Sentences with phrase «begin as a legislature»

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The right - to - work drive in Michigan is the latest of a series of setbacks for labor unions in the United States, beginning in 2011, when Wisconsin's Walker pushed through the legislature limits on public sector unions such as teachers.

The LIA letter, sent last month, comes as the younger Cuomo and the legislature negotiate a new state budget for the fiscal year that begins April 1.

The New York state legislature is seemingly back to business as usual, with majority parties holding planning meetings, and the new session set to begin right after the holidays.

Cuomo appointed a Moreland Act Commission to essentially investigate the legislature and those probes are ongoing, setting up a potential conflict between the governor, the Senate and Assembly as 2014 begins.

The panel had begun investigating the legislature, but Cuomo disbanded it as part of a budget deal.

Before the legislature adjourned, Harriet Cornell was elected to continue as chairwoman of the legislature, beginning her eighth term.

The «hurricane» of impeachment threat against some state governors appears to have had a stop in Nasarawa state as members of the state's legislature have begun...

As the legislature's redistricting task force begins work the key debate centers not on where the lines will be drawn but on who will draw them.

While the state Assembly passed bills to classify the water as hazardous waste, and to begin a health study, the Senate did not pass the bills, and the legislature left town with no agreements.

But most Republicans in the legislature want the governor to resign and several are ready to begin the impeachment process, even as the results of a state Ethics Commission investigation into the governor's travel expenses are still pending.

Monday was the first full day of session in the New York State legislature, and lawmakers have a lot to contend with, including a multibillion dollar budget deficit, as well as the beginning of an election year.

The proposed amendment establishes a redistricting commission every 10 years beginning in 2020, with two members appointed by each of the four legislative leaders and two members selected by the eight legislative appointees; prohibits legislators and other elected officials from serving as commissioners; establishes principles to be used in creating districts; requires the commission to hold public hearings on proposed redistricting plans; subjects the commission's redistricting plan to legislative enactment; provides that the legislature may only amend the redistricting plan according to the established principles if the commission's plan is rejected twice by the legislature; provides for expedited court review of a challenged redistricting plan; and provides for funding and bipartisan staff to work for the commission.

By then, Republicans controlled both houses of the legislature, and with Tommy, a Republican, still the governor, most people began to view the program primarily as a Republican - led initiative.

As he began his second year as governor, Schwarzenegger struck a more confrontational pose with the Democrats who controlled the legislaturAs he began his second year as governor, Schwarzenegger struck a more confrontational pose with the Democrats who controlled the legislaturas governor, Schwarzenegger struck a more confrontational pose with the Democrats who controlled the legislature.

And as the 2016 session begins, we are hopeful that the new legislature, with stronger pro-education reform majorities in both chambers, will expand on the successes of the past four years.

Yesterday, Lt. Governor Tate Reeves and Speaker Philip Gunn announced that the legislature will begin examining the state's two - decade old funding formula known as the Mississippi Adequate Education Program.

Here's the letter I am submitting for the record today as the Nebraska legislature's Education Committee begins consideration of the bill:

STAY UP TO DATE: In late July, as this issue was going to print, the legislature was back in Austin for a special session that began July 18 and could last through mid-August.

State legislatures began recognizing the CGC program as a means of advocating responsible dog ownership and 34 states now have a Canine Good Citizen resolution.

Defensive driving classes — or driving safety courses, as the Texas legislature calls them — were begun to make Texas drivers better trained and Texas roads safer.

It serves a valuable educative function, however, when state legislatures or appellate courts sound a cautionary note, as some are beginning to do.

When Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (the only provider of safe and legal abortions in the state of South Dakota) announced that they would begin implementation of a previously enacted 72 - hour waiting period, the South Dakota state legislature passed a bill that exempts weekends and holidays from the 72 hours, which means that a woman could be forced to wait as long as 5 or 6 days for an abortion.