Sentences with phrase «coming from state governors»

In the United States, the drumbeat for national education standards has grown perceptibly stronger in recent years, with leadership coming from state governors.

«There are certainly some negative implications to this statement, coming from a state governor and we are mindful of that.

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The «emergency evacuation» order from Governor Jack Dalrymple came days after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the site, set a Dec. 5 deadline for the demonstrators to vacate their encampment, about 45 miles (72 km) south of Bismarck, the state capital.

Gov. David Paterson revealed this morning (in what I understand came as news to some members of his staff) that he's going to Washington, D.C. tomorrow along with fellow governors from other states to lobby Congress on FMAP.

The Governor stated that when he came to government, the first task of his administration was to convene an education summit which was chaired by Prof Wole Soyinka, adding that all intervention of government in education since inception came from the recommendations of the summit and nothing about religion.

In other words, it sometimes seems like the governor would prefer a negotiated settlement on redistricting than an all - out war with the Legislature, which, particularly if the DOJ doesn't grant the state a waiver and requires the 2012 primaries to be moved from September into the summer (the Assembly Democrats are angling for June, the Senate Republicans for August), could come smack in the middle of budget negotiations.

About two hours after news of Schneiderman's suspension broke, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief spokeswoman, Melissa DeRosa, issued a statement announcing the governor will «convene a meeting» with representations from the Legislature, and the AG and state comptroller to come up with a uniform email and FOIL policy that applies to all state officials and agencies.

«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.»

The statement came from Charlie King, a former state Democratic Committee executive director who was Cuomo's running mate during his ill - fated run for governor in 2002.

«Strikingly, these successes have come even though the Office of the Attorney General has long requested — and long been denied — original criminal jurisdiction to prosecute public corruption cases without first obtaining a specific referral from the Governor, Comptroller, or another State agency,» he wrote.

«No one has a crystal ball, but I think we'll see some, my hope is, we'll see some federal action on this sooner or later, so some of what's being discussed is a dire consequence, having a special session, some of the things we're talking about, probably, hopefully will not come to pass,» DiNapoli said when asked if the mayor should, as the governor maintains, pick up the tab for H+H funding, or, as the mayor insists, the state should pony up the $ 380 million it is currently withholding from the system.

You see, the governor says other tax revenues for the MTA were up this year (like gas taxes and other fees), meaning both dedicated and discretionary funds for the MTA coming from the state totaled $ 4.486 billion in «17 - 18, compared to the $ 4.456 billion from «16 - 17.

Recognizing that strategies to revitalize different parts of the State depend upon numerous factors unique to each region and that the best ideas come from the people who live in those regions, Governor Cuomo is proposing a process that will include and engage local stakeholders in developing and executing sustainable long - term, regional economic development strategies.

The State of the State is coming to Buffalo Monday afternoon, as Governor Cuomo has moved the Constitutionally - mandated message and speech from Albany to six sites around the sState of the State is coming to Buffalo Monday afternoon, as Governor Cuomo has moved the Constitutionally - mandated message and speech from Albany to six sites around the sState is coming to Buffalo Monday afternoon, as Governor Cuomo has moved the Constitutionally - mandated message and speech from Albany to six sites around the statestate.

This GOP infighting comes a day after news broke about an internal squabble between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and four of the state's top labor leaders, who were bounced from the DNC convention at - large delegate list and told to they could only be reinstated if they personally called the governor to request that be done.

It was gathered that crisis erupted when some youth barred Mr. Sha'aba, a former governor of the state, who is representing Kwara North in the Senate, from coming into the town.

A more formidable challenge to Cuomo from the left could come from Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, a former ally of the governor who resigned as his state party chair after disagreeing on local government and pension policy.

Just yesterday, they released a new online ad accusing the governor of «mismanagement» of the subway system, and state Chair Ed Cox has made it clear there will be much more where that came from in the future.

The governor has not spelled out yet where the state's $ 8.3 billion share of the new MTA mass transit capital plan will come from.

Occupy protesters came from around the state in late October to protest Cuomo's policies, calling him «Governor 1 %».

So far, Governor Cuomo has refused to reveal a specific funding source for his pledge of an additional $ 8.3 billion, saying only that the money is coming from «state sources.»

When it comes to the stream of state lawmakers being charged with corruption, booted from office or facing sex scandals, Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino says Gov. Andrew Cuomo is to be blamed for not reforming the Capitol.

The release, explaining the decision was reached unanimously by the group's two component boards of directors, stated, «The Boards» decision comes on the heels of securing the Pride Agenda's top remaining policy priority ---- protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education, and public accommodations ---- in the form of new regulations announced in partnership with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at the organization's Fall Dinner on October 22, 2015.»

Speaking to the anti-big government crowd, the GOP governor said Friday the longer he serves as a lawmaker, the more «I'm convinced change will come from the state capital.»

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has come under fire for giving 16 Sports Utility Vehicles, SUVs, to Senator Magnus Abe and other National assembly members from...

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.

New York State Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, a Republican from the Capital Region who came to the Assembly the same year Mario Cuomo began as governor, told WAMC News Thursday night that he'll remember former Governor Mario Cuomo, who died Thursday at 82, warmly despite their different party affilgovernor, told WAMC News Thursday night that he'll remember former Governor Mario Cuomo, who died Thursday at 82, warmly despite their different party affilGovernor Mario Cuomo, who died Thursday at 82, warmly despite their different party affiliations.

Today, the governor indicated that he believed the state could come up with the funding through a combination of income from state taxes and from the issuance of new bonds.

It comes amid concerns over low test scores for many of the state's students, and harsh rhetoric from Governor Cuomo, saying he wants a «death penalty» option for dealing with failing schools.

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Young, politically astute and coming from the right part of the state, he assumed the newly created position of Cuyahoga County executive in 2010 with a mandate to clean up corruption in the Cleveland area (and to run for governor in 2014).

This attack is also coming barely 24 hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo met with the country's service chiefs and governors from the oil producing states.

The rallies come on the heel of yesterday's announcements by Senator Klein and Governor Andrew Cuomo on the future organization of the State Senate, in which the Independent Democratic Conference, which Koppell has railed against, will cease to maintain a separate conference from the Senate Democratic Conference.

So please, do not explain to me, coming from a state where democratic governors and republican governors have supported virtually no gun control.

We were part of those who drafted the APC Constitution, but after the party was successfully registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, from nowhere, we heard that there were five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party moving from their party to join the APC and then, without getting in touch with the stakeholders of the party in the states from where the five governors were coming from, we were told they were coming to join the APC and they were ready to make their own financial contributions for the take off of the party.

Mahoney said the plans for the state fair came from conversations she and Cuomo held during his annual visits to the midway: The governor, Mahoney said, remarked on how «the fair hadn't changed at all since he came here with his father,» a perspective she shared.

Now, according to New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, the governor is trying yet again to grow his authority, burying in his proposed budget language that would give the state budget director unilateral ability to pass cuts down to local government officials to manage the funding reductions widely expected to come from the Trump administration and GOP Congress.

«Based on the feedback we have received from our local representatives and their interactions with the governor's office and the New York State Department of Health, we are still confident that funding will be allocated in the coming fiscal year.»

If Las Vegas style casinos come to New York, it will be in no small part because of a series of complex deals struck by Governor Andrew Cuomo with the state's Indian tribes that shared revenue from their own casinos and created exclusivity zones around their lands.

At 6:24 p.m., a statement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Communications Director Melissa DeRosa landed in my inbox, declaring that the governor will be calling a meeting with legislative leaders plus the state attorney general and comptroller to come up with «one uniform email retention and FOIL policy that applies to all state officials and agencies.»

Now, after once again coming up short in last year's elections, Democrats in the mainline conference are making a public show of independence from a governor who, despite sharing their political affiliation, has shown little desire of seeing the conference take the lead in the state Senate.

The 11th preview from the Opportunity Agenda came in the form of a 176 - page report from the governor's Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice, appointed as part of a Cuomo initiative from his 2014 State of the State address to examine how the state treats 16 and 17 - year - old offenState of the State address to examine how the state treats 16 and 17 - year - old offenState address to examine how the state treats 16 and 17 - year - old offenstate treats 16 and 17 - year - old offenders.

The jobs agenda from the state Republicans comes as the GOP is publicly trying to woo Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino to run for governor against Demcorat Andrew Cuomo next year.

However, available information sourced from the Oyo State Accountant General's office confirmed that Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has approved the immediate release of N500million counterpart subvention, while the remaining grant of additional N500million from Oyo State Government would be transferred in the coming weeks.

The tax cap campaign appears to be an effort by the governor to counteract criticism from local officials that the cap doesn't provide enough wiggle room when it comes to onerous state mandated spending.

Cuomo's infrastructure plans for the state will cost $ 100 billion and create more than 250,000 jobs, according to Bill Mulrow, the governor's secretary, who declined to reveal the timeline for these projects, how the figure he floated was calculated, or — more importantly — where the money would come from.

Demos worked on Pataki's 1998 re-election campaign — the one in which Pataki cruised to victory against his Democratic opponent, former NYC Council Speaker Peter Vallone, after coming from pretty much nowhere (the back bench of the state Senate) to oust liberal icon Mario Cuomo from the governor's office four years earlier.

According to her, UNICEF is proud and privileged to have come to Osun state in a bid to study and tap from the wealth of experience of Mr Governor on the success of his social intervention programmes.

It added «It is very pathetic that the governor of Imo State Chief Rochas Okorocha will be belittled himself to this level by going uncontrollably from house to house and one market to another calling people to come out and open their shops on that fateful day Biafrans were celebrating and honouring those who paid the ultimate price during the great war in the history against the people of Biafra between 1967 and 1970.

The mayor's pension proposal — coming one day after a shrunken state budget from the new governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, with similar tough talk — represents a clear bid to capitalize on growing concerns about pension costs and rising anti-union sentiments, even among traditional labor allies.