Sentences with phrase «dollar state legislative»

The Democrat pledges to cap himself at $ 100,000 in fundraising at a time in politics that features multimillion - dollar state legislative campaigns.

Not exact matches

In the US, for instance, a proposal to force California's two nuclear power plants — which generate 16 percent of the state's electricity — to shut down immediately when the Nuclear Waste Act of 2012 becomes law, would cause rolling blackouts, spikes in electricity rates and billions of dollars in economic losses each year, according to the state's nonpartisan analyst, the Legislative Analyst's Office, in November.

Silver has also been an unabashed defender of legislative member items, saying that lawmakers know their districts best when it comes to allocating state dollars to local causes.

No major statewide or coordinated campaign questions the need for a Digital Director staff position, yet down - ballot — at the state legislative and state party level — you would be hard - pressed to find one, except in rare high - dollar races in major media areas.

«It's been over three months since Election Day and the new legislative term began 41 days ago but almost nothing's been done to ensure the Legislature adheres to the will of the people who passed Proposition 2 overwhelmingly to stop wasting tax dollars and paper and go digital at the state Capitol,» said Tedisco.

Legislative sources groused that hundreds of millions of dollars in economic development grants being sprinkled around the state by Cuomo's administration amount to Cuomo - controlled pork.

After working in New York politics in a variety of City Council and state legislative campaigns and on the staff of US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rivera came on strong four years ago, defeating Democratic Senator Pedro Espada, long a target of criminal investigation and now serving a federal prison term for theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a health care non-profit he controlled.

The watchdog group Citizens Budget Commission says the event comes in the final days of the legislative session, when over 50 bills have emerged that enhance benefits for state and local public employees, with a price tag of $ 140 million dollars.

«Unlike most state agencies, every single dollar spent by the Senate - including legislative mail - is specifically lined out in expenditure reports made available to the public and the media every six months,» said Reif in a statement.

The Assembly bill would offer an optional public financing system for campaigns for state legislative and statewide offices, giving candidates six dollars for every one dollar in contributions.

A nonprofit funded with hundreds of thousands of dollars secured by state Sen. Adriano Espaillat through legislative «member items» quietly wound down last year and threw its four paid staffers out of work.

In the state, there are no doing business (pay to play) restrictions, and millions of dollars of political donations to the governor and top legislative leaders are made using LLCs.

The Dems say they will seek to use Mercer, who they expect to help pump millions of dollars into the 2018 New York gubernatorial, congressional and state legislative races through personal and Super PAC donations, as a «bogeyman» in heavily blue New York.

The gaming industry has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars this year lobbying the state's executive and legislative branches, and if recent news is any indication, the investment is paying off.

Long Island Republican Sen. Tom Crocci has introduced a bill that would increase legislative oversight of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's appointees to regional economic - development councils which have handed out billions of dollars in state aid.

Even with New York facing a multibillion - dollar deficit, state legislative Democrats are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to include a «fair and sustainable» revenue source for the cash - strapped MTA in his upcoming budget proposal.

Advocates for the homeless were urging the governor and legislative leaders to sign an agreement that would release millions of dollars in state funding for 20,000 supportive - housing units statewide, saying that with lawmakers headed home to campaign for re-election this fall, there was little chance that the deal would materialize after the session ended.

The state legislative budget committee Friday assumed more oversight of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. following its failure to spur as much job creation as promised in return for millions of dollars in potential tax credits to businesses.

ALBANY — Even with New York facing a multibillion - dollar deficit, state legislative Democrats are calling on Gov. Cuomo to include a «fair and sustainable» revenue source for the cash - strapped MTA in his upcoming budget proposal.

In Texas he is under indictment for his alleged role in funneling corporate dollars into 2004 state legislative races — a no - no under Texas law.

State Senator John Flanagan and Assemblyman Carl Heastie, who last year rose to lead their respective legislative chambers after their predecessors were popped by the feds for being in bed with developers, have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars ahead of the 2016 budget season, with donations from key real estate interests.

The announcement comes as legislative leaders in Albany finalize a state budget that is expected to include hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for pre-K programs across the state.

In Texas, he is under indictment for money laundering in relation to the funneling of corporate dollars to state legislative elections in 2002.

Economic development funding was often distributed by former governors and legislative leaders when each received a pot of money, sometimes totaling half a billion dollars, as part of the state budget deal.

Marius — who previously worked as a legislative assistant from 2015 for then - State Sen. Bill Perkins until Perkins was elected to the council — said he was inspired to run as a result of Sanders» campaign and hoped to fight for long - term residents as millions dollar projects like the New York Wheel come to the area.

Governor Cuomo is calling legislative leaders into his office for twice a day private meetings to hash out details of the $ 145 billion dollar state budget.

A Super PAC that spent more than a million dollars on state legislative primaries mostly came up short on Tuesday.

«In addition to these funds,» she said, «the mayor has committed tens of millions of dollars to other city agencies that will directly benefit older New Yorkers, such as to set aside 15,000 affordable housing units targeted to households where older people reside, and a recently announced proposal which will require city and state legislative approval to raise the Senior Citizen Homeowner's Exemption household income eligibility from $ 37,400 to $ 58,400, which would benefit an estimated 32,000 households in New York City.»

Race to the Top: President Obama's Race to the Top (RttT) initiative helped (and continues to help) to distribute billions of dollars in federal stimulus monies to states, thus far to a total of $ 4.35 billion, if states promise via their legislative policies that they will use students» large - scale standardized test scores for even more consequential purposes than NCLB required prior.

A casualty of legislative negotiations was an effort by the Senate to crack down on businesses using state capital dollars to profit from charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately managed.

One of the biggest reasons why reformers haven't always fared so well because they have poured few dollars into school board and state legislative campaigns, especially compared to the millions ladled out (with admittedly mixed success) by NEA and AFT affiliates.

A 2012 study by the state's Legislative Analyst's Office and 2010 study by Ball State concluded that California charters got fewer dollars per pupil than traditional public schstate's Legislative Analyst's Office and 2010 study by Ball State concluded that California charters got fewer dollars per pupil than traditional public schState concluded that California charters got fewer dollars per pupil than traditional public schools.

Posted on October 18, 2016 · A bipartisan group of state representatives hammered private school choice proponents at a heated legislative hearing on Monday, signaling an enduring uphill battle in the Texas House for proposals that would use taxpayer dollars to help parents send their kids to private or parochial schools, or educate them at home.

According to the latest filings with State Ethics Commission, Corporate Education Reform Industry front groups will spend more than a quarter of a million dollars on lobbying during this legislative session.

The state's Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected that the pension provision alone would save schools more than half a billion dollars in its first two years, freeing up money for classrooms and instruction.

The bill has strong support from several state and national groups, which have thrown hundreds of thousands of dollars into legislative campaigns in recent years.

«Private funders have been instrumental to charter school growth, but federal, state and local legislative bodies must also respond by investing a larger percentage of public education dollars to support the opening of new, high - quality charter schools to meet the demands of the families they serve.»

A four day emergency legislative session to secure a deal for an in - state factory with electric automaker Faraday Future will end up costing the State of Nevada a quarter of a million dollars on top of the $ 335 million in tax incentives and public funding that resulted from the meestate factory with electric automaker Faraday Future will end up costing the State of Nevada a quarter of a million dollars on top of the $ 335 million in tax incentives and public funding that resulted from the meeState of Nevada a quarter of a million dollars on top of the $ 335 million in tax incentives and public funding that resulted from the meeting.

Instrumental in legislative appropriations request (LAR) of over $ 200 million dollars in state funds for the institution.