Sentences with phrase «debate as legislatures»

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On Tuesday night, the state legislature refused to debate an outright ban on assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNN.

Again, the court's errors in such cases are difficult to correct, whereas leaving decisions to various legislatures allows for varying solutions and ongoing debate: states can serve as «laboratories of experiment,» in the words of Justice Louis Brandeis.

The decision comes as the Ontario legislature in Canada debates a bill that would require all single serve pods to be compostable.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As the state legislature debated a bill to stop New York City from putting a 5 cent fee on plastic shopping bags, it wasn't just downstate interests that were watching closely.

The Founding Fathers only said in the U.S. Constitution about presidential elections (only after debating among 30 ballots for choosing a method): «Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...» The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.»

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.

Imagine if the legislature decided to abolish the death penalty, not as the culmination of an emotional debate about who we are as a society, but to save the few million bucks a year that the state pays to endlessly defend and prosecute death - row murderers.

Education took center stage this budget season in Albany, with teacher evaluations, testing, and tenure the major points of debate as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature worked on the details of the spending plan, which passed this week.

In 2008, Altria made a $ 10,000 donation to the Onondaga County Republican Committee's housekeeping account just as the county legislature, dominated by Republicans, was debating whether to prohibit the sale of tobacco to 19 - year - olds.

The confrontation came as debate over Airbnb's impact on neighborhoods and the hotel industry has been heating up in the state legislature.

A real showman, «the under» (as the department's second in command is referred to) once staged a drug raid (via the URGENT task force which he led) on a building across Main Street in Kingston from the County Office Building while the legislature was in session debating an issue involving the sheriff's department.

Although it is rare that a Private Member's Bill, such as this proposed amendment to the University of Ottawa Act, makes it through the many stages required before becoming law, putting the question on the floor of the legislature forces an open debate on the issue, in full view of the public and the press.

As distracted as the abortion debate may be by a predominantly male state legislature, «Trapped» repositions the gaze to what matters mosAs distracted as the abortion debate may be by a predominantly male state legislature, «Trapped» repositions the gaze to what matters mosas the abortion debate may be by a predominantly male state legislature, «Trapped» repositions the gaze to what matters most.

Now consider that during the debate over the No Child Left Behind Act, the National Conference of State Legislatures sent members of Congress a letter criticizing the testing requirements as «an egregious example of a top - down, one - size - fits - all federal reform.»

As we prepare for our annual debate on what the legislature should appropriate for education, our message remains the same: How much money we spend on education matters, but not nearly as much as how we spend iAs we prepare for our annual debate on what the legislature should appropriate for education, our message remains the same: How much money we spend on education matters, but not nearly as much as how we spend ias much as how we spend ias how we spend it.

As the recent hearing in the Texas legislature shows, the school choice debate is far from over.

Leaders in both camps have been debating charter funding in North Carolina for years, particularly since a 2010 amendment by Democrats in the legislature denied charters access to certain funding sources, such as sales tax revenues, gifts and grants traditionally bound for public school coffers.

As the Rhode Island legislature debated $ 1.5 million in spending for two charter schools, Duncan said June 22 at a charter school conference in Washington: «We are fighting this on a state - by - state battle, that's the battleground.

As that proposal is debated in the legislature, the Mayor of LA should be front and center representing LA's most disadvantaged neighborhoods to make sure that state funds are not only directed to the students that need them the most, but that they are truly used to support those students.

As Peru's legislature debates the merits of building the Purús highway through the Amazon rainforest, a new report by Global Witness alleges that the project has been aggressively pushed by...

The issues of prayers and religious symbols in provincial legislatures and municipal councils; religious - based schools and practices; and Canada as a multicultural country have caused widespread debate in Quebec and across Canada of late.

The country's legislature passed a law, following months of debate, that brought bitcoin exchanges under anti-money laundering / know - your - customer rules, while also categorizing bitcoin as a kind of prepaid payment instrument.

This week at the legislature — Colorado State Budget Over the past two weeks, legislators have been debating the «long bill,» otherwise known as the budget, to fund state government operations.