Sentences with phrase «former state lawmaker»

He has pushed for it following the demise of former state lawmakers including one - time Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

State Sen. Phil Boyle seeks to become sheriff of Suffolk County, and several New York City lawmakers have launched campaigns for City Council, which is an increasingly popular destination for former state lawmakers.

«As soon as I heard about the achievement school district bill, I just knew I had to be a part of it,» said former state lawmaker Marcus Brandon, who founded a charter school in High Point and is now executive director of CarolinaCAN, a state chapter of the national advocacy group 50CAN which works to promote high quality charter schools.

Legalization of the state takeover program was spearheaded two years ago by former state lawmaker Rob Bryan, who now sits on AAC's board of directors, and lobbying for the initiative was funded at least in part by John Bryan, the Oregon school choice booster (no relation to Rob Bryan) who founded the TeamCFA charter network.

«What really happened is Facebook has created a monster it can't control,» Raj Goyle, CEO of legal technology platform Bodhala and former state lawmaker told Newsweek in a previous interview.

A liberal former state lawmaker (Richard Brodsky) and a conservative fiscal watchdog (EJ MCMahon) have joined forces — calling on the state to redirect billions of dollars in unspent legal settlement money to help fix the subways.

In Michigan, Democrats nominated their strongest possible general election candidate, a self - funding former state lawmaker, to challenge freshman Rep. Justin Amash (R) in the 3rd district.

Two former state lawmakers over the last six months have used campaign cash to pay their legal bills, filings with the state Board of Elections show.

But the sharpest portion of the debate came when the two former state lawmakers posed questions to each other.

Our Advocates Chris Fitzsimon and John Hood take on former state lawmaker Robert Brawley's run against Gov. Pat McCrory and more.

Democrats have two candidates currently running, former state lawmakers Victoria Steele and Matt Heinz.

Meeting in Columbia, members of the state Democratic Party executive committee voted by a 38 - 7 margin to reject a protest from former state lawmaker Vic Rawl, the establishment - backed candidate who unexpectedly lost last Tuesday's primary to Greene.

Last month, the governor also appointed Dan Richey, a conservative former state lawmaker, to a newly created, $ 60,000 - a-year post overseeing the abstinence initiative.

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A group of former state lawmakers - turned - cons — ex-Sens.

The Florida Constitution Revision Commission advanced a sweeping ethics package, which includes a proposed six - year lobbying ban for former state lawmakers, agency heads and local government officials.

But this week, after one of Raleigh's most outspoken school choice backers, former state lawmaker Marcus Brandon, suggested charter leaders file a class - action suit against every county in North Carolina over funding, leaders on both sides seem farther apart than ever.

One of the model's biggest supporters, Charlotte attorney and former state lawmaker Rob Bryan, called the district «another tool in the toolbox» for K - 12 leaders grappling with long - struggling schools.

Gipson is a former state lawmaker who served a two - year term in the Senate from the Poughkeepsie area, losing re-election in 2014 and failing to win back his seat in 2016.

(Interestingly, all three are former state lawmakers).

Prosecutors are seeking more than 14 years in prison, which would be a record for a former state lawmaker convicted of corruption.

Sam Hoyt, a former state lawmaker from the Buffalo area, has resigned his post as a regional Empire State Development Corp. president, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Monday confirmed.

He's facing Jim Martin - a former state lawmaker in Georgia - in the runoff election.

New York taxpayers may pay more than $ 700,000 to cover the legal bills of a former state lawmaker whose conviction on charges of lying to the FBI was vacated after his death.

The former state lawmaker said as a husband and father he was «especially appalled» by Trump's 2005 remarks.

But whether this former state lawmaker can seal the deal against Burr will depend largely on how voters feel about her history as head of the state's American Civil Liberties Union.

BRIDGEPORT — Ernie Newton, a former state lawmaker seeking a legislative comeback after serving time in prison, lost Tuesday night to Andre Baker in the Democratic primary for the 124th House District.

The former state lawmaker plans to create a second committee — Nickel PAC — that he said will contribute directly to candidates who pledge to support a City Council speaker next year who vowed to bring the bag fee bill up for a new vote.

A federal court rules in favor of allowing U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to seize the pension of a former state lawmaker convicted of corruption.

DiNapoli, a former state lawmaker, remains a popular figure in the Assembly.

Former Gov. David Paterson is one of at least two dozen current or former state lawmakers to purchase a house, condo or apartment in the Albany area and use their per - diem payments to help cover the costs.

Announcements of corruption charges no longer surprise anyone in New York, where at least 12 sitting or former state lawmakers have been arrested, convicted or sanctioned, or have resigned, after a host of ethical transgressions in the past two years alone.

The former head of Mississippi's prison system and a former state lawmaker pleaded guilty.

Tenney, a former state lawmaker elected to Congress in 2016, is facing a challenge from Democratic Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi this year in what is expected to be a top - tier battleground race for the 22nd congressional district.

Other State Lawmakers looking to make the move to local office include Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin who is running for Rensselaer County Executive, State Senator Phil Boyle who seeks to become sheriff of Suffolk County, and several New York City lawmakers have launched campaigns for City Council, which is an increasingly popular destination for former state lawmakers.

ALBANY — The Buffalo woman who recently told her story of being sexually harassed by Sam Hoyt, a former state lawmaker and top economic adviser to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has filed a federal lawsuit against Hoyt for engaging in a «pattern of committing sexual harassment, assault, discrimination and retaliation» against her.

John L. Sampson, Sheldon Silver and Dean G. Skelos, all former state lawmakers who have been convicted of crimes, will be sentenced in May.

Two former state lawmakers — Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans — aren't that far apart ideologically, but they have obviously different campaign approaches that reflects the national party's internal debate over identity and strategy.

Michael Drillinger, the coordinator at the center, explains how it all came together and why it bears the name of the former state lawmaker and Congressman.

«School choice is appealing to many families,» said George Cunningham, the Grand Canyon Institute's Board Chair and a former state lawmaker.

GCI, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a centrist think tank led by a bipartisan group of former state lawmakers, economists, community leaders and academicians.

A former state lawmaker from Gig Harbor announced Thursday he'll enter an increasingly - crowded field in the race to replace Randy Dorn in Washington's top elected education office: the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Scott Hochberg, a former state lawmaker from Houston, translated what those «attendance credits» mean.

State education officials have tapped a former state lawmaker's company to create a new exam for Wisconsin elementary and middle school students, replacing the problematic Badger Exam that students took for the first and last time this spring.

One applicant, Achievement for All Children (AAC), formed last year under the leadership of several prominent school choice backers, including a former state lawmaker who led the push to create the takeover district.

CP's founder, businessman Trey Traviesa, is a former state lawmaker who focused on education policy.

«The issues that are in rural Michigan are exactly the same issues that are in our urban areas,» said Gilda Jacobs, president and CEO of the Michigan League for Public Policy, and a former state lawmaker, «whether it is unemployment or public transportation or daycare or adequate educations or preschool programs or the opioid crisis.»

But several of Utah's highest - earning charter companies are owned by or employ current and former state lawmakers and their family members, leading to frequent accusations of bias as legislators direct state resources to school - choice alternatives.

One, Achievement for All Children (AAC), launched last year under the leadership of several influential school choice boosters in the state, including a former state lawmaker, Rob Bryan, who spearheaded the push to create the takeover program two years ago.