Sentences with phrase «ballot measures»

The Humane Society of the United States led campaigns with coalition partners in both states, and these victories are the latest in a string of electoral victories in recent years through animal - protection ballot measures.

04/08/10 - The Athens News Letter to the Editor - Support ban on dog auctions 04/06/10 - 19 Action News - Ohio Dog Auction Act 04/05/10 - Times Reporter - Puppy mills targeted, Meeting to be held in Dover to educate public about ballot initiative 04/02/10 - The News - Herald Blog (Pets Unleashed)- April 1 update on dog auction ballot initiative 04/01/10 - Ohio.com - Why Ohioans should support a ban on dog auctions 03/31/10 - Cincinnati Examiner - Updates to the banning of dog auctions 03/31/10 - The Budget - Ban Ohio Dog Auction group met with opposition in Holmes county 03/30/10 - Fox 19 Morning News - Puppy Mill Petition 03/28/10 - Mansfield News - Journal - Opinion Shapers: Animal cruelty, in all its forms, needs to end 03/19/10 - Sun Sentinel - Ballot issue could help end puppy mill activities 03/17/10 - Sun Sentinel - The Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions to host meeting at the Avon Lake Public Library 03/10/10 - Animal Law Coalition - The Ballot Initiative to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions - Watch What Happens 03/07/10 - The Free Press - Support the Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions 03/05/10 - Fairfield Town Crier - Local groups join signature drive to stop dog auctions in Ohio 03/04/10 - Best Friends Animal Society (Puppies Aren't Products)- Sending a Message to Ohio Legislators on Dog Auctions 02/28/10 - Ohio Federation of Dog Clubs - Dog Auctions 02/26/10 - The Post (Ohio University)- Humane Society ranks Ohio low 02/24/10 - The Jackson County Telegram - Local meeting slated on banning of dog auctions 02/21/10 - The Athens News Letter to the Editor - Support petition effort to make dog auctions and raffles illegal in Ohio 02/21/10 - Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Group seeks to stop puppy mills, dog auctions 02/15/10 - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum - Ohio group seeks ban on dog auctions 02/14/10 - Mansfield - News Journal - Group wants dog auctions banned in Ohio 02/05/10 - Best Friends Animal Society (Puppies Aren't Products)- UPDATE: Ohio Dog Auctions Act 02/02/10 - Star News Online - Two animal welfare ballot measures proposed in Ohio 01/27/10 - Westlake / Bay Village Observer - Dog auctions in Ohio need to be banned!

Ohio citizens have a constitutional right to initiate lawmaking through ballot measures.

This includes your customers and those influenced to vote for or against politicians and ballot measures.

Since its founding in 2013, EveryLibrary has assisted 36 library communities with ballot measures to expand or renew funding for buildings, collections, programs, services and staffing, winning 27 and securing over $ 100 million in stable tax money.

In 2016, we endorsed 100 candidates and 2 statewide ballot measures.

(Calif.) Wealthy supporters of charter schools have never been slow to put up big dollars backing candidates or ballot measures they believe will help the movement.

Out of those we targeted 68 races with financial and volunteer support, winning 70 percent of the state - level races, 56 percent of the district - level races and 50 percent of the ballot measures.

There is only one way in which teachers can be union members, and that is to pay full collective bargaining fees and the overt political dues that fund union politics (like contributions to candidates and ballot measures).

The California Fair Political Practices Commission shows that by far the biggest political influence peddler in CA is the California Teachers Association, which spent over $ 211 million between 2000 - 2009 on candidates, ballot measures and lobbying.

Thus, when the economy began to improve and when ballot measures brought new revenue to school districts, California found itself in a desperate position: Once again, the schools were looking to hire tens of thousands of teachers, but the challenge of finding good candidates had become more difficult than ever.

With all of the races and ballot measures on the ballot, and the high turnout that traditionally comes with presidential elections, it is more critical than ever that our supporters register to vote and make their voices heard.

And donate just $ 5 to the CCSA Advocates Issues Committee so that we can fight ballot measures such as these.

SB102 (Orr)-- prohibits college and universities, local board of education, schools using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures.

Note that Article 13A, Section 1 of the California Constitution restricts how a community college district can spend borrowed money obtained through bond sales authorized through ballot measures approved by 55 % of the voters under the criteria of Proposition 39 (2000).

In several weeks, two states — Massachusetts and Georgia — will vote on state ballot measures to allow charter expansion.

It includes advocacy advertising and ballot measures, as well as lobbying activities.

At least a third of their dues go to pay for such political activities as lobbying, advocacy advertising and ballot measures.

Voters in Massachusetts and Georgia rejected ballot measures that would have paved the way for the creation of more charter schools.

State Still Has a Role in Supporting and Holding Districts Accountable With the passage of Proposition 30 and almost nine out of 10 local ballot measures last November, the voters of California gave our schools an almost unprecedented chance to begin rebuilding after years of budget cuts.

Across the state, members engaged as never before in non-partisan efforts to register voters and to educate school communities on key ballot measures in addition to working on their own time to support important races at the local, county and state levels.

Notably, school districts with recently failed mill levy ballot measures, had success this year.

The NEA, which has an annual budget of $ 371 million, spent more than $ 56.3 million in the 2007 - 2008 election cycle on state and federal campaigns, political parties, and ballot measures, $ 12.5 million ahead of the second - place group.

The CCSA Advocates Political Council considers positions on statewide political matters, such as candidates and ballot measures, makes recommendations to the CCSA Advocates Board, and helps foster the political leadership of the charter school community.

the California Teachers Association this weekend mobilized supporters to boost voter turnout on behalf of two ballot measures — Propositions 55 and 58 — that will have a direct bearing on schools and community colleges.

Indeed, voters statewide rejected charter school ballot measures in 1996, 2000 and 2004.

The charter schools initiative will be one of five ballot measures on the fall ballot.

With these two additions, voters will weigh in on six ballot measures this fall, including high - profile measures regarding gay marriage and marijuana legalization.

Four ballot measures — including gay marriage and marijuana legalization — are leading among voters who are likely to cast ballots in the fall election, a new KING 5 poll shows...

Tax reform and school spending were among the most common themes of state ballot measures that went before voters Nov. 2.

The state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot.

Despite the nation's troubled economic times, voters across the country approved several state and local ballot measures Nov. 5 that call for billions of dollars in new spending on school programs for students of all ages.

According to a 2010 report by the California Fair Political Practices Commission, 15 organizations spent a combined $ 1 billion on state campaigns and ballot measures from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2009.

In the 2007 — 08 election cycle, total spending on state and federal campaigns, political parties, and ballot measures exceeded $ 5.8 billion.

The Crises Fund is the primary source of funding for whatever ballot measures or pending bills NEA state affiliates are supporting or opposing each year.

The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, private foundation that is operated for educational purposes, and, as such, we do not take positions on any legislation or ballot measures, nor do we endorse or oppose any candidates in elections to public office.

Proponents of ballot measures that would make English the official language of Arizona, Colorado, and Florida say they are confident of victory, but critics are hopeful that a recent controversy involving leaders of the movement will damage the campaign's credibility.

Following are the descriptions for 17 ballot measures that sought to affect school policy.

The California Teachers Association (CTA), for example, was the state's largest political spender in the last decade, devoting $ 212 million to ballot measures, campaigns, and lobbying.

Educators helped defeat ballot measures that would have required voter approval of new taxes in Missouri, Montana, and Oregon.

Ballot Measures Lead To Heavy Spending, Lobbying In Arizona, voters ended bilingual education.

We summarize a body of work documenting that when institutions can not consider race in admissions — as has been the case in states that have banned affirmative action via ballot measures or other policies — racial and ethnic diversity has declined across various educational sectors, not just at selective undergraduate institutions, but in the professional fields of law, business, and medicine, as well as other graduate disciplines.

An article («Schools to See Big Windfalls From State Ballot Measures») on state ballot measures in the Nov. 13 issue misidentified, on second reference, M. Dane Waters, the president of the Washington - based Initiative & Referendum Institute.

State ballot measures involving education faced a tough sell in Tuesday's elections, including in Florida, where a hotly contested initiative that would have loosened a 2002 constitutional amendment governing class size went down to defeat.

Voters in four states last week defeated property - tax - limitation ballot measures that educators had claimed would cripple their school systems if approved.

This Education Week special report offers a detailed look at the leadership of governors in shaping their states» education agendas through legislation, regulatory action, public involvement, and proposal or endorsement of ballot measures.

[UPDATE: Both ballot measures failed, proving that consumers still do not understand the severity of this issue.]

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Log Cabin Republicans facilitate Laguna Beach resolution against anti-gay marriage amendment: «Working with the City Council, California Log Cabin Republicans helped secure a resolution at the city council meeting this evening reiterating it's opposition to anti-marriage equality ballot measures.

Sleepy elections occur about once every four years in New York, Unlike the one in 2007, this year's features no ballot measures, fewer contests for the bench and no particularly high profile ones.