Sentences with phrase «come from state legislatures»

Going forward, any potential unions could likely only come from state legislatures or city governments.

(The California Teachers Association argued that such changes should only come from the state legislature, not through waivers.)

Not exact matches

Backed by consumers who are increasingly aware of where their food comes from, The HSUS is transforming the pork industry, helping state legislatures to ban gestation crates and persuading some of the world's largest food companies to eliminate crates from their supply chains.

«To that end, as the Attorney General and the legislature appear open to revising their policies, the Governor's office will convene a meeting with representatives from the legislature, the Attorney General and the Comptroller to come up with one uniform email retention and FOIL policy that applies to all State officials and agencies.»

One interesting thing to come from this: Cuomo mentioned that the state is looking into «dedicated revenue proposals» to be discussed when the legislature reconvenes next year.

«If you look at the New York State legislature, there's been an uptick of women that are elected and many of them came from New York City and particularly Brooklyn,» Carr said, referring to the Assembly.

All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007).

On an even more basic level, there's the question of whether the state will actually reimburse the M.T.A. when it comes time to do so, when the governor and legislature inevitably come under pressure to find money from somewhere, as they do every time they have to make a new budget.

Our bigger job is to help America fulfill the promise of democracy itself, the promise that this is a country where everybody gets a chance — no matter who you are, where you come from, where you live, or what you think about the issues of the day,» said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who in addition to talking up politics announced she would put $ 175,000 of her campaign cash into the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and campaigns for state legislature seats.

He also warns that another $ 662 million in cuts come from proposals that have been previously failed in the state legislature.

Unofficially but coming from official sources, it was charged that the latest postponement was caused by the state legislature's late - running session.

Cuomo's spokeswoman says the governor will «convene a meeting with representatives from the legislature, the Attorney General and the Comptroller to come up with one uniform email retention and FOIL policy that applies to all State officials and agencies.»

His son's record of using three months to campaign and win a major election in Ghana will forever remain a tough record, first Gonjaman to have risen to the highest office of the land is another enviable record.Taking over the Presidency after the unfortunate death of Mills, another record.The first head of state to have been born after Ghana's independence on 6th March 1957 is another record noteworthy.The first President in the fourth republic to have come from the legislature is another record worth celebrating.If you read books on philosophy one would understand some these things though we take them as normal life situations.

Rep. Toni Walker, D - New Haven and co-chairwoman of the legislature's powerful appropriations committee, said the proposal, cobbled together with input from both Republicans and Democrats, represents a significant step toward closing a $ 3.5 billion deficit over the next two years and righting the state's wobbly finances for decades to come.

Cuomo's spokeswoman says the governor will «convene a meeting with representatives from the legislature, the attorney general and the comptroller to come up with one uniform email retention and FOIL policy that applies to all State officials and agencies.»

The IDA situation is a bit more complex, because the IDA's powers come from the state, not the county, although the county legislature appoints the membership.

The bipartisan coalition that came together earlier this week to take control the New York State Senate is drawing mixed reactions from some local members of the legislature.

Sex education has come a long way from 1975 when nearly half of state legislatures voted to restrict or abolish it compared to today when most adolescents in the U.S. receive some form of sex education between sixth and 12th grade.

States will continue to see fiscal challenges in the coming years, a prospect that does not bode well for increasing their K - 12 budgets, analysts from the National Conference of State Legislatures said at a post-election meeting here.

The difference comes mostly from subsidies — called appropriations — coming directly from state taxpayers through the legislature.

When the state legislature meets each year, there's always a school fund equalization push coming from representatives of some less affluent school districts throughout the state.

Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to publish any and all existing data sharing agreements in printed and electronic form, and include a thorough explanation of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified of the impending disclosure of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest of public school children and their families are put above the interests of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.

The payment came from funds appropriated by the state legislature in anticipation of a legal settlement.

But knowing the composition of the state legislature, and the hostility of the Republican leadership in both chambers to Prop B, we knew that we'd have to entertain compromise on some elements of the agreement (at no point, ever, publically, has Pacelle or anyone from HSUS mentioned any thought of compromise — and likely, this is why they didn't have a seat at the table when it came to this new law), in order to protect the measure for the long term and to obviate the need for a second public vote on the issue.

The request comes after HSUS spent more than $ 2.1 million of if its own money, plus another $ 200,000 of money from organizations under its own umbrella (Doris Day Animal League and Fund for Animals) for the passing of Missouri's Proposition B. Prop B was then dramatically changed by the state legislature.

The California legislature has mandated that half of the state's electricity come from renewable sources by 2030 — about double what it is today.

With fundamental issues of trust such as those illustrated above still far from being resolved, and political will on financing performing a fine balancing act in Europe and the United States (with the former dealing with a snowballing resurgence of the financial crisis, and the latter with an incoming legislature planning to dissolve the House of Representatives panel on climate change), the time has truly come for wealthy nations of the world to fundamentally shift their modes of thinking.

Moreover, several local bar associations and family law organizations have come up with their own, slightly different, formulas for permanent alimony, giving state legislatures plenty of models to choose from.

FACT: The Texas rule to exclude Planned Parenthood from WHP comes after budget cuts passed by the state legislature and signed by Governor Perry last year have dramatically reduced the state's family planning program by more than two - thirds.