Sentences with phrase «addressing legislative issues»

For IASN to be effective in addressing legislative issues that impact school nursing and student health and safety, individual members must be willing to get involved and contact their legislators.

Executive orders are typically a near - last resort for addressing legislative issues since they are easily reversed when the current president leaves office.

Not exact matches

Chinese leadership will address the issue with new policy goals for the year when the new legislative session starts Thursday.

Competition Policy Review (Harper Review), Submission on Issues Paper (2014) Argued new approach needed for problems concerning small business community - not appropriate to make further reforms to the CCA for this purpose (better to address them through separate legislative regime).

The Wine Institute's Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy Program addresses issues affecting virtually every aspect of the wine industry: from bottling and labeling, to advertising and marketing, to distribution.

Not addressed, for instance, is the long - time legislative requirement that schools offer whole milk with each meal - a result of heavy lobbying by dairy interests and a rallying issue for critics, who believe it raises the fat and cholesterol content of the typical school lunch.

Three legislative leaders met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo behind closed doors at the state Capitol yesterday and hammered out a number of specifics, though a range of non-fiscal policy issues — apparently with the exception of addressing sexual harassment — have fallen off the table.

The full statement, issued jointly by NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre and the head of its legislative arm Chris Cox, opens by addressing «the evil and senseless attack in Las Vegas.»

Yet the granting of more powers would produce a profound change in the range of mechanisms available to address environmental issues; the country's authorities could then take an integrated approach to governmental and legislative powers.

The light went on for Senate member Joe Klein in Albany, NY, and he came out and said, «Ethics reform is the most important issue we need to address in this years legislative session.»

Even though the state budget was approved two weeks ago, he notes that the legislative session doesn't end for another few weeks and the governor and lawmakers could still do something to address the housing affordability issue.

Major issues in the 2013 legislative session included addressing education, energy, domestic violence, jobs, strengthening the state's economy, and a new two - year budget that's facing a $ 128 million deficit.

Major issues in the 2013 legislative session included physician - assisted death, marijuana decriminalization, and plans to address a projected budget shortfall of $ 50 - $ 70 million.

Though Cuomo and the Assembly have proposed extending the law in their budget proposals, the Senate wants to hold off addressing the issue until later in the legislative session.

Cuomo over the course of the legislative session had been pressured by good government reformers to address broader issues with corruption in Albany.

After Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have required the state to pick up the cost of providing indigent legal services from the counties, Assembly sponsor Patricia Fahy said she is committed to addressing the issue again in the upcoming legislative session.

The state's budget is due on April 1, and the issue of sexual harassment seems likely to command significant attention in the coming weeks, as legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, have promised a raft of new measures to address the problem.

The Governor thanked the delegation for its efforts on behalf of New York State and urged members to act on a number of key legislative issues that must be addressed before the end of the year.

Lawmakers will introduce a package of bills during the 2014 Legislative Session that aim to address issues concerning the Common Core learning standards.

Today's legislation builds on legislative efforts to address the issue and broadens the scope of Executive Order # 161 to encompass all employers, not just state entities, in order to break the cycle of unfair, unequal compensation.

If progressives, liberals and actual Democrats were to elect Teachout in the primary, the entire focus of New York's legislative and regulatory operations would have to shift to dealing with the sudden swarms of flying pigs, and this would hamper their ability to address other issues.

A last - minute bill addressing the same issue was also pushed through the Assembly, but the two bills couldn't be reconciled before the legislative session ended.

«The legislative session is already well underway, and I will be working with Congressman Donovan, Borough President Oddo, Senator Lanza, Minority Leader Matteo, Councilman Borelli, Assemblywoman Malliotakis, and all of Staten Island's elected officials on both sides of the aisle to make sure the issues that most affect South Shore residents are addressed in Albany.»

Negotiations were still fluid as the sun fell on Thursday, but the overall agreement would clear the way for lawmakers to conclude their annual legislative session this week by addressing most outstanding issues.

The Senate may not address some of the hot political issues before the end of the legislative session.

But the urgency of addressing this issue did not translate into legislative agreement.

The next time the commission will address the issue is in 2020, locking in legislative salaries at the level decided Tuesday.

«It is understandable that the Department of Financial Services and the comptroller both issued their own complementary (regulations)... but you don't also want to use the regulatory process when the legislative process has had enough time to address the issue and failed to address the issue.»

Last week, Governor Paterson met with the New York State Congressional Delegation to thank them for their efforts on behalf of the State and urge them to act on a number of key legislative issues that must be addressed before the end of the year, including the maintenance of funding for the LIHEAP program.

Ron argues that now is a good opportunity for the legislature to earn the community's trust and address the issue before the trial for the bid - rigging scandal as the legislative session ends.

With near - daily allegations about prominent sexual harassers, the issue of harassment promised to percolate through the 2018 legislative session in Albany that starts next month, with Mr. Cuomo hinting that new proposals to address misconduct would be a part of his State of the State address on Jan. 3.

The group of women — which includes accusers of current Sen. Jeff Klein and ex-Assemblymen Vito Lopez and Micah Kellner — are calling for the issue to be addressed during the legislative session rather than through the state's notoriously opaque budget process in order to ensure an open dialogue that includes the voices of stakeholders and experts.

Last week, Gov. Cuomo said he would like to see a bill addressing the child sex abuse issue passed before the scheduled June 16 end of the legislative session.

Gov. Cuomo said he'd like to see a bill addressing the child sex abuse issue passed before June 16, the final day of the legislative session.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Association of Erie County Governments urgently asks Governor Andrew M. Cuomo & the Legislative leaders to suspend this law as soon as possible and to look at all of the aspects of gun control using the proper legal procedure to bring about a law that will address gun control in a more logical manner, focusing on the real issues related to gun control — a law that will strengthen the effect on public safety and not infringe upon our constitutional rights.

Meanwhile, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) has not said whether his Democratic conference will bring any bill addressing the child sex abuse issue to the floor for a vote before the end of the legislative session.

In most cases offices have specific legislative or issue priorities to address.

Marv Fertel retired at the close of 2016 as president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) which is the policy organization for the U.S. nuclear industry and represents the industry in addressing generic technical and regulatory issues before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; as well as policy and legislative activities with the Congress and the Executive Branch.

They cover topics including addressing harassment and discrimination in the workplace, developing labor law, navigating through ADA (AA), FMLA and workers» compensation issues, avoiding wage and hour landmines, key legislative, case law and regulatory changes.

We welcome any school nurse who is willing to learn more about the legislative process and help address these issues.

With the regular legislative session scheduled to adjourn on May 5, lawmakers have about two weeks left to cobble together and pass an omnibus bill that would address issues for Connecticut's revised RTTT application.

The Court went on to say that while the legislature must address the school funding issue it made it clear that how it was addressed was a matter for the legislative branch and not the courts.

The WASB has been meeting with the governor's office as well as legislative leadership offices regarding how to best address the issue.

In the 2014 legislative sessions, more than 80 bills in 32 states addressed student - data protection issues, according to the Data Quality Campaign, a Washington - based group that seeks to promote the use of educational data to improve student achievement.

In his State of the State address Tuesday night, Gov. Mike Pence affirmed many of the legislative actions around education issues that the legislature laid out so far this session.

And this is why we have elections, folks — so that once in a while there are legislative proposals like 6 out of 7 of the ones mentioned below, that actually address important issues in useful ways.

The clock is ticking on this year's legislative session so please get back to me so that we can work through any logistics or issues that need to be addressed prior to such a debate.

Education advocate Anne Manusky weighs in in two extremely important issues that the Connecticut General Assembly should address this legislative session.

In the current legislative climate, it is too risky to pass laws that fail to address the «core» issues impacting the inequitable distribution of educational opportunities across our state and nation.

CUBE programming is designed to support your school board and superintendent through professional development, legislative advocacy, and other resources that address today's key urban education issues.