Sentences with phrase «even as state lawmakers»

Yet, even as state lawmakers approved modest raises for some teachers in recent years, legislators faced withering criticism from education advocacy organizations who pointed out the state's most experienced teachers were left out.

New York projects it will double the amount of tax breaks offered under the Start - Up NY program, budget documents show, even as state lawmakers grilled a top economic development official over making the program more transparent.

The Board of Regents has until June 30 to develop the regulations, which Tisch has insisted the board will meet, even as state lawmakers push for an extension.

It's unlikely Cuomo would go along with alterations to the cap, even as state lawmakers last year approved modest changes to the measure that allow for some growth in certain instances.

Not exact matches

Maryland lawmakers expressed unease Wednesday about the $ 5 billion cost of Gov. Larry Hogan's package to lure Amazon.com's second headquarters to Montgomery County, even as the administration unveiled a new study saying the project would add nearly $ 8 billion a year to state paychecks.

Even though the DEA still classifies marijuana as having no medical benefits, lawmakers across 24 states have disagreed, making pot available for a variety of uses — mostly medical ones.

State lawmakers are beginning to ask how this new knowledge can (or even if it should) influence policy decisions in early childhood development, spurring a growing interest in programs such as high - quality child care, pre-kindergarten and home visiting.

Advocates, lobbyists and even some state lawmakers privately fear this could become one of the least productive legislative sessions in years as «scandal fatigue» pervades the Capitol and criminal allegations dominate the headlines and deflate the desire to get things done.

As New York State budget talks reach their final days, and perhaps even hours, a group of Hispanic lawmakers is pushing for the inclusion of the Dream Act in the budget, It would offer college aid to children of undocumented immigrants who were born in the country.

De Blasio made an understated case, trying to emphasize New York City's importance as an economic engine for the entire state (the city alone provides 60 percent of the state's revenue), and thanked lawmakers profusely for their questions, even as many of them insisted the city is doing well enough that it can afford to pay the price of cuts the mayor has insisted would be «debilitating.»

As the 2016 session of the Legislature wrapped up last week and came to a typically ugly end in the wee hours Saturday morning — with bleary - eyed lawmakers forced to vote on measures they didn't even have time to read — The Post asked several lawmakers, lobbyists and journalists to assess the first full year's performance of Democrat Heastie, a key ally of Mayor de Blasio, and Flanagan, the most powerful Republican in the state.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who successfully prosecuted the former legislative leaders, as well as several other lawmakers, was not even in New York State.

He also said rather flatly during a CapTon interview that he didn't believe the plan would cut $ 2.85 billion — or even the revised $ 2.3 billion, for that matter — in the current year, as the administration has insisted, and is among the Democratic state lawmakers who have championed extending the millionaire's tax.

The poll results come as state lawmakers once again are being pushed on the issue of public financing, this time by a coalition of good - government groups, labor organizations and even the former campaign apparatus of President Obama's re-election effort, Organizing for America.

That's almost exactly two years after McLaughlin pleaded guilty to stealing $ 2.2 million in cash, carks and perks — both as a state lawmaker (he even bilked a little league team out of taxpayer - funded member item money) and as president of the New York City Central Labor Council.

MacKay's personal endorsement of the legislation was cast as a counterweight to state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long's pledge to yank the endorsement of any Republican who voted «yes» on the bill, even though MacKay stressed this issue would not be a litmus test for support no matter how a lawmaker voted.

Even as lawmakers appeared to coalesce around other facets of the state budget, including an increase in the state's minimum wage, the Medicaid issue complicated the budget picture.

County lawmakers on a committee charged with overseeing the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency say that they remained unaware of a State Comptroller's Office audit of the agency, even as they discussed a deal expected to funnel millions of dollars in added revenue to the public benefit corporation.

The state legislature was preparing to end their 2012 session Thursday evening as lawmakers had promised, but they did not manage to finish everything on their list before they left.

As state lawmakers await a potential budget extender from Gov. Andrew Cuomo this evening, Senate Democrats are calling on the governor include a package of left - leaning legislation that would force Senate Republicans to either accept it or potentially risk a shutdown of state government.

Even as Republican lawmakers try to tie eliminating the state's prevailing wage to lowered costs for road projects, the top transportation official says he is skeptical about the hoped - for savings.

While mobile ride - hailing services such as Uber and Lyft could legally expand their coverage areas across New York state by early summer, it will ultimately fall on Westchester County lawmakers to accept the state's regulations, or to push for even tighter restrictions.

And neither the Governor Andrew Cuomo nor lawmakers addressed campaign finance reform with legislation, even though Cuomo listed it as a priority in his State of the State message.

The state legislature ended their 2012 session Thursday evening as lawmakers had promised, but they did not manage to finish everything on their list before they left.

He cites as an example a $ 1.5 billion economic development competition that he convinced the legislature to approve, even though some lawmakers object that only three of the state's seven regions will get to share the money.

Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell's threat came Wednesday as lawmakers launched a hearing into the operation of state prisons in the wake of the June escape of two killers from Clinton Correctional Facility, and allegations that prisoners have been abused and even murdered behind bars.

County lawmakers also urged passage of any of several bills, including a Senate bill, S. 1814, from Sen. Michael Ranzenhofer, R - Amherst, that would impose a Medicaid residency requirement, as the county has, in recent years, seen a significant number of eligible applicants for taxpayer - funded medical care from outside the county — and even outside the state.

Many federal lawmakers, as well as state and local officials, have already expressed strong opposition to some of the cuts, and even new EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, long an EPA foe, has suggested that he will push back against parts of the preliminary White House plan.

But Nevada politicians of all stripes are steadfastly opposed to that idea, even as lawmakers from other states push to find a safer home for the spent fuel.

As governors and lawmakers — many of them newly elected — polish ambitious new K - 12 spending plans on the eve of the 2007 legislative year, the latest reports about the health of state revenues and budgets suggest that policymakers should tread cautiously even though their economies remain robust.

The Obama administration's proposal to make federal funding for disadvantaged students contingent on states» adoption of reading and math standards that prepare students for college or a career has drawn sharp criticism from groups representing grassroots educators and state lawmakers, even as some governors and members of Congress appear open to the idea.

What one education advocate describes as a «perfect storm» over school finance is brewing in Georgia, as a top lawmaker pushes to replace local property taxes for education with a statewide sales tax, even as the state gears up to fight a lawsuit from school districts over the current funding formula.

Naming North Carolina as one state of several where new «parent choice» laws have been passed, the Waltons are putting even more money into the Alliance for School Choice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public education.

But now the state is poised to replace the standards as a growing opposition movement to the CCSS has pushed lawmakers toward abandoning them in favor of home - grown alternatives — even though the state has already spent millions of dollars and resources on the Common Core's implementation.

Education officials cancelled the July test in part because state lawmakers were considering whether to continue using the test as a graduate requirement even though it is not aligned with material being taught under new Common Core standards.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach got a Statehouse rebuke Friday from lawmakers even as they avoided mentioning the combative candidate for governor by name.

And yet, lawmakers in every state continue to champion charter schools without demanding proper accountability, even as they drain scarce resources from traditional public schools.

He would have to push for far more engagement and investment by the United States in developing countries — the main source of such emissions in coming decades — even though many lawmakers and citizens perceive these countries more as economic foes than potential allies on energy innovation.

Even as state and federal lawmakers have begun to investigate, the damage has already been done to hundreds of families who...