Sentences with phrase «as legislators prepare»

Her departure comes in the middle of a major overhaul of the agency's food safety oversight and as legislators prepare to propose key changes to its medical product review and approval process.

Not exact matches

As Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch was testifying before three congressional committees on Tuesday and Wednesday, fielding questions from a succession of irate and mostly tech - illiterate legislators, his boss was preparing to break it to investors that curbing Russian information operations and other forms of abuse on his platform will be expensive.

Pressure is mounting on the Buffalo Urban League as Erie County legislators prepare to discuss an audit which bore out whistleblowers» allegations of fraudulent billing.

About 1,400 New York City charter school parents and advocates will lobby state legislators in Albany on Tuesday as they prepare to do battle with the de Blasio administration.

The department also prosecutes and defends all civil actions and proceedings for or against the county and prepares resolutions, ordinances, and local laws as requested by the Board of Legislators and the County Executive.

Outgoing Chairman of the Legislature and City of Poughkeepsie Mayor - elect Rob Rolison said, «Dale's years of service as a legislator and his experience as Majority Leader and Chairman of the Budget, Finance and Personnel Committee have prepared him well for the duties and responsibilities that come with being Chairman of the Legislature.

Currently, senators and Assembly members have the summer of election years to prepare for their September primaries as needed (state legislators serve two - year terms).

Companies like Uber and Lyft were prepared to fight legislators over fingerprinting, background checks and mounting opposition from the yellow cab industry, as they seek to expand statewide.

In his closing remarks, Allison said that he feels that his time as a school district board member has prepared him to address education and other issues as a state legislator.

Ted Neitzke, superintendent of the West Bend School District, told legislators Wednesday that his district began preparing for Common Core as soon as it became clear from the Department of Public Instruction that it would be the new standard.

As the week opens, Georgia Legislators prepare travel to Louisiana to observe school turnaround efforts, and many weigh in on the Opportunity School District Plan.

As the legislators and their staff prepare to parse the numbers, here are a few prevailing questions that are likely to come up and may even be answered:

California officials, including Gov. Jerry Brown, the state board, most legislators and chancellors of the state's public universities have praised the new assessments and standards as vital for preparing students for college work and for a more technically demanding workplace.

Representative Laurie Jinkins (27th) and Senator Jeannie Darneille (27th) speak to advocates as they prepare to meet with legislators.