Sentences with phrase «comes as state»

The paper comes as the State Department is evaluating whether the pipeline would be in the national interest.

It comes as the state's teachers union called publicly Tuesday on the governor to move ahead with extending the taxes without an election - something Brown has said he can not do.

The report comes as the state is beginning debates over raises that will be part of next year's budget.

It comes as the state and nation turn to chronic absenteeism as a red flag that reliably predicts future academic trouble and may indicate pressing personal and family crises that can permanently hold students back.

The study comes as the state rolls out an unprecedented $ 250 million investment in school - to - work grants largely aimed at promoting linked learning — although researchers said none of the study's results should diminish support for the effort.

The proposal from BRICK Academy, working with two district schools in Newark, comes as state - appointed superintendent Cami Anderson seeks a controversial reorganization of the district, including new partnerships with charters.

The joint Gallup - Education Week report comes as state leaders have been increasingly re-examining the Common Core State Standards as well as their partnerships for developing and sharing common - core tests.

The pitch for greater judicial involvement comes as a state superior court judge must decide whether Connecticut's integration efforts have been adequate, or if more needs to be done to reduce the racial and ethnic isolation that persists among the schools in the Hartford region.

The plan to extend the carbon market comes as state lawmakers and Brown (D) are engaged in negotiations to set a new overarching emissions target for 2030.

Assemblywoman Addie Russel, a Democrat from Watertown, called the results «paltry», and said it comes as the State University system has been severely underfunded.

It also comes as State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is charging Kaloyeros and another SUNY Poly board member with felony bid - rigging in connection with several public development projects.

The findings of the Warren County criminal probe comes as the state Attorney General's office has contacted Rensselaer County officials about their energy projects with Siemens.

The announcement comes as the state plans to begin cashless tolling in Grand Island by the end of March and expand cashless tolling systemwide by the end of 2020.

The governor's plans to cope with federal cuts comes as State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has issued a report finding New Yorkers gave over $ 40 billion more in taxes in 2016 to Washington than they got back in benefits.

The announcement comes as state Republicans are preparing to pass a slew of voting restrictions next month.

The fundraising drive comes as the state Public Service Commission is asking the judge, state Supreme Court Justice Kimberly O'Connor, to force the industry players to post a bond of as much as $ 100 million to repay consumers.

The announcement comes as the state nears the finish line for an ambitious project to fully wire the state with high - speed broadband by the end of this year.

It comes as State Sen. Daniel Squadron, whose 26th Senate District covers Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, argued that people who live downtown have too few bus routes north.

The elimination of the funding comes as the state tries to bridge a $ 4.4 billion gap.

The debate comes as state lawmakers consider Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal for a study of the statewide legalization of marijuana.

The interest in donations and support from Hollywood comes as the state has also expanded its film and TV production credits to encourage movie making in New York state.

The deal with Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie comes as state lawmakers enter the final week of the Legislature's session in 2016.

The proposal comes as state energy officials continue crafting a Cuomo - backed clean energy plan (Clean Energy Standard) that would include unspecified subsidies to financially stressed nuclear plants, which currently provide about 30 percent of the state's total electricity.

This comes as the state's Democratic and Republican legislative leaders continue to meet behind closed doors in an effort to reach a budget agreement that Malloy would be willing to sign.

REBNY's spending comes as state lawmakers could yet determine the fate of a range of measures the real estate in New York has been closely watching, including an effort to revive the 421a tax abatement.

The measure's introduction also comes as state lawmakers recognizing Earth Day 2015 (the Assembly, for instance, is moving away from using stacks of paper for bills to age and instead having them be electronic tablet - based).

The problems plaguing the subway comes as state lawmakers have suggested more funding for the MTA.

The super PAC's spending comes as the state Republican Committee has complained to the Board of Elections over the PAC's spending, alleging an illegal degree of coordination between the labor union and the independent expenditure committee — a claim that's denied by NYSUT.

Schneiderman's proposal comes as state lawmakers prepare to debate once again a public financing of campaigns on the state level that could see the adoption of a matching program based off the New York City system (Senate Republicans have blocked efforts to institute public financing).

The approval of the legislation comes as the state's medical marijuana program is due to come on line by the start of 2016, though whether the five companies that have received licenses to operate, grow and dispense the drug can meet the deadline has been called in question.

It comes as the State Comptroller reports record deaths in 2014 from heroin overdoses.

The decision comes as the state work force fumes over Paterson's efforts to freeze wages and put some 100,000 state workers on unpaid furlough.

The New York State Association of Towns said Cuomo's plan comes as the state has failed to study the effects of its property tax program okayed in 2011 or a more recent tax freeze program that includes rebate checks for eligible residents.

The governor's plans to cope with federal cuts comes as State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli issued a report finding New Yorkers gave over $ 40 billion more in taxes in 2016 to Washington than they got back in benefits.

The report from Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office comes as the state accepts applications from developers for a total of four casinos in three upstate regions, including the Hudson Valley - Catskills.

The letter, addressed to EPA Region 2 Administrator Judith Enck, comes as the state seeks to use money from a fund that has been in the past used to pay for water and sewer improvement projects.

The legal challenge comes as state education officials believe the implementation of Common Core will be rolled out much more smoothly this school year.

The negative news comes as the state is considering authorizing four new gambling centers in the next few months.

Assemblywoman Addie Russell, a Democrat from Watertown, called the results «paltry,» and said it comes as the state university system has been severely underfunded.

This comes as the state DEC revealed elevated levels of arsenic, cyanide and other chemicals were found on a portion of a company site, and is proposing an «expedited cleanup.»

The growth of China's surveillance technology comes as the state rolls out an enormous «social credit system» that ranks citizens based on their behaviour, and doles out rewards and punishments depending on their scores.

Their complaints come as the State Comptroller issues a scathing report on the state of homeless shelters across New York.

The preparations come as state lawmakers are close to negotiating a budget that could allocate as much as $ 540 million a year for full - day pre-K in New York City.

The comments come as states have adopted recreational marijuana programs, including neighboring Massachusetts, though the implementation is on hold there.

Both tax proposals come as state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo hammer out a proposed $ 154 billion spending plan that is due to pass by March 31.

Cuomo's move came as the state Board of Regents, which is not appointed by the governor, launched its own review.

Their complaints come as the state comptroller issued a scathing report on the state of homeless shelters across New York.

Their calls come as states and localities struggle with lower revenue and outrage over high taxes.

The poll results come as state lawmakers once again are being pushed on the issue of public financing, this time by a coalition of good - government groups, labor organizations and even the former campaign apparatus of President Obama's re-election effort, Organizing for America.

The indictments come as state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are negotiating a state budget that is due to pass by the end of next week.