Sentences with phrase «governor first raised»

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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 salRaising 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 salraising the state sales tax.

Hightailing it back across the state line, he raised the first alarm in a border war that now has the two states involved right up to their governors.

Under the leadership of the Governor and First Lady, the Children's Cabinet created kidcentraltn.com, a one - stop shop for Tennessee families to raise healthy and happy kids.

Nevertheless, Flanagan said Cuomo deserved credit for raising the issue in the budget, which is considered one of the more complicated and fraught spending plans since the governor first took office in 2011.

Cuomo isn't the first governor to get caught up in the hypocrisy of publicly calling for campaign finance reform while raising money hand - over-fist behind the scenes.

Speaker Heastie was asked whether the legislature would on its own approve a pay raise for the first time since 1999, whether or not the governor approves the idea.

Though Governor Andrew Cuomo has expressed support for instituting a congestion pricing program to reduce street congestion in Manhattan and create a dedicated source of revenue for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and said that he is fighting for such a scheme in state budget negotiations, the governor has recently indicated that he may only be able to win a modest first step, raising the ire of those expectiGovernor Andrew Cuomo has expressed support for instituting a congestion pricing program to reduce street congestion in Manhattan and create a dedicated source of revenue for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and said that he is fighting for such a scheme in state budget negotiations, the governor has recently indicated that he may only be able to win a modest first step, raising the ire of those expectigovernor has recently indicated that he may only be able to win a modest first step, raising the ire of those expecting more.

And, the Governor says, a pay raise for the governor, his staff and state lawmakers is in the works, in the form of a pay commission that would decide whether they should receive a salary increase for the first time in nearly 2Governor says, a pay raise for the governor, his staff and state lawmakers is in the works, in the form of a pay commission that would decide whether they should receive a salary increase for the first time in nearly 2governor, his staff and state lawmakers is in the works, in the form of a pay commission that would decide whether they should receive a salary increase for the first time in nearly 20 years.

The Democratic Governors Association reported raising $ 11,722,581 and spending $ 6,753,330 during the first quarter of the year.

A number of the governor and judiciary's appointees to a commission that will ultimately decide whether to approve a pay raise and for how much said on Thursday they will not support the first legislative raise since 1999 unless the lawmakers make their case to the panel.

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Cuomo and Lee, joined by the governor's longtime friend — and fellow motorcycle enthusiast — singer Billy Joel, launched the first leg of a statewide motorcycle tour to raise awareness about the importance of breast cancer screening.

In the days after the memo first leaked, de Blasio had raised the possibility the governor's office played a role in releasing it to The Daily News.

Still, there remained a segment of the left that was deeply distrustful of the governor: A Clintonian triangulator through much of his first term, Cuomo mocked the idea of raising taxes on the wealthy, bullied public - sector unions, and, far from continuing to provide a check against them, went on to empower Republicans in the Senate.

Squirreled away in the new state budget is a provision — first proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo — that will guarantee future periodic pay raises for the governor, New York State legislators and other state government ofGovernor Andrew Cuomo — that will guarantee future periodic pay raises for the governor, New York State legislators and other state government ofgovernor, New York State legislators and other state government officials.

The $ 4 million Cuomo raised in the first half of the year is not a record for a governor who has been prolific in his fundraising.

Republican Rob Astorino's struggling campaign for governor raised a mere $ 2.4 million during the first six months of the year — just 7 percent of the $ 33 million Cuomo had in the bank in January, according to Fred Dicker.

A group representing school business managers says Cuomo's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour could put upward pressure on property taxes, making it even harder to adhere to the approximately 2 percent annual cap the governor pushed through at the start of his first term.

The plan proposed by Mr. Christie, the first Republican elected New Jersey governor in 12 years, relies almost exclusively on spending cuts, and stands as a stark example of how a Republican committed to not raising taxes grapples with a state budget in these still - challenging economic times.»

The Democratic governor had been haggling with legislators over the issue, offering to meet for a special session this month to potentially enact the first raise since 1999 if lawmakers also tackled some of his pet bills.

A group representing school business managers says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour could put upward pressure on property taxes, making it even harder to adhere to the approximately 2 percent annual cap the governor pushed through at the start of his first term.

«Governor Cuomo passed a $ 15 minimum wage, the strongest paid family leave program and gun control laws in the nation, banned fracking, raised the age of criminal responsibility, and enacted the first - ever free college tuition program for middle class families.

Cuomo, the son of immigrants Andrea and Immaculata Cuomo, was raised in eastern Queens, and became the state's first governor of Italian descent.

The December event will not be the first time that Bon Jovi has helped raise campaign cash for the governor.

This week, Governor Cuomo, Sandra Lee and Billy Joel launched the first - ever statewide motorcycle ride to raise awareness of breast cancer across New York State.

If the governor's proposal is passed by the state Legislature, which seems unlikely at the moment, given opposition by the Senate Republicans, New York would become the first state in the country to raise the minimum wage to $ 15.

Carl Paladino, the wealthy and outspoken Buffalo developer petitioning to get on the Republican ballot for governor, raised and spent about $ 1.7 million in the first half of the year.

Many lawmakers are in no hurry to work with the governor, still holding him responsible for blocking their first legislative pay raise in nearly 20 years last fall.

The campaign's fund - raising numbers, however, are below what the governor reported at this point in his first term.

An advocacy group largely supported by the city's real estate industry raised more than $ 12 million for Governor Andrew Cuomo, and $ 17 million overall, in 2011, its first full year of operations.

The two legislative leaders declined to attend any of the six State of the State events, expressing their displeasure at the governor for interfering in the work of an independent commission that would have given lawmakers pay raises for the first time in years and then leveraging ethics reform to consider a special legislative session in December.

Recall that when the issue of how the refunds were managed by the governors was first raised, and allegations of non-payment of salaries and pensions were made despite release of the refunds, some of the governors defended their actions by saying that part of the funds were also used in paying consultants engaged to work out what would accrue to the states.

Relations between Cuomo and the Legislature took a drastic turn for the worse in the fall when the governor's appointees to a special pay panel blocked what would have been the legislators» first pay raise since 1999.

Last summer, it was reported that in the first three years of his first term, the Governor raised over $ 6 million in LLC contributions, which at that point amounted to about 19 % of his total campaign fundraising.

Apparently counting on Andrew Cuomo having worn out his welcome after only two terms, Chris Gibson took his first formal step toward running for governor in 2018 in forming an exploratory committee last week to raise funds.

Republican Rob Astorino's struggling campaign for governor raised a mere $ 2.4 million during the first six months of the year — just 7 percent of the $ 33 million Gov. Cuomo had in the bank in January, The Post has learned.

The boycott is being actively discussed by lawmakers from Cuomo's own Democratic Party, who accuse the governor of deep - sixing what would have been their first pay raise in 16 years out of fear of a political backlash.

Bad blood between lawmakers, some of whom saw the potential special session as an opportunity to secure their first base pay raise in nearly two decades, and the governor has spilled over into the beginning of the 2017 session.

In the governor's first month, Mr. Kelly was invited to a private fund - raising dinner with Mr. Cuomo, emails show.

The governor, who, despite his incumbency, is an underdog because of his extremely poor approval ratings, raised $ 2.4 million in the first half of the year.

In Wisconsin, the governor raised the income eligibility limit on school vouchers in 2012 to 300 percent of the federal poverty level (again, that's $ 70,650 for a family of four), and families were no longer held to any income limits after the first year of receiving vouchers.

Interestingly, considering how much attention public education issues received during the recent gubernatorial campaign, this vital topic did not get much play in Malloy's speech, although the governor — who once said that he didn't mind schools teach to the test, «as long as test scores went up,» — did proudly proclaim that his first term accomplishments include that fact that his administration had «raised test scores» in Connecticut.

Why didn't Governor Malloy raise the issue of Achievement First's unwillingness to meet Connecticut law.

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Newcastle barristers Robert Cavanagh, Nicolas Moir and Isabel Reed, and University of Newcastle Legal Centre director Shaun McCarthy, sent the petition to NSW Governor David Hurley on June 11, seeking a judicial review, after serious concerns about the convictions were first raised by legal academic Dr Emma Cunliffe in her 2011 book, «Murder, Medicine and Motherhood».