Sentences with phrase «fight ballot measures»

And donate just $ 5 to the CCSA Advocates Issues Committee so that we can fight ballot measures such as these.

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Uber and Lyft left Austin last year after losing an expensive fight against a ballot measure that would have required the ride - hail companies to conduct fingerprint background checks on drivers.

National Democrats have not been financially active in support of the Ohio redistricting measure, perhaps because the party's House leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), has helped raise $ 10 million (or more) to fight a similar proposal on the ballot tomorrow in California, where Democrats are a majority of the House delegation.

Labor unions are leading the fight against a New York ballot measure to hold a constitutional convention, arguing that it's just too risky to tinker with the state's governing document and threaten existing protections for worker's compensation, unemployment benefits and collective bargaining.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Labor unions are leading the fight against a New York ballot measure to hold a constitutional convention, arguing that it's just too risky to tinker with the state's governing document and threaten existing protections for worker's compensation, unemployment benefits and...

For example, the California Teacher Association in 2014 fought the «High Quality Teachers Act of 2014,» a ballot measure that would have tied evaluations in part to student performance.

Although the measure was not successful at the ballot box, we sparked the momentum that is needed to continue this fight until funding is improved.

Administrators, facilities managers and school housing advocates, however, are fighting to keep the program alive and have a qualified a new, $ 9 billion statewide school facilities bond measure for the November 2016 election ballot.

State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, who opposed the measure, said legislators will likely sit down with both sides of the ballot fight to discuss how to move forward.

A ballot measure to expand Michigan's renewable energy standard was soundly defeated at the polls Tuesday, after a hard - fought battle in which the measure's opponents outspent supporters by a three - to - one margin and blanketed airwaves with ads.

I - 732 is a citizen ballot initiative to fight climate change; to make polluters pay when they damage our air, water and health; and to give that money back to the people in the biggest anti-poverty measure in this state since groceries were made sales tax exempt in 1977.