Sentences with phrase «debate over the state budget»

Unfortunately, last month the legislation fell by the wayside during the debate over the state budget.

The affects of the casino money cutoff came up late last month during a floor debate over the state budget.

According to poll results published this week by the Bush Foundation, 83 percent of Minnesotans said «the voice of average citizens has been lost» in the debate over the state budget.

Debate over the state budget has been the legislature's main focus.

They maintained that his arrest will not be a distraction for the important work they must do and the upcoming debate over the state budget.

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An annual professional golf tournament near Binghamton became an unlikely flashpoint today during a tense debate in the state Senate over a portion of the state's $ 168.5 billion budget plan.

The State Senate began debate over the $ 152 billion spending plan late Tuesday night after lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo resolved a stalemate that forced them to blow past a Saturday budget deadline.

The report comes a day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined his $ 168 billion budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, kicking starting a coming debate over how the state would restructure its system of collecting revenue.

Washington (CNN)- The battle over union rights in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana has dramatically shifted the budget debate from Capitol Hill to the states, almost overshadowing the threat of a government shutdown in Washington next week.

The good - government think tank is wading into a contentious debate over the 2009 law passed as part of the super-late state budget.

State budget talks on Tuesday careened into a broader debate over Medicaid funding for New York City, which Assembly Democrats raising concerns over a $ 250 million «cost shift» from the state to the State budget talks on Tuesday careened into a broader debate over Medicaid funding for New York City, which Assembly Democrats raising concerns over a $ 250 million «cost shift» from the state to the state to the city.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled today that the contentious issue of mayoral control over New York City public schools — along with several other major policy debates — will «more likely» be decided during the regular legislative session, after the state budget deadline of April 1.

Pataki's term had been marked with annual debates with the State Legislature over the powers allocated to the Executive and Legislative Branches on the adoption of the state buState Legislature over the powers allocated to the Executive and Legislative Branches on the adoption of the state bustate budget.

Sean Ryan [email protected] The state budget debate over using referendums for regional transit authority projects has legislators wondering if they should let voters make the call.

Tensions between opposing groups of Democrats in the New York State Senate reached a flash point this week — over whose faction would be allowed to present their budget priorities for a floor debate.

The governor's proposal kicks off a two - month debate over how the state will spend its money; the current state budget expires March 31.

Like 1199, a relative quieting of the public debate over the healthcare sections of budgets under Cuomo has led to a decrease in GNYHA's spending, but it still finished as the state's highest - spending lobby client in a recent bi-monthly reporting period.

Speaker Silver, whose Democratic Majority Conference wants to see the temporary income tax surcharge on the rich renewed when it expires December 31st, says he has not given up on his point of view prevailing in the upcoming debate over the new state budget.

For the past five years, GOP senators have trusted him as their voice during weeks of public hearings and debates over New York's state budget.

What these numbers do not show is a growing national problem, particularly acute in North Carolina that was not discussed in the debate over the budget — the problem of attracting high quality teachers to teach in the state's public schools.

Up against the state budget deadline, the Legislature today will consider a few last - minute items that could prove pivotal in the debate over school reform.

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

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