve as chairman of the committee, while the Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, will be his deputy.

While the governor isn't implicated in the case, the contractors involved have all contributed to his campaign, and Cuomo has likened Percoco to a brother.

While the governor's aides insist the 90 - day rule is commonplace in the private sector, it's way out of line in the public sector.