Sentences with phrase «governor told»

A spokesperson for the governor told the press he has made no decision yet.

The governor told the students: «You helped change our state.

New Jersey's governor told lawmakers he would sign into law the new subsidies for solar, nuclear, as well as a third bill for offshore wind research, as a package.

The body builder, movie star and governor told Politico in an interview published Sunday that big oil is no different than big tobacco: both are guilty of «first degree murder,» he says.

Unfortunately, the petition failed in its object, because His Excellency the Governor told the petitioners that for certain considerations the Town of San Pedro has been ceded to Mrs. Exaltacion Andrade de M6ndez for her life, to live on the rents, but with conditions of treating the inhabitants with benevolence and after her death the Crown will recognize the Town as her property.»

Perhaps most recently, New Jersey's governor told his MTV «J Wow» constituents that they were going to restore sand dunes regardless of whether it looked good.

«Bankruptcy code exists to help the organization get out of financial trouble,» the governor told an approving crowd at an event organized by The Chicago Public Education Fund.

As a former state governor told me in the 1990s, test - driven reform would be the lever that would improve the system of public education.

Violence among young people is «morally wrong,» the Governor told lawmakers, adding, «The fear it imposes on us and our children is morally destructive.»

«It means that, eventually, 1.9 million children will learn in classes of no greater than 20,» the Republican governor told his audience at a May 13 gathering at Camellia Elementary School in North Hollywood.

In his first State of the State Address, delivered March 2, the Republican governor told state leaders that Florida's education system is leaving too many students behind.

Although Palin aides criticized the depiction, the former Alaska governor told ABC News that the film did not matter to her.

«I believe, humbly, it will be a national model across the country,» the governor told the crowd.

«The governor told the house in the letter that based on the personal remorse by the emir and intervention of various personalities he is pleading with us to stop the investigation.

We're a winning society,» the governor told Susan Page, the paper's Washington bureau chief.

On Thursday, the former Massachusetts governor told voters at a campaign event in Pittsburgh that he didn't know what was causing climate change.

Pelosi and the Democratic governor told hundreds of union members at a Manhattan rally Tuesday that New Yorkers can play a key role in returning the House of Representatives to Democratic control.

Senators Izunaso, Araraume and Uwajiumogu refused to talk to journalists but the deputy governor told newsmen that «this is the first SEC meeting of the party.

The Deputy Governor told the people that there was no need for fear of death now since death is what no mortal can avoid.

Bill Clinton has been whispering reassurances into David Paterson's ear of late, the governor told WAMC radio during an interview to air Friday.

After missing a chance to bump into de Blasio at a dinner hosted by the Bronx Democratic Party, the governor told reporters, «He's busy, I'm busy.

The death of an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was caught in the crossfire between two gangs hours before New York City's West Indian Day parade, should be a call to action to quell gun violence in the city, the governor told mourners Saturday at the slain aide's funeral.

Later in the week, the governor told reporters that the audits were the comptroller's «opinion.»

A spokesperson for the Alaska governor told CNN Johnston is currently working to earn his GED while Palin is set to begin her final high school semester.

The governor told reporters in November he believed Syracuse residents elected Walsh based on his qualifications rather than his party label, and he wanted to work with the mayor to make improvements in the city.

NEW YORK (CNN)- Gov. David Paterson had no intention of appointing Caroline Kennedy to fill the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, a source close to the New York governor told CNN Thursday.

«The problem is the NYCHA management bureaucracy, much of which is not their own doing,» the governor told reporters.

After launching a column on Slate.com, and giving interviews to National Public Radio and the «Today» show, the sources say, the disgraced former governor told friends: «My record as governor was disappointing, but the voters will remember my excellent two terms as attorney general.»

Perry, in the midst of a re-election campaign in Texas, asked for his name to be kept off the ballot, an aide to the governor told CNN.

The Democratic governor told reporters after an event to promote his support for breweries, wineries, distilleries and cideries that he has not been subpoenaed in connection with the probe.

The lapse in the tax credit for developers to build affordable housing is the biggest challenge facing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, the governor told reporters today.

The governor told his guests that 12 out of the 23 Local Government Areas were under siege of the Fulani herdsmen, adding that it was impossible for farming and grazing to go along.

Gov. Sean Parnell signed the paperwork certifying Murkowski as the election winner, a spokeswoman to the governor told CNN.

The Governor told Mayor Brown that the money will be used to attract new industry and create jobs in the region.

«We just got [the budget] yesterday,» the governor told reporters in West Hartford Thursday morning, «so I'll be in a position to answer that, but not this morning.»

Pawlenty will take Obama to task for his approach to reforming the nation's health care system as well as the president's efforts to revive the ailing economy, a source close to the governor told CNN.

Three weeks after that letter was sent, the governor told reporters that the contract between the executive branch and Schwartz's firm was close to completion.

The governor told them that the current rate of $ 18,000 a year is not enough in New York.

As he recounted it, the Governor told the gathering that the first couple of years of his administration were going to be rough for public workers, «and after that it's gonna be good.»

In his final days, Mr. Cuomo said, as his father grew weak, the governor told Mario Cuomo he wanted him to hold the Bible at January 1 inaugural address.

It wasn't extraordinarily successful,» the governor told the Observer at the time, before adding upon further inquiry.

After addressing the NYCOM Winter Conference, the former Rochester Mayor and Lt. Governor told reporters he is eagerly awaiting the report from the Mandate Relief Team, which comes out tomorrow.

At the announcement Tuesday, the governor told the assembled district attorneys from across the state, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and other private attorneys and academic experts on the commission that they are charged with rooting out wrong doing.

The Democratic governor told reporters on Monday that he is discussing a possible trip to Israel.

In New York City, the governor told reporters he had not been personally interviewed by the authorities and did not expect he would be called to testify if any cases went to trial.

But, the governor told the paper the federal complaint against Silver adds to the public's cynicism about government.

«I don't believe there's any reason or appetite to take up taxes this year,» the governor told reporters.

«We use this medium to warn any militant who the opposition had contracted to think twice before coming to Osun as government is ever ready to use every lawful means at its disposal to smoke them out of the state», the Governor told the gathering.

I appoint you, I can un-appoint you tomorrow,» the governor told the editorial board of Crain's.

And now, as the governor told the Times late last month, he's planning a national tour in support of gun control.