Sentences with phrase «approved statewide referendum»

How the program will be funded, such as through a voter - approved statewide referendum, remained uncertain.

How the program will be funded, such as perhaps through a voter - approved statewide referendum, remains uncertain.

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The amendment was approved by voters in a statewide referendum.

The initiative route would take several years because constitutional amendments must be passed by two successively elected Legislatures and then approved in a general election by statewide referendum.

Voters would have to approve it in a statewide referendum.

The tribe remains agnostic on the question of a statewide referendum on casino gambling, something that if approved would likely poach business from its own nascent gambling enterprise.

Nass, Stroebel and Kapenga wrote a memo demanding amendments that would prohibit UW from spending $ 4 million on diversity training for students and faculty; raise the income eligibility for the statewide voucher program to 300 percent of the federal poverty level; repeal the state prevailing wage on Jan. 1; and forbid municipalities to impose any wheel tax not approved through a referendum.

In 2013, voters approved casino gambling statewide in a referendum championed by the governor.

Almost three years ago, New York voters approved a referendum pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to alter the state constitution and allow up to seven Las Vegas - style, non-Indian run casinos to be sited statewide.

The governor's plan would let unions representing most public employees to negotiate only for wage increases, and any increase above the Consumer Price Index would have to be approved in a statewide referendum.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to authorize seven Las Vegas - style casinos was approved in a statewide referendum last week, and calls for one casino to be built in the Albany - Saratoga region.

To amend the constitution, the Legislature must pass the proposal in two consecutive sessions of the Legislature and then be approved in a statewide referendum.

North Carolina hasn't approved a statewide school bond referendum since 1996.