Sentences with phrase «fellow lawmakers in the state»

Treyger urged his fellow lawmakers in the state Senate and state Assembly to address the matter with new legislation as well.

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State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries reiterated his strong support for public campaign finance in an interview on MSNBC this week, urging fellow state lawmakers to pass the Fair Elections Act before the end of the legislative sesState Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries reiterated his strong support for public campaign finance in an interview on MSNBC this week, urging fellow state lawmakers to pass the Fair Elections Act before the end of the legislative sesstate lawmakers to pass the Fair Elections Act before the end of the legislative session.

Niccoli and a group of fellow Democratic candidates have penned separate letters to members of the state Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation urging them not to bump the current $ 79,500 base salary of state lawmakers, who haven't received a raise in roughly 17 years.

In case you're curious, Astorino was in town to lobby state lawmakers on more education aid for Yonkers along with the city's mayor, Phil Amicone, (a fellow RepublicanIn case you're curious, Astorino was in town to lobby state lawmakers on more education aid for Yonkers along with the city's mayor, Phil Amicone, (a fellow Republicanin town to lobby state lawmakers on more education aid for Yonkers along with the city's mayor, Phil Amicone, (a fellow Republican).

But Griffo's opinion appears to be widely shared — even among Paterson's fellow Democrats — according to reports this morning in both the DN and the Post in which anonymous sources accusing the governor of purposely trying to blow the Aug. 11 record for the latest state budget so he can continue to publicly slam state lawmakers.

Now that the primary is officialy in the books, general election contests are heating up all over the state — including on Long Island, where Republican Michael Venditto is poised to release a hard - hitting ad that slams his Democratic opponent and fellow Nassau County legislator, Dave Denenberg, for his 2005 conviction on petition fraud charges and says he'll «fit right in» with the string of Albany lawmakers busted on corruption charges.

Here's a campaign flier from State Senator Adriano Espaillat attacking his Democratic primary challenger and fellow Dominican lawmaker, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, for endorsing Rep. Charlie Rangel in the newly drawn, majority - Latino congressional seat in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.

Joined by library officials and fellow state lawmakers, Senator Kennedy announced the state has directed $ 617,970 in construction and improvement grants to the Downtown Central Library, as part of the overall award of $ 740,000 to a total of four libraries in the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.

But Mr. Stringer, a potential candidate for mayor in 2013, may be the first to boycott New York's marriage bureau — an act that he hopes will encourage his constituents (and fellow lawmakers) to get married in states like Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts that have sanctioned gay marriage.

After saying for weeks that he doubts his fellow Republicans would support full elimination of the state's prevailing wage laws, the top lawmaker in the state Assembly plans to allow a vote on at least a modified version of repeal.

The Florida lawmaker who led his state's House education committee has resigned his legislative seat in the wake of allegations that he used a racial slur to describe Miami - Dade County's black school superintendent and then threatened a fellow lawmaker who filed a complaint against him.

Lawmakers sent a pretty clear signal about what they think about teacher training when they decided to defund the NC Teaching Fellows program, which provides scholarships to undergrads seeking degrees in education and requires that they teach in the state for four years after graduation.

Last summer, state lawmakers decided to stop funding the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program, which awards scholarships to North Carolina high school students to pursue teaching degrees in state.

According to data provided to him by the Fiscal Research Division, Sen. Josh Stein told fellow lawmakers the new state budget invests $ 330 less in each student than in 2008 - 09.

It's one of many teaching benefits that has been cut by state lawmakers; additional pay for advanced degrees, professional development opportunities, and a state - funded teacher training program called NC Teaching Fellows have all been squashed in recent times.

«DPI was never in love... with charter schools,» Sen. Tillman (R - Randolph) said in a Senate Education Committee hearing on Tuesday as he introduced to fellow lawmakers a gutted version of House Bill 334, which would transfer the Office of Charter Schools out of the Department of Public Instruction, placing it under the State Board of Education.

Lawmakers have phased out funding for the highly praised NC Teaching Fellows program, which awarded full college scholarships to North Carolina students who promised to teach in the state for at least four years.

Abolished by lawmakers for reasons still unclear, the teaching fellows program has been praised for producing highly trained education graduates that go into teaching in North Carolina classrooms, many of whom stay to teach in the state for the long haul.

One incentive was eliminated in 2011 when state lawmakers began phasing out the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program, which awards scholarships to North Carolina high school students to pursue teaching degrees in the state.

In addition to their academic research, CISP professors and fellows work with state and federal lawmakers, engage in community outreach and public education, teach classes and seminars, and hold free conferences for the public, lawyers, engineers, journalists, computer scientists, reporters, policymakers, and studentIn addition to their academic research, CISP professors and fellows work with state and federal lawmakers, engage in community outreach and public education, teach classes and seminars, and hold free conferences for the public, lawyers, engineers, journalists, computer scientists, reporters, policymakers, and studentin community outreach and public education, teach classes and seminars, and hold free conferences for the public, lawyers, engineers, journalists, computer scientists, reporters, policymakers, and students.