Sentences with phrase «as lawmakers struggle»

He has not made any public appearances in Albany as lawmakers struggled to land deals before the session's scheduled end, though he did participate in closed door negotiations with legislative leaders.

The funding issue arose during a volatile budget year when cities and towns were threatened with cuts in a see - saw battle as lawmakers struggled to pass a budget that was finally signed into law on Halloween.

The state faced having only $ 36 million in its coffers after it paid its December bills as the lawmakers struggled to fill the gap, according to the Associated Press.

The short session dragged on as lawmakers struggled to compromise over key issues, including teacher pay and coal ash.

Not exact matches

Lawmakers in Greece, as well as Spain and Portugal, struggled over the past two months to slash government budgets and avoid economic ruin.

Some veterans advocates, such as Concerned Veterans for America, praised the administration's temporary push to extend choice but encouraged lawmakers to continue searching for solutions to the VA's ongoing struggles with long wait times.

The New York Times asked a similar question in a Room for Debate — why do lawmakers make such a big deal out of marriage as more of us struggle to define family.

With Paterson and lawmakers struggling to close a $ 9.2 billion deficit, the governor has offered weekly extenders to authorize spending for basic functions such as payroll and jobless checks.

That plan would replace a circuit breaker program Cuomo proposed in his own budget, which many lawmakers criticized as detrimental to municipalities and school districts already struggling under the weight of a two - percent property tax cap passed into law in 2012.

Lawmakers are also considering bills that would prevent schools with high opt - out rates from being penalized as well as redefining what Cuomo calls failing schools to struggling schools.

As state lawmakers struggle to make the tentative property tax cap deal a reality, Ron Melendi is lobbying for a cap of a different sort.

Lawmakers also ended up ditching a proposed $ 100 million for struggling schools as part of the deal, an idea pitched by Governor Cuomo earlier this month.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Negotiations over the renewal of New York City's now - expired rent regulations will continue through the weekend and into next week, as New York state lawmakers struggle to strike a deal that would revive the rules and bring a difficult legislative session to a close.

The education changes also provide a means for state takeover of what Cuomo calls «failing schools» and many lawmakers refer to as «struggling schools.»

The legislative session is now likely to go into next week, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers have agreed to renew New York City's rent laws for five days, as they struggle to reach final deals on that and other remaining issues.

As Oswego city lawmakers prepare for the second year of their term, a power struggle seems to be emerging between the common council and the mayor.

As the 1990 legislative season gets under way, lawmakers in at least two states are struggling with the problem of teachers who have sex with students.

(Calif.) The growing struggle between charter schools and opponents within the traditional system will spill into legislative chambers this week as lawmakers consider several bills that would put new regulations on charters and their operators.

California is not alone when it comes to wrestling with new accountability indicators as evidenced by the struggles of lawmakers and educators in several other states also undertaking reviews - some drawn in the wake of federal waivers from No Child Left Behind mandates.

That funding was cut by state lawmakers last week, putting the mentoring program's future in question — just as some districts are struggling to retain teachers.

As that idea appears to take hold with conservative lawmakers who want increased accountability, some school officials fear a badly designed program would sap funding from poor, struggling schools or fail to consider the challenges individual schools face.

Blackwell said this week that lawmakers, as they consider a major facelift for the state's funding allocation system, will have to balance local district flexibility with maintaining accountability for struggling school systems.

As educators and lawmakers struggle to define the evolving role of education for the nation's gifted students, a new study suggests that some aspects of gifted education that have been appropriated to improve the achievement of a broader population of students may provide less of a boost than commonly thought.

Beyond saving homeowners struggling with foreclosure, this program is recognized by federal and state lawmakers as a key strategy for rebuilding efforts post-disaster.

Student loan debt has taken center stage with lawmakers as more than 44 million Americans struggle with $ 1.4 trillion in debt.

On Tuesday, Iranian lawmakers passed a new set of banking laws, securing low interest rates and forgiving widespread loan penalties, as they prepare official cryptocurrency policies to bolster the struggling economy.

Mortgage lenders dodged the proposed rule by joining homebuilders and advocates of low - income homeownership to convince hundreds of lawmakers that defining supersafe mortgages as those with significant down payments would curtail mortgage lending to the struggling middle class and poor.