Sentences with phrase «after the state legislature»

[11] This came 14 weeks after the state legislature publicly supported and approved a bill requiring them to disclose their outside income.

Without getting into the details, Mayor de Blasio last night revealed that he and Governor Cuomo spoke after the state legislature passed a budget that put a leash around the city.

The deal was hammered four days after the state legislature extended the deadline for passing the budget by two months as a result of the legislative body missing the original April 1 budget deadline.

Gibson currently represents about half the new Catskill / Hudson Valley district, drawn up by a judge this spring after the state legislature could not agree on a redistricting plan.

In June 2001, the task of redistricting passed to the LRB after the state legislature failed to pass a redistricting plan for either the House or Senate.

The restored funding comes after the state legislature rejected a bid by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to cap state building aid to the city in its final budget deal.

The move — part of the administration's campaign against obesity — came after the state legislature rejected efforts to put a tax on the sugary beverage.

«If Michigan is going to achieve economicgrowth, we must give all students thetools they need to succeed in college and theworkplace,» Governor Jennifer M. Granholmdeclared shortly after the state legislature approvedthe new requirement.

Teacher Evaluations At Center Of Chicago Strike NPR: In California, after the state legislature mandated the use of student progress benchmarks to rate teachers, an education reform group sued the Los Angeles Unified School District to force the issue.

After the state legislature enacted a tax - credit scholarship program, the administration's Department of Revenue imposed a rule that religious schools could not participate.

In 1990, the charter idea gained further prominence after the state legislature in neighboring Wisconsin passed the nation's first private school voucher law, providing public support for low - income Milwaukee students to attend private and parochial schools.

North Carolina appears to be a ripe market, after the state legislature lifted the 100 - school cap on charter schools in 2011 in the state and Republican Gov. Pat McCrory speaking favorably about virtual charter schools during the 2012 campaign.

This past year after the state legislature once again failed to pass new laws similar to the ballot initiative proposals, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, Director of Agriculture Dr. Jon Hagler and Attorney General Chris Koster launched a program known as «Operation Bark Alert».

Dutcher and his fellow climate scientists in Nebraska are standing up for science after the state legislature passed a misguided bill commissioning a state climate - change impact study that precludes scientists from addressing human activity's role in global warming.

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The busiest airport in Arkansas would no longer be named after the only president and first lady from the state if a bill introduced in the legislature succeeds.

As the 2016 fiscal year comes to a close, first - term Governor John Bel Edwards and the state legislature have been in crisis mode, struggling to close a fiscal 2017 budget gap that could run as high $ 800 million — and that is after $ 485 million in emergency spending cuts this year.

Most recently, Llew Claasen, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, pleaded to the National Conference of State Legislators, a bipartisan non-governmental organization that represents staff and members of American state legislatures, to reject any and all proposed legislation modeled after the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency BusinessesState Legislators, a bipartisan non-governmental organization that represents staff and members of American state legislatures, to reject any and all proposed legislation modeled after the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businessesstate legislatures, to reject any and all proposed legislation modeled after the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act.

More than four months after the disclosure of the Equifax data breach, state legislatures around the country are starting to...

A day after the Parkland shooting, the Oregon state legislature closed what was called the «Boyfriend Loophole» in its laws about gun ownership among those convicted of domestic violence.

Gov. Mark Sanford (R - SC) was censured by the state legislature after his affair came to light.

Earlier this month, the Texas legislature approved a loudly - debated package of restrictions on abortions in the Lone Star State; among other things, requiring abortion clinics to bring their facilities in line with surgical standards and banning abortions after 20 weeks.

The several states have their constitutions, executives, legislatures, and courts, generally modeled after the Federal system and in any event not inconsistent with the Federal Constitution.

Former California Governor Pat Brown liked the idea, and at one time the proposal was on its way to the state legislature, but after Ronald Reagan defeated Brown the Andros Plan went into limbo.

After more people arrived at Naper Settlement, Naper helped to plat the town and then joined the state legislature in 1836 to guide the formation of DuPage County in 1839 with Naperville at that time as its county seat.

But after the district's 2004 budget was adopted, the state legislature passed an early retirement incentive law that gave the district a reprieve of $ 5 million a year for the 2004 and 2005 fiscal years.

Members of Nassau County legislature's Republican majority called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to extend deadlines for homeowners seeking state disaster recovery funds to rebuilding their homes after superstorm Sandy.

The final amount will be calculated after the district knows how much state aid it will receive — a figure that relies upon agreement on the state budget by Cuomo and the state legislature.

The second of the state legislature's two former leaders has now been convicted on multiple corruption charges after a jury lost no time in finding former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and son Adam guilty on all eight counts.

After the city's almost year - long refusal to contribute funding was finally resolved by the state legislature's mandate earlier this month, we can now finally take all of the aggressive steps outlined.»

The city's five primary public defender organizations have teamed up to put pressure on the state legislature to pass meaningful criminal justice reforms after the measures were left out of the state budget.

Meanwhile, Republicans continue to control the majority of governorships and state legislatures after their 2010 sweep.

After three months of discussions and posturing, Governor Cuomo and the legislature finalized a state budget late last week.

In a job interview process with serious consequences, the state legislature on Tuesday started interviewing candidates to replace former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned after an article detailed abuse allegations by four women.

Two weeks after lawmakers left Albany, New Yorkers still have their doubts when it comes to ethics reform in the state legislature.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe struck a softer tone on Confederate monuments yesterday, two weeks after urging Virginia's cities and state legislature to move them to museums or graveyards, saying relocation might be too costly to undertake after all.

«Or if after 90 days the legislature fails to adopt their own plan, the reductions to the general fund and state special revenue fund appropriations and related disbursements identified in the division of the budget plan will go into effect automatically.»

The New York state legislature is seemingly back to business as usual, with majority parties holding planning meetings, and the new session set to begin right after the holidays.

Also Monday, the legislature agreed to advertise for an independent inspector general — a position advocated by Democrats and later Republicans after former State Senate Majority leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and his son, Adam, were convicted in 2015 on corruption charges involving a Nassau contract.

After a new wave of indictments against state lawmakers in the spring, Cuomo tried to convince the legislature to adopt public financing of campaigns, the closing of loopholes for large donors, and better policing of the laws.

The governor recommends a gradual state takeover of county Medicaid costs in his budget, something the local government leaders had been requesting, saying they could not afford to pay their share of the health care program after Cuomo and the legislature imposed a 2 % property tax cap in 2011.

«Upon such submission, the legislature shall have 90 days after such submission to either prepare its own plan, which may be adopted by concurrent resolution passed by both houses,» the bill states.

Hakeem says, «After witnessing the slipping of DFL power in the legislature, and a government shutdown, people are ready for a third party at Minnesota's State Capitol.»

By now, there's little doubt the state legislature will vote itself a substantial raise shortly after voting machines cool down on Nov. 6.

On Monday, after getting the greenlight from the state legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo formally signed two of his most carefully - watched initiatives into law, enacting a statewide $ 15 minimum wage plan and 12 - week paid family leave policy.

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.

One week after the New York state legislature declared the 2017 session over, Governor Cuomo is commanding that lawmakers return for a special session at 1 pm Wednesday to deal with some unfinished business.

Voters approved a change in the state's constitution that will require the legislature to appoint a commission to redraw state Senate, Assembly and congressional district lines after the 2020 census.

No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or she is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the state of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, of the assembly or senate district for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election; if elected a senator or member of assembly at the first election next ensuing after a readjustment or alteration of the senate or assembly districts becomes effective, a person, to be eligible to serve as such, must have been a resident of the county in which the senate or assembly district is contained for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election.

New Jersey Could Become Second State to Pass Groundbreaking Voting Reform by Jennifer L. Clark After years of fierce voting rights battles in legislatures and courthouses, there is unmistakable momentum on the side of voters.

After last week's decision by a Manhattan judge calling the city's flu vaccine requirement «invalid and unlawful» — because the Health Department initiative had not been voted on by the state legislature — Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz introduced legislation Monday to add the flu to the list of illnesses children attending state - licensed facilities are required to receive.