Sentences with phrase «governor and legislature took»
In fact, Unshackle Upstate would like to see the governor and the legislature take action on that front.
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No wonder that it took three special sessions for the governor and legislature to reach an agreement on a new budget, narrowly averting a government shutdown on July 1.
«Why haven't the Governor and the state legislature taken control of this bloated, inefficient authority and make it a Department answerable to the Governor?
In most states, redistricting is taken up by the state legislature and governor.
Horner: Time for Cuomo and Legislature to Take Real Action on Reform Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in a commentary piece for the WAMC Northeast Public Radio, demanded that Governor Cuomo and the legislature take real action on campaign finance refTake Real Action on Reform Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in a commentary piece for the WAMC Northeast Public Radio, demanded that Governor Cuomo and the legislature take real action on campaign finance reftake real action on campaign finance reform.
It's a cute idea, but one with a purpose: The Riders Alliance is collecting these terrible commute stories in order to present them to the state legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo in an effort to get lawmakers to take the deterioration of the subway system more seriously.
In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.
It is high time for the Governor and members of the legislature to admit they made a mistake and take corrective legal action.»
The legislature and governor even took a step backward from the agreement, when they failed to follow through on a deal to take steps to deny pensions to elected officials convicted of felonies.
Cell phones, smart phones, and other personal electronic devices are free from arbitrary police snooping in California — at least for the time being, thanks to actions taken by the state legislature and Governor Jerry Brown.
«The legislature and governor must enact ethics reform that will not just punish those who are corrupt, but will prevent the corruption from taking place in the first place,» said Talia Werber, the policy and research manager of Citizens Union.
Duffy took a shot at former Governor George Pataki and the legislature who agreed to the fingerprinting of food stamp recipients back in 1998.
Horner says in the remaining months of the legislative session, the governor and legislature should take steps to address some of these conflicts, but he said so far, the response has been tepid.
But by taking those four steps, New Yorkers would have confidence that the governor and the legislature are beginning to clean up Albany.
Two weeks ago, the Governor announced that he will assemble a panel that includes education experts and members of the legislature to identify flaws in Common Core's rollout and take corrective action by the end of this session.
Education took center stage this budget season in Albany, with teacher evaluations, testing, and tenure the major points of debate as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature worked on the details of the spending plan, which passed this week.
The New Year for the New York state legislature has begun in discord, with an absent governor and Republicans in the Senate vowing to take a harder line against Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
Malloy will be required to formally release a final budget next year before he leaves office, but then the newly elected governor will take over and release a budget that will be acted upon by the legislature.
Speaking in Buffalo Friday morning, Kennedy, child advocates and a childhood sex abuse victim gathered to say it's time the legislature and the governor takes action and passes the Child Victims Act.
The ads mark the beginning of Albany's traditional budget ad wars, where groups potentially affected by spending cuts take to the TV airwaves to make their case to the legislature, and in some instances, to attack the governor.
New York's leading good government groups gathered at Manhattan's Foley Square Wednesday to call on the New York State legislature and the governor to take immediate action to reform public ethics laws.
Governor Cuomo and the legislature have already taken over all county Medicaid expenses that rise above 3 % each year, but have not agreed to take over all of the $ 7.5 billion dollars in costs to counties and New York City.
In the meantime, BCNYS will try to convince Governor Andrew Cuomo to take up the mantle of biotech and push the legislature to do the same.
The new year for the state legislature has begun in discord, with an absent governor and Republicans in the Senate vowing to take a harder line against Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
He talked about what's going on behind the scenes of the legislature's joint budget committees, explained a controversial proposal from Governor Cuomo to take more control over the budget process and outlined his organization's blueprint for economic development transparency.
Governor Cuomo, and one of the Co-Leaders of the State Senate have already taken some preemptive action before the legislature's scheduled return to the Capitol, following federal bribery charges against a State Senator and an Assemblyman, as well as other officials.
And when they do, we'll celebrate for our friends and neighbors in New Jersey, but we'll be in Albany on January 1 pushing our legislature and new governor to take the same action that they dAnd when they do, we'll celebrate for our friends and neighbors in New Jersey, but we'll be in Albany on January 1 pushing our legislature and new governor to take the same action that they dand neighbors in New Jersey, but we'll be in Albany on January 1 pushing our legislature and new governor to take the same action that they dand new governor to take the same action that they did.
The governor says the legislature is in session through June 2012, and if any additional action needs to be taken, they could do it after the budget is due to be finished on April 1st.
In short, OCR intends to take the place of school boards, superintendents, state boards of education, governors, and legislatures.
Governor had proposed in January that legislature appropriate $ 5 million for remedial education for 10th graders who hadn't yet passed state's high school graduation test and $ 500,000 to enable students to take the Preliminary SAT for free.
The best chance for ESEA reauthorization can be found in the approach taken by the nation's governors, legislatures, and state superintendents.
Unless you've been living in a desert hut, you know that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and a Republican - dominated legislature took away bargaining rights that public employees have had for more than 50 years.
Considerable work by VASSP on behalf of school principals and assistant principals takes place all throughout the year with members of the legislature, Board of Education, and governor's office.
Then in 2010, a year after Schwarzenegger and the Democrat - controlled state legislature took advantage of the leverage given to them by the federal Race to the Top initiative and passed a series reforms (including the nation's first Parent Trigger law and requiring the state's teacher database to be tied to its student data system in order to allow for the use of student data in evaluating teachers), the NEA and AFT spent big to back once - and - future governor Jerry Brown's return to the top office, and successfully back traditionalist Tom Torlakson as state schools superintendent (while defeating longstanding Gloria Romero, the former state senate honcho who worked with Schwarzenegger to pass the reforms).
Back in 1997, when Governor John Rowland and the Connecticut legislature moved to take over the Hartford School System, Rowland appointed Furek to head the Hartford schools system's new Board of Trustees.
The process of choosing a new leader, former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, was chaotic and contentious, with the legislature squabbling with the Board of Governors as lawmakers took a late stab at inserting themselves in the selection process.
With the express mission of unseating Republican governors and flipping control of conservative state legislatures — legacies of the GOP tide in 2010 — the two national unions, in particular, are taking a page out of the playbook of some newer and smaller education advocacy groups: Focus on down - ballot candidates and work up to the top ticket.
«If we could see that change in our legislature and with our governor, I think there would be more people willing to say you know what, I will take that job,» Meredith says.
What really happened here is that the legislature and the Governor finally agreed to take money from a number of accounts that had been set aside for other purposes.
The resolution, though, does not actually ban anything, but calls on the governor, legislature and local municipalities to take immediate steps to ban the sale of dogs and cats that come from large scale commercial breeding facilities - which are often referred to as «puppy mills.»
After an intense lobbying spree and threats from Governor Jerry Brown to take the measure directly to voters via ballot initiative should it fail to pass, Senate Bill 32 (SB 32) was approved by the California legislature yesterday.
In interviews with InsideClimate News, economists, analysts and state officials say that conversations on the topic are generally taking place quietly and under the radar in a few governors» offices and in state legislatures, where both Democrats and Republicans dominate.
Several pending bills would take away the governor's authority to appoint certain judges and give that power to the legislature.
What really happened here is that the legislature and the Governor finally agreed to take money from a number of accounts that had been set aside for other purposes.
«We look forward to the state legislature and Governor Murphy taking swift action to restore this funding and protect and expand access to reproductive health care,» said Christine Sadovy, Legislative and Political Director with Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey.