Sentences with phrase «after state lawmakers»

After state lawmakers called for them to conduct a study, officials with Montana's largest utility company found that it was overpaying net metering customers by about three times the market value.

Along with that boom, charter allocations in the state budget have risen from about $ 16 million 1997 — the year after state lawmakers legalized charters — to more than $ 444 million in 2015 - 2016.

«Disappointing,» he grouses, roughly three days after state lawmakers wrapped up the session amidst a late - night flurry of negotiations Friday that, strangely, produced little action.

Students in Clark County's poorest neighborhoods made mostly positive gains in English and math after state lawmakers last year approved the injection of nearly $ 21 million to boost achievement.

Superintendent Glenda Ritz says Indiana will scale back its participation in the PARCC assessment consortium after state lawmakers voted to pause implementation of the Common Core.

As we've written before, implementation of the Common Core is on hold in Indiana after state lawmakers approved a «pause» proposal to give Hoosiers time to review the standards.

After state lawmakers passed a complex bill pausing Common Core rollout in Indiana, Supt. Glenda Ritz says it was up to her office to decide what academic standards second grade teachers would use in the fall.

One year after state lawmakers, urged on by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, passed one of the nation's most restrictive gun laws,

Those numbers probably will be revised downward a bit in the weeks to come after state lawmakers adopt a financial aid package for districts.

It came two days after state lawmakers balked at his attempt to link a pay raise for them to a limit on the outside income they can earn.

They decided to go on strike after state lawmakers passed a bill to raise pay for teachers and other public employees by 4 percent over three years while imposing higher health care premiums.

The meeting comes after state lawmakers passed a plan that could have a significant impact on their bottom line.

The emergency plan to prevent the layoff of 1,300 city OTB employees was reached on April 18 after state lawmakers departed Albany without managing to reach a bailout deal.

Assemblyman James Skoufis, a Woodbury Democrat and potential candidate for the 39th Senate District, previously has said he will announce his 2018 election plans after state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo finalize the budget, which could happen by the end of next week.

Cuomo disbanded the commission in March 2014 after state lawmakers agreed to pass ethics reform legislation.

The houses were obtained after state lawmakers in late 2016 authorized Buffalo, through its land bank, to obtain houses from its foreclosure list without having to compete for the properties at foreclosure auctions.

New York City's plan to charge a nickel fee on disposable shopping bags will likely be put on hold after state lawmakers on yesterday approved a measure to delay the surcharge.

The proposal comes after state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed at the end of the legislative session this year to a package of bills designed to curtail heroin and opioid abuse.

Antonacci launched his campaign in the weeks after state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to a compromise in the state budget that created the system, which at the time was referred to as a «pilot» for statewide public financing.

New York City's plan to charge a nickel fee on disposable shopping bags will likely be put on hold after state lawmakers on Tuesday approved a measure to delay the surcharge.

Cuomo agreed to end the Moreland Commission after state lawmakers in the budget adopted stiffer penalties for bribery and general corruption, and some greater disclosure of campaign donations.

One year after state lawmakers, urged on by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, passed one of the nation's most restrictive gun laws, impacts from the NY SAFE Act continue to reverberate through the state's courts, legislature, law enforcement and shooting sports community.

Rent control expired once again at midnight after state lawmakers and Cuomo signed off on a five - day extension after the laws lapsed week for several days.

After state lawmakers stepped in last week to vote on legislation that would delay the implementation of a plastic and paper bag fee in New York City, a Brooklyn assemblyman, Felix Ortiz, is looking to discourage use of disposable bags statewide.

But after state lawmakers left Albany on Friday without taking action, the OTB announced it was staying open for a year and was rescinding 1,300 layoffs.

Not exact matches

State lawmakers in New York and Washington recently passed measures restricting the use of so - called non-disclosure agreements for sexual harassment claims after the attorneys general of all 50 states urged legislative action in February to ensure that victims can bring lawsuits before judges rather than being forced into arbitration.

With Erdogan cracking down on thousands of people in the judiciary, education, military, and civil service after last weekend's failed coup, a lawmaker from the main opposition party warned that the state of emergency created «a way of ruling that paves the way for abuse».

Delta CEO fired back at state lawmakers who dropped a jet - fuel tax break after the airline ended discounts for an upcoming NRA meeting.

The state of New York is considering regulating online lenders after lawmakers found that there was «significant potential for unscrupulous online lenders to exploit consumers through predatory practices such as unusually high interest rates, lack of disclosure of hidden fees, and unclear loan terms.»

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MIAMI — Gun control legislation is moving at an unusually fast pace in the Florida Capitol following a deadly high school shooting, which has pushed state lawmakers and the governor to act after years of loosening restrictions on firearms.

(CNN) Nearly a week after a gunman stormed the hallways of their school in a deadly rampage, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are heading to Florida's state Capitol to demand lawmakers take action on gun control.

Teenagers are forcing lawmakers to consider changing their state gun laws — demanding action after a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 students dead and added to the list of instances where people have opened fire on school grounds in 2018.

State lawmakers passed no restrictions on guns after the fatal shooting of 49 people at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub in 2016 and the mass shooting that killed five at the Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport in 2017.

The Senate's approach to state and local taxes is at odds with that of the House, where Republicans settled on a compromise — scrapping some of the state and local deductions but still allowing a deduction of up to $ 10,000 on property taxes — after GOP lawmakers from high - tax states revolted against an initial House plan to scrap the deduction entirely.

--» Minnesota state Rep. Kerry Gauthier, Democrat lawmaker involved in a rest - stop se «xual encounter with a 17 - year - old boy says he won't run for re-election after all.»

The Associated Press reports that lawmakers modeledKansas House Bill 2203 — known as the Religious Freedom Preservation Act — after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which originally provided federal religious freedom protections in state courts.

By contrast, after the New Jersey Supreme Court denied Gov. Chris Christie's appeal of a judge's overturning of the state's ban on same - sex marriage, an attempt by state lawmakers to later write a bill with religious protections collapsed under pressure from gay - rights groups.

Good - government organizations are pushing the bill, too, after lawmakers and Cuomo did not agree to any ethics law changes in the state budget as initially proposed by the governor.

New York state's legislative session is set to begin next month in Albany with tensions simmering between Cuomo and lawmakers after negotiations to boost legislative salaries fell through.

Multiple state lawmakers over the years have left office after they were accused of sexual harassment and misconduct.

In the end, the threat of a government shutdown — perhaps strongest in the closely divided state Senate — was defused after Democratic lawmakers from both conferences backed the legislation to continue to temporarily fund state government.

Democrat Shelley Mayer, a state Assembly lawmaker, after the shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people, spoke Sunday at a rally with left - leaning groups demanding action on gun control.

State lawmakers in June approved legislation that regulates and legalizes fantasy sports in New York after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman challenged the legality of the activity, forcing major operators to suspend business in the sState lawmakers in June approved legislation that regulates and legalizes fantasy sports in New York after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman challenged the legality of the activity, forcing major operators to suspend business in the statestate.

As state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo continue to sort out an extension of the now lapsed rent control laws in New York City, Senate Republicans say they have no plans to leave town after passing their own eight - year extension of the program.

State lawmakers paid tribute to the life of hero NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, passing a resolution honoring him and then approving a bill renaming a portion of the Southern State Parkway in Long Island after the detective who died in January.

Lawmakers indicated on Thursday after meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo they are inching toward a final agreement on the state budget, but key issues on funding education and raising revenue for taxes remain unresolved.

The announcement came after several state lawmakers introduced legislation that would create a new email retention policy for the state, requiring that online communications be preserved for at least seven years — much like how the federal government currently operates.

A Republican state lawmaker on Friday called for the end to film tax breaks after the revelations of sexual harassment and abuse by producer Harvey Weinstein.

Democratic state Senate candidate Ross Barkan in a fundraising email blasted Republican incumbent Marty Golden after The Daily News reported the lawmaker in 2005 was the driver in a crash the led to a woman in a coma that resulted in a large settlement to her family.