Sentences with phrase «governor asked for changes»

The deal ended a two - week - long stalemate over an education reform that enjoyed near - universal support at the start of the legislative session, only to end up tabled by its authors when the governor asked for changes they felt would gut it.

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It also codifies the reforms adopted by the Port Authority two weeks ago that the governors specifically asked for, which includes changing the governing structure at the Port so there is no longer a situation where the deputy executive director was serving one governor, and the executive director another.

When asked, local advocates tend to name California as the most progressive state in both environment and clean energy standards; its governor, Jerry Brown, was named special envoy to the states for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in mid-June.

The governor's remarks, made at an Easter egg hunt at the executive mansion, are a change from what Cuomo said in late March when asked about the chances for ethics reform.

We need a change in Albany Governor, and it's time for you to act like a leader who knows right from wrong; and ask for Speaker Sheldon Silver to resign.

FORMER Sokoto State Governor and 2007 Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) presidential candidate, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, has asked the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) presidential candidate Muhammadu...

Does anyone recall that the Governor came in at the last minute of the SED regulation development process on teacher evaluations and asked the Regents for changes in the proposed regulations to include greater emphasis on test scores than the original legislation prescribed?

(Republicans were not amused when the governor identified only one new fee when asked about it in a budget briefing for reporters last week, arguing that the changes could result in billions in taxpayer expense over several years.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state nearly three weeks ago asked Monday for a meeting with Gov. Scott Walker to talk about changes to his plan to eliminate most public workers» union rights, a request the governor dismissed as «ridiculous.»

He's asking for guidance concerning proposed tax changes in Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget.

Questions asked included whether Cardinal Dolan supports the income tax surcharge that is part of the mayor's plan, what the 1,700 seats offered by the Archdiocese are currently used for, pending education tax credit bills, how the mayor expects to get his pre-K plan approved despite continuing disagreement with Governor Cuomo, guidelines governing church / state separation, how enough sufficiently - credentialed teachers can be in place for September and whether the pressure over his charter school actions is causing Mayor de Blasio to change his views.

The governor went so as far as to circulate a questionnaire to candidates quizzing them on their support for ethics law changes, asking their position on limiting lawmakers» outside income and stricter campaign contribution requirements for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs).

«A senator asked for political advice and the governor said it's simple: They have to win seats and should stop with the nasty internal bickering and they should change their political leadership because no one is going to support a team that keeps losing and keeps the same leadership,» a source said.

Eller said the governor asked the State Board to make the changes in an expedited manner so they can be submitted to the legislative education committees and Independent Regulatory Review Commission for final approval.

Asked July 16 at a hedge fund conference in New York about his support for Common Core, the governor didn't directly answer but said: «What I support is to try to change something that's much more important than Common Core.»

As you consider the governor's proposed changes, we ask that you take these areas for improvement into consideration, and continue to take steps toward a truly equitable school finance system for all of Connecticut's public school students.

The governor has also asked for the panel that combs the state's constitution every two decades for a determination potential changes pertaining to the protection of nursing home residents.