Sentences with phrase «coming to the state legislature»

Change is coming to the state legislature.

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As the 2016 fiscal year comes to a close, first - term Governor John Bel Edwards and the state legislature have been in crisis mode, struggling to close a fiscal 2017 budget gap that could run as high $ 800 million — and that is after $ 485 million in emergency spending cuts this year.

As the 2016 fiscal year comes to a close, first - term Gov. John Bel Edwards and the state legislature have been in crisis mode, struggling to close a fiscal 2017 budget gap that could run as high $ 800 million.

Musk's announcement comes amid what seems to be a PR assault in Texas as the Tesla CEO tries to convince the state legislature to allow the electric car manufacturer to sell its vehicles directly to consumers.

Gov. Mark Sanford (R - SC) was censured by the state legislature after his affair came to light.

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.&raquTo 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.&raquto 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.&raquto come up with one uniform email retention and FOIL policy that applies to all State officials and agencies.&raquto 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.

The U.S. Attorney who convicted both of the leaders of the legislature came to Albany Monday to speak to a conference of the state's mayors.

She says the New York state legislature may have to come back to Albany to address the effects of the law on the state.

Two weeks after lawmakers left Albany, New Yorkers still have their doubts when it comes to ethics reform in the state legislature.

«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.

According to Tim Storey, an elections analyst for the National Conference of State Legislatures, when it comes to 2010's state legislative elections, «This is going to be an extremely challenging year for Democrats for a variety of reasons... History is not on their State Legislatures, when it comes to 2010's state legislative elections, «This is going to be an extremely challenging year for Democrats for a variety of reasons... History is not on their state legislative elections, «This is going to be an extremely challenging year for Democrats for a variety of reasons... History is not on their side.

This means that the Democratic Party is in a position of heightened vulnerability when it comes to retaining control of partisan dominance in state legislatures, compared to the degree of vulnerability of the GOP.

[11] This came 14 weeks after the state legislature publicly supported and approved a bill requiring them to disclose their outside income.

Even in Rivers state, the governor's wife imposed her pet project on d legislature as their constituency project, no house of Assembly member came out to cry that Mrs Amaechi was doing X and Y.

«The decision to approve the Wallenda walk by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State legislature did not come lightly,» said State Senator Mark Grisanti, who represents the Niagara Falls area.

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.

The Democrats have a clear anti-upstate agenda that comes in two parts: forcing people to leave, then taking over the state legislature by gerrymandering.

The US Attorney who convicted both of the leaders of the legislature came to Albany Monday to speak to a conference of the state's mayors.

Lawmakers came back to the state Capitol at the command of Governor Andrew Cuomo, who called an extraordinary session of the legislature at 1 p.m. Wednesday to deal with unfinished business.

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.

After allowing the sales - tax extension to clear the state legislature last winter, Cahill had reminded the county that he'd come calling again on the election takeover at budget time this fall.

Both houses of the state legislature released their version of a state budget, and negotiating with the Governor's office is next, to come up with a final spending plan.

The Democratic majority in the legislature came very close to repealing Iowa's status as a right - to - work state earlier this year... payback for the unions, but it would have devastated Iowa's chances of attracting business and new jobs.

Ryan McMahon, legislature chairman, said he expects state officials to come through with a grant for the renovations.

The five - term congressman, who served in the California state legislature before coming to Capitol Hill, said it was time to start a «new chapter.»

HARTFORD — Florida Gov. Rick Scott came to the capital city Thursday night on a two - day tour to lure companies to his home state, saying Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the legislature have made it easier for him by raising taxes here.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national group focused on electing Democratic state legislatures across the country, is threatening to help back primaries in the coming year against a group of eight breakaway New York state Senate Democrats.

That move came as part of a deal with the state legislature to shut down the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption, which then had its work taken up by Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.

A group of state senators went on a fact - finding trip to Colorado and consulted with 75 experts to come up with a number of recommendations on how the state legislature should respond if the legalization ballot initiative passes in November.

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.»

In 2012, though not a single Libertarian candidate won election to either upper or lower house of any state legislature, two came quite close.

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.

(WBEN) Early voting could be coming to New York State under any number of plans that moved forward in the state legislature last State under any number of plans that moved forward in the state legislature last state legislature last week.

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.

When Cuomo convinced the legislature to approve a new teacher evaluation system the relies more on standardized tests, his administration said that the State Board of Regents would have very limited power to make any changes including compliance with a November deadline to come up with new performance reviews.

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«It relies on too many unrealistic savings, it contains immense cuts to higher education, and it would violate existing state contracts with our employees, resulting in costly legal battles for years to come,» said Malloy, «if the responsible solution I negotiated with Democrats isn't going to pass, then it is incumbent on the legislature to reach a new agreement soon — one that is realistic and, ideally, bipartisan.»

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 restored funding comes after the state legislature rejected a bid by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to cap state building aid to the city in its final budget deal.

The move — part of the administration's campaign against obesity — came after the state legislature rejected efforts to put a tax on the sugary beverage.

There are majority party sponsors in each house of the legislature for a bill to add greater oversight to the state's economic development contracts, but the measure failed to come to the floor for a vote.

«'' he's going to force the state legislature, which has bankrupted the state, to come in every day at a much higher per capita cost.

If the Democrats in the state Senate were all to come together, New York would become the seventh state in the nation to have the Democratic trifecta, meaning a Democratic governor and both houses of the legislature controlled by Democrats.

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.

As for his own future plans, Hawkins said, «All I know is that in the coming months I will be meeting with our campaign supporters around the state to help local organizing and I will be speaking out on the issues before 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.

Penalizes school districts for doing more with less by keeping intact the «maintenance of effort» requirement — which substitutes Congress's priorities over state legislatures» and county councils» when it comes to spending limited state / local resources.