Sentences with phrase «allow state lawmakers»

Governor Andrew Cuomo says he is unlikely to send an emergency message to allow state lawmakers to bypass a three - day waiting period for the state budget.

The messages will allow state lawmakers to approve both the education bill, as well as the health budget bill, before the midnight deadline for the new fiscal year.

ALBANY — The Democratic agreement on ethics law changes, touted Wednesday morning by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, would still allow state lawmakers to use campaign funds for dinners out and criminal defense attorneys.

Cuomo said he'd rather shut down his signature $ 750 million - a-year Regional Economic Development Councils than agree to allow state lawmakers to direct the funding.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reiterated today that there's no talk of a pay raise, but gave a lengthy defense of a part - time Legislature that allows state lawmakers to collect an outside salary on top of their $ 79,500 base pay.

Indeed, unlike in scandals past, what may set the lulu controversy apart is its scope: It doesn't simply implicate a single bad actor, but rather an entire culture that allows state lawmakers, who have long complained that they are underpaid, to pad their income in creative ways.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo likes to portray himself as a crusader against corruption in Albany, the state's capital, taking a hardline position against allowing state lawmakers to collect outside income that may be connected to pending legislation.

Ellen Schimitz of Connecticut Voices for Children says reinterpreting the cap allows state lawmakers to prioritize immediate needs.

Another Republican proposal would have closed another loophole in state campaign finance laws that allows state lawmakers to have their own political action committees that can take contributions from lobbyists, contractors and other political groups.

Congressional primaries were moved to June several years ago but state legislative races are still in September, allowing state lawmakers to run for Congress without giving up their seats.

Not exact matches

Last month, a committee of House lawmakers advanced a bill that would help companies like GM and Google seek more exemptions to federal safety rules, perhaps allowing them the ability to test as many as 100,000 experimental self - driving cars in the United States.

Lawmakers took just three days to approve the package of tax breaks and incentives, allowing Washington to beat at least 10 other states bidding on the facility.

The state gave its juvenile detention officers a pay raise, set aside some money for physical improvements, including plumbing upgrades, bought new surveillance cameras and allowed lawmakers to visit whenever they want.

But lawmakers are close to passing a common - sense bill that would allow workers licensed in other states to work...

In a letter to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the state House and Senate Wednesday, Schneiderman asked state lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow for prosecuting people on the state level for the exact crimes they were convicted of — and pardoned for — on the federal level.

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.

But the freshman lawmaker frames the issue as both about states» rights, and creating jobs: «This step allows states to determine appropriate medicinal use and allows for industrial hemp growth, something that will provide a major economic boost to agricultural development in Southside Virginia,» he said in a statement.

Tennessee lawmakers are renewing a push to allow wine and liquor sales on Sunday, a move that could spur opposition from the state's liquor retailers.

State lawmakers this week overrode a veto by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to allow park districts to separate the special recreation fund from the general fund.

A state lawmaker, whose wife was aided in a pregnancy by a midwife, pushed through legislation this year that would allow midwives to practice freely in the state, and Gov. Matt Blunt signed the bill into law.

An extensive underground network of illegal practitioners has developed in Missouri in recent years, according to Sen. John Loudon, the Missouri lawmaker who spearheaded legislation that would allow nationally certified midwives to practice in the state.

In the email, which Murray forwarded to Capital Tonight, he points to DeFrancisco receiving both his pension and his salary as a state lawmaker — a legally allowed practice known as «double dipping» which good - government groups and newspaper editorial boards have decried over the years in state government.

A top National Basketball Association executive on Wednesday told state lawmakers New York officials should provide a legal framework to allow sports gambling, pending the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

A plan that would allow for tolls along Manhattan roadways at peak times continues to face an uphill climb among Republican lawmakers from New York City in the state Senate.

A group of Republican state and county lawmakers on Tuesday called for the passage of a bill that would allow local governments to set speed limits.

There's a push by some Democratic state lawmakers to explicitly ban so - called «bump» stocks and other devices that allow a semi-automatic gun to mimic automatic fire.

The U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the federal ban on state - authorized sports betting outside of Las Vegas, and legislation now before state lawmakers would allow New York's casinos to significantly expand how they take bets.

State Senator Daniel Squadron --(D) Manhattan, Brooklyn — has been a vocal critic of the State Lawmaker's failure to close the LLC loophole, which allows individuals to sidestep (some would say un) reasonable contribution limits.

State lawmakers yesterday approved measures to renew Kendra's Law and allow medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder — but Mayor Bill de Blasio's future control of the NYC schools remained an unsettled issue.

Cuomo and Albany lawmakers quietly added a controversial provision to the $ 151 billion state budget that allows taxpayer money to pay for fertility services for poor women.

Democratic lawmakers, along with the League of Women Voters, rallied outside the Senate chambers Tuesday for bills that would allow same - day voting and early voting by mail in New York state.

On Thursday in California a state lawmaker introduced legislation that would allow residents to make donations instead of paying taxes to avoid the cap on deductions of state taxes.

There were two Tesla vehicles on the Empire State Plaza concourse as the company and some lawmakers push for legislation that would allow the automaker to expand its sales reach in New York.

Lawmakers also approved legislation allowing undocumented students to tap into financial aid funds at the state's public colleges and universities.

It's unlikely Cuomo would go along with alterations to the cap, even as state lawmakers last year approved modest changes to the measure that allow for some growth in certain instances.

The CSNY site provides an already scripted letter to state lawmakers in support of Cuomo's proposals and a search function that allows users to locate their representatives by entering their zip codes.

Despite the mutual State of the State boycott between Cuomo and state lawmakers, they will all have to work together eventually on issues like passing the budget, which is expected to have a deficit, and perhaps implementing new laws — to make college tuition free for more students, and allowing ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft in more places in New State of the State boycott between Cuomo and state lawmakers, they will all have to work together eventually on issues like passing the budget, which is expected to have a deficit, and perhaps implementing new laws — to make college tuition free for more students, and allowing ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft in more places in New State boycott between Cuomo and state lawmakers, they will all have to work together eventually on issues like passing the budget, which is expected to have a deficit, and perhaps implementing new laws — to make college tuition free for more students, and allowing ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft in more places in New state lawmakers, they will all have to work together eventually on issues like passing the budget, which is expected to have a deficit, and perhaps implementing new laws — to make college tuition free for more students, and allowing ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft in more places in New York.

State lawmakers are nearing an agreement this month to pave the way for allowing daily fantasy sports in New York, months after a legal challenge sidelined popular websites FanDuel and DraftKings.

The bill has been changed to no longer exempt season - long fantasy sports from a state tax as lawmakers edge toward a possible resolution on allowing companies like FanDuel and DraftKings to operate in the state.

A judge struck down assisted suicide in California, saying state lawmakers improperly enacted the law allowing patients deemed terminally ill to kill themselves.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand again injected herself into the debate over same - sex marriage in Albany today, sending a letter today to state lawmakers urging them to end «institutionalized discrimination» in New York by allowing gay couples to wed..

State lawmakers in Albany are making a push to ban the possession and sale of devices like bump stocks that can allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire like an automatic rifle.

Cuomo wants lawmakers to reveal their private law practice clients, close the loophole in the state's campaign finance law that allows LLCs to give unlimited funds to a candidate and create a system of publicly financed campaigns.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a framework for the state budget with at least a $ 1.4 billion increase in school aid, a plan to allow the state education department to develop the new teacher evaluation system and tighter disclosure requirements for lawmakers.

But in order for sugar kelp to be farmed in Peconic Bay and Sound waters — where many of the state's aquaculture farms are located — state and county lawmakers need to make regulatory changes to allow it.

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.

A delegation of lawmakers and first responders will head to Albany Wednesday morning, seeking a state certification allows an emergency services company to operate throughout Niagara County.

That would mean anyone earning wages or a salary wouldn't pay a state income tax, allowing them to circumvent restrictions on the so - called SALT deduction that New York lawmakers have decried.

The lawmakers said the platforms allow low - cost services that have led to growth in many technology - based businesses «that have created much - needed jobs, tax revenue, and economic development opportunities throughout our state.»

Wojtaszek says there's already legislation in Albany that would allow pro sports gambling to be spread out to more sites across the states he's hoping the petitions will give lawmakers the extra nudge to get to get it through.