Sentences with phrase «first time a governor»

As you'll recall, this isn't the first time the governor has capitulated when the speaker balked at bringing his members back to the Capitol.

Incidentally, this isn't the first time the governor has been feted on his birthday with a New York - themed cake.

Siena's Steve Greenberg says it's the first time the governor's approval rating has dipped below 50 percent.

Even though the cap has been overridden by the Legislature every year since it was adopted, this is the first time Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a budget that exceeds the school aid cap.

This isn't the first time a governor moved money from the RGGI fund to help plug holes elsewhere in the budget.

Despite decades of late budgets, Monday's action marked the first time a governor has enacted a portion of the final state budget through a temporary budget extender bill.

It wasn't the first time Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, suggested changes to the powerful education policy - making panel, and he's hardly the first governor to seek influence on the independent board.

Governor Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission to investigate the legislature is not the first time a Governor created a penal to probe state lawmakers.

The session marked the first time the governor met with commissioners and other top - level appointees since Jan. 1.

«This is not the first time the governor refused to abide by a binding ruling.

Siena's Steve Greenberg says it's the first time the governor's approval rating has dipped below 50 %.

It's the first time the governor is talking about the matter.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal, announced Tuesday, cuts overall state spending by 2.7 percent — the first time a governor has proposed cutting spending in 15 years.

«This is the first time governors have taken action like this.

Not exact matches

The former secretary of state — and, as of Sunday, a presidential candidate for the second time — has been in the public eye since serving as the first lady of Arkansas, when her husband Bill Clinton was governor of the state.

Raising taxes to increase state revenue was not an option for Bredesen, who is the first Tennessee governor in modern times to complete two terms without raising the state sales tax.

The unusually large list of first - time governors includes directors Condon and Cholodenko, cinematographer Spinotti, executive Dick Cook, visual effects technician John Knoll and sound mixer Scott Millan.

Specifically, regarding the political motivations of Ailes» detractors, Guilfoyle — the former first lady of San Francisco when she was married to the city's former Democratic Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is now California's lieutenant governor — said Ailes and Fox News have been targets for a long time.

At around the same time, the first deputy governor of Russia's central bank proposed a virtual currency that would be issued on behalf of all EAEU nations as well as the BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, China, India, and South Africa.

Maglan concentrated on investing in companies with economic difficulties in the United States but the low values in Puerto Rico and «the steps taken by the Governor to close the gap in the budget» attracted Maglan to invest for the first time in municipal debt.

This isn't the first time that a governor of the Bank of Canada has come to Calgary to talk about commodities.

The FINRA Board of Governors meets this week for the first time in 2018.

This is not the first time that Carney, who is also the governor of the Bank of England, has cautioned against over-regulating cryptocurrencies.

The first warning shot occurred a couple of weeks ago after some governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board indicated that the time has come to consider scaling back the quantitative easing (QE) program that is pumping $ 85 billion a month in new money into the economy.

The Calgary Herald «s Dec. 24, 1983, edition was a reflection of its time: Jeanne Sauvé was appointed Canada's first female Governor General; retailer Waterbed Warehouse opened its third local big box store; and a Vancouver janitor was en route to Parliament Hill to perform an anti-Trudeau (Pierre Elliott) version of «Twelve Days of Christmas,» complete with the lyric «five metric morons.»

Jerome Powell was first appointed to the Fed's seven - person Board of Governors in 2012, and over that time he has never dissented from the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC's) decisions on monetary policy.

(JTA)-- Missouri lawmakers called for the first time in the state's history a special session to consider impeaching a governor.

The first intention of the Romans had been to govern by «indirect rule,» and for a time it worked, but in the end the southern part of the country was organized as the Roman province of Judaea, under governors of secondary rank with the title of prefect (subsequently procurator), while the rest was left under puppet princes.

Eric Sapp, who runs a faith - focused consulting firm with Strider, said he wasn't hired by the House and Senate Democratic campaign committees or by candidates for Congress or governor, for the first time since he started doing such work.

The Texas governor has made his faith a centerpiece of his presidential campaign in ways both overt and subtle — hardly the first time he has enthusiastically mixed religion and politics.

The first reference to the name in the New Testament is in Acts 24:5, where Tertullus the lawyer, during the time of Paul's trial before the Governor Felix, accused Paul as a ring leader of the Nazarene sect.

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* Republican governors watch automated production process * Say campaign against «pink slime» unwarranted scare SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb., March 29 (Reuters)- A maker of the hamburger filler branded by critics as «pink slime» on Thursday allowed three state governors supportive of the U.S. beef industry and a handful of journalists to see it being made for the first time since a controversy erupted over use of the meat scraps.

(Repeats for wider coding, story unchanged) SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb, March 30 (Reuters)- A maker of the hamburger filler branded by critics as «pink slime» on Thursday allowed three state governors supportive of the beef industry and a handful of journalists to see it being made for the first time since a controversy erupted over use of the meat scraps.

In today's New York Times, I report on a New Mexico state law, signed yesterday by the governor, which is the first legislation in the country to outlaw «lunch shaming.»

Gillibrand is looking to win the election for the first time after she was appointed to the Senate by Governor Paterson early last year.

(The others stayed out of the governor's race, and this was the first time the Business Council decided to formally throw its weight behind a candidate).

The governor himself for the first time in office backs a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate by his own party, a pledge he made when receiving the endorsement of the Working Families Party.

«Paul knows as much about how the private sector works as he does about how government works and this is exactly the type of experience and perspective we need in order to take on the critical task of reorganizing and rightsizing State government for the first time since the 1920's, Governor - elect Cuomo said.

Speaking of fundraisers, the governor, who has pointedly remained close to home since taking office, is reportedly headed across the country for the first time for a Dec. 2 fundraiser in LA hosted by Hollywood bigwigs like Rob Reiner, Candy Spelling and J.J. Abrams.

The stakeholders were pleased with the presence of former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, who was making a presence at a national PDP stakeholders meeting for the first time in about eight years.

Back in 2003, for example, the Assembly and Senate overrode the governor's budget vetoes for the first time in two decades, increasing state taxes over Pataki's opposition to restore billions of dollars in spending on schools, hospitals, nursing homes and localities.

The Times is not, however, pleased with Cuomo's virtual silence on same - sex marriage (the LGBT community isn't thrilled by that, either, and isn't really buying his pledge that he'll make marriage «a priority» in his first year on the job if elected governor).

Shortly after he sat down with me, Skelos was scheduled to meet with Cuomo for the first time since the governor hit the road for his «People First» tour and returned to his campaign days of accusing the Legislature of being dysfunctional and corfirst time since the governor hit the road for his «People First» tour and returned to his campaign days of accusing the Legislature of being dysfunctional and corFirst» tour and returned to his campaign days of accusing the Legislature of being dysfunctional and corrupt.

At 11 a.m., Duchess County Executive Marc Molinaro holds the first of two events at which he'll announce his run for governor, Tivoli, where he launched his political career as the youngest mayor in the US at the time.

«This is not a time to be a politician, whether it be in the district or, in my case, running lieutenant governor,» said Samuels, who gave up his LG bid after first saying he would primary AG Andrew Cuomo's pick, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy.

It's the first time maybe ever, Governor Cuomo couldn't pull off the grand bargain with the legislature.

In fact, since August 28th, his office has sent me the governor's latest news via email at least EIGHTEEN TIMES in only three days, a number which is tragically low because I deleted the first few messages before I realized I was witness at the birth of a new literary genre.

For the first time in recent memory Democrats in New York State including the Governor, are doing more coordinated work together on behalf of Senate Democrats, but that may be a temporary condition.

For Ortiz, who is now unable to walk without assistance, the governor's action allows her to celebrate the holidays with family and friends — the first time she will be able to do so since her 1989 conviction for conspiracy and possession of a controlled substance.