Sentences with phrase «area lawmaker on»

The Chair of the Senate Education Committee Carol Liu (D - Glendale)-- the only LA - area lawmaker on the committee — decided not to vote for or against the bill...

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Looking for a way to battle against a potential crackdown by the Trump Administration on legalized marijuana, California lawmakers have turned to another area where they don't always see eye - to - eye with officials in Washington.

As the abortion language represents the sole area of disagreement among lawmakers on this vital legislation, trafficking abolitionists are eager to see a compromise worked out.

Zuckerberg also said he would report back to lawmakers on other issues including protecting minors online, finding ways to regulate fake accounts, and bringing broadband to rural areas.

The California Assembly passed a bill from a Bay Area lawmaker that supporters, including the League of Women Voters, say will shine a light on «dark money» in politics, requiring that top donors be listed on campaign ads.

Once the public is suitably sensitized by news media in a target area, pressure on lawmakers grows to provide «justice» for those victims whose claims have expired due to statutes of limitations.

Lawmakers acknowledged, too, based on a series of hearings around the state the concern isn't limited to a single geographic area.

The Binghamton - area Senate seat, which has a GOP voter enrollment edge, was represented by GOP lawmaker Tom Libous until his conviction on a charge of lying to the FBI in July.

Two area state lawmakers say they have reached agreement on bipartisan legislation to provide $ 90 million in financial relief for people living along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River seaway.

But area lawmakers and scientists still don't agree on what exactly brought the extra nearly 3 feet of water.

But some lawmakers, acknowledging the difficult fiscal situation, say attention should be paid to other areas, such as mandated spending on schools.

Minority lawmakers in both chambers have been speaking out about the Senate's plan, which they say disenfranchises black and Latino voters all over the state, but particularly in NYC, on Long Island and in the Rochester and Buffalo areas.

«It's taxpayer dollars the governor is proposing,» said Amedore, the Albany - area Republican, «so you need to have an all - hands - on - deck approach and have communities with everyone involved in the process, from lawmakers to local officials to regional councils that are not just behind closed doors selecting projects that may be of interest to one or two particular people.»

«If you add up the Tappan Zee Bridge, the LaGuardia (airport), Penn Station and all the other capital projects he had in that budget, and then you say we've got a record - breaking $ 22 billion for the state of New York for infrastructure, that isn't even (the value of) one of the projects that he mentioned for downstate,» said the Syracuse - area lawmaker, referring to some of the other big - ticket infrastructure items on Cuomo's agenda.

The lawmaker representing Remo Federal Constituency in the Green Chamber, said this during the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Odogbolu area of Ogun State on Saturday.

Tempers flared at the hearing when Mr Kayode refused to answer the lawmakers, including Hon Mohammed Nur Sheriff, who represents the worst hit areas of Bama / Ngala / Kalabalge of Borno State, on the rationale behind that decision and his failure to state where the items were supplied to since there were allegations that the IDPs have not received them.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders a ban on sex offenders from using the popular Pokemon GO app, lawmakers in the Independent Democratic Conference are pushing the app's creators to prevent users from being directed to areas within 100 feet of where offenders are publicly registered.

The announcement was paired with Cuomo administration officials set to testify before a joint legislative panel of lawmakers, including those who are skeptical of the plant's closure, its impact on the New York City area's utilities as well as the hit jobs and taxes will take in the area.

NYSUT, meanwhile, has spent $ 41,140 on mail on behalf of O'Brien, a Rochester - area lawmaker who a Siena College poll found was bad trailing Republic Rich Funke.

Just days before lawmakers are set to vote on seven members of the board that drives state education policy, WNY delegates remain divided along political and ideological lines about who might best represent the area's students.

One mail piece focuses on the Poughkeepsie - area race between Democratic Sen. Terry Gipson and Republican candidate Sue Serino, highlighting the incumbent lawmaker as a «small businessman and community leader.»

Two Democratic lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation that would grant local governments home rule rights when a casino is considered for the area.

Since then, lawmakers who represent areas with large numbers of state workers in their districts — the Capital Region and Long Island — have written to the Cuomo administration urging them to take action on the issue.

Some state lawmakers are using per diem reimbursements to pay off the mortgages on their Albany - area homes.

Also condemning the attacks, a former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, who is now a lawmaker representing Plateau North in the National Assembly, said he was sad to hear about the «incessant violent killings going on in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, allegedly perpetrated by herdsmen who have become the usual suspects in this kind of coordinated attacks in the state and others in the Middle - Belt.»

Lawmakers in New York are debating whether to add electronic cigarettes to the state's ban on smoking in public areas like workplaces, bars and restaurants.

A Marine and state lawmaker is from the same area as one of the fallen soldiers who were on board the plane that crashed in Mississippi on Monday.

ALBANY — Area state lawmakers are divided on increasing the minimum wage, a provision approved Thursday night in the 2013 - 14 budget.

The Capital Region - area lawmaker and frequent critic of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo had raised the possibility of running statewide in 2014, but had always stipulated he would need to raise competitively against the governor, who has at least $ 30 million in cash on hand for his re-election.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters in the Utica area today that he is able to work with any sort of coalition in the state Senate, but he warned lawmakers that he wants to focus on policy, not politics.

House Republican leaderships decision to not vote on the Senate's bill providing $ 60 billion in aid to areas impacted by Super Storm Sandy has led to a barrage of floor speeches from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

While mobile ride - hailing services such as Uber and Lyft could legally expand their coverage areas across New York state by early summer, it will ultimately fall on Westchester County lawmakers to accept the state's regulations, or to push for even tighter restrictions.

Lawmakers also questioned Marks over two - plus hours on a range of judicial issues, including plans to expand Buffalo's successful drug intervention court to other areas of the state hit hard by the opioid overdose crisis.

Sloma expressed his consent just this week with the wish of some area lawmakers for the authority to turn over its long - vacant land on the Outer Harbor to a separate agency focused on waterfront development, like the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation.

A state lawmaker is calling on the Department of Environmental Conservation to enforce the «Sewage Pollution Right To Know Act,» legislation that highlights the need for replacing the area's aging infrastructure.

Similarly, on the closed institutions in Southern Kaduna area of the state on grounds of insecurity, the lawmaker said the long closure of the institutions since last year needed to be revisited as a matter of urgency considering the relative peaceful atmosphere that the communities which host the institutions were currently enjoying.

While some county lawmakers have pumped the brakes, area lawmakers closer to the plant — many of which rely on its tax revenue and jobs to help stimulate the local economy — have thrown their support behind the county executive's lawsuit.

David DiPietro, a Republican lawmaker from the Buffalo area, said he and Mr. Nojay were on the floor of the State Assembly that June, lamenting the corruption in Albany, when they first hit on the idea of encouraging Mr. Trump to run for governor.

When it came time to schedule his Albany - area speech, he decided to do it at the state University at Albany, miles from the Capitol complex, on a day he knew the majority of lawmakers would not be in town.

«NSBA appreciates Congress» diligence in keeping the budget process moving forward and encourages federal lawmakers to disregard areas of the proposed budget that fall short on a strong investment in public education.

«Two years in, and student performance on academic outcome measures were bad in every single area — but lawmakers still lifted the cap on how many students can participate, in spite of those negative outcomes.»

Regulatory agencies and lawmakers are always closely monitoring and imposing new rules on the financial industry, and one of the most closely monitored areas in finance are payday loans and their cousins known as installment and car title loans.

In other areas, neighbors complained about nuisances, and lawmakers responded with limits on the number of dogs an owner could have instead of enforcing anti-barking laws and leash laws already on the books.

«He says the state's ethics rules are designed to provide disclosure and encourage lawmakers to participate in areas where they are knowledgeable, so that a farmer can participate in debates about agriculture and a doctor on health care issues, for example.»

Now, with just two weeks left in the session, lawmakers not only have to agree on a budget that is reportedly still contentious in several areas, but are also trying to come up with a response to the Parkland school shooting that will offer real changes to prevent further shootings while also not betraying the Second Amendment fundamentalist coterie of the Republican - led Legislature's base.

He added, however, that Facebook has other executives whose jobs are focused on certain areas that put them in a better position to give lawmakers the information they are seeking.

House lawmakers are expected to take action by this summer on NAR - supported bills that would repeal estate taxes, create tax - advantaged districts in depressed areas, and expand the availability of individual retirement accounts.

Given the continued contentiousness of the eminent domain issue, as lawmakers try to balance private property rights on the one hand and municipalities» need to transform impoverished areas on the other, REALTORS ® are well positioned to be the voice of workable solutions.