Sentences with phrase «if state legislatures»

Pelosi had hoped to include alternative measures in the continuing resolution that would have allowed drilling within 50 miles of either coast if state legislatures approved, but she faced objections from the White House.

Korsnick warned that all seven operating nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania will be replaced by coal and natural gas if state legislatures fail to follow the lead of New York, Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

But Tanya Clay, legislative director of People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group, said it is not clear if state legislatures will follow suit or if other black urban politicians will join them.

If the state legislature is unable to pass a redistricting plan, the responsibility falls to the Maine Supreme Court.

If the state legislature passes Cuomo's education reforms, it will mean a $ 1.1 billion — or 4.8 percent — increase in state spending for education reform.

Mr. Cuomo, who has received large campaign contributions from entities tied to privately - run charter schools, has said he would agree to almost triple the state's education budget — from $ 377 million to $ 1.1 billion — if the state legislature agrees to his reforms.

If the state legislature extends the millionaires» tax, McMahon said he believes the government would need to raise an additional $ 683 million in revenue in fiscal year 2018 and $ 2.7 billion in fiscal year 2019, making the millionaires» tax insufficient for Cuomo's plans in the first place.

If the state legislature passes a bill about speed limits, that overrides any city rules.

There will be another competition for state economic development dollars, if the state legislature approves spending $ 1.5 billion for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed Upstate New York Economic Revitalization Competition.

As previously reported, Cuomo recently announced it would be «a crisis of our state» if the state legislature failed to extend rent laws beyond their June 15 deadline.

It will cost the county between $ 5 million and $ 6 million in revenue if the state legislature doesn't go into special session and approve the extension this year.

More than half of the 50,000 members of the Washington Education Association have voted to authorize a strike if the state legislature does not adequately address teachers» concerns in its current session.

In short, even if a state legislature wants to invest in private school choice, doing so through the tax treatment of 529 plans is, at best, an indirect and convoluted approach.

Michigan could lose its waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements if the state legislature does not adopt proposed changes to the state's teacher evaluation system, U.S. Department of Education officials said in a report.

If the state legislature and Brown give their blessing, the move would finally place full responsibility for education in the hands of the officials who should be most - concerned about the impact of schools on economies and communities.

If the state legislature is serious about improving the education of students here in Jamaica and all across Queens... they will vote in favor of raising the cap of charter schools.

Or could it be that Verizon wants to be a pal and help New Yorkers access up to $ 3400 in federal tax credits and (if the state legislature approves Governor Pataki's plan) more than $ 5,400 in savings through discounted highway tolls and state tax credits?

He added, though, that if the state legislature was to update its licensing rules, the legal situation might change.

Not exact matches

The busiest airport in Arkansas would no longer be named after the only president and first lady from the state if a bill introduced in the legislature succeeds.

If the legislature revises the final version of the amended bill to reasonably narrow the scope of the bill's coverage, California will be the first state in the nation to achieve a strong balance between regulation, innovation, and consumer protection with respect to virtual currency.

If the «wall of separation» is lowered, we are told, our schools may be returned to the days of prayers prescribed by state legislatures; evolution may be banished from the classroom and replaced by «creation science»; and religious minorities may be at the mercy of intolerant majorities.

• In North Carolina, the state legislature passed a new law allowing magistrates and other officials to turn down gay couples, if those officials have a religious objection to performing a same - sex wedding.

The SCOTUS, Congress, state legislatures and probably most If not all regulating bodies start their meetings with some form of prayer.

I'll stop whining when state legislatures stop passing bills that allow students to bully others if they can claim religion motivation.

If Congress and state legislatures listen to what families say they want, however, they will look for ways to ease policies like the «parenting penalty» that permeate the federal and state tax codes and are helping drive more and more young mothers with children into the job market.

One member of the state legislature said that if Eaton backed down, there would be trouble with the university budget next year.

«If the legislature fails to act and we are forced to proceed with these cuts... student - athletes across the state at those schools will be ineligible to play next semester,» Edwards said Thursday.

The Hawaiian legislature passed a resolution requiring the state auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis to determine if licensure for CPMs is warranted.

«If he is defeated by the Democratic candidate, Todd Kaminsky, who now serves in the Assembly, Democrats will control the governorship and both houses of the legislature in New York State,» the paper wrote.

«At the end of the day, I would argue if one party controls the entire state legislature, then New Yorkers need a Republican governor to make sure that there's appropriate checks and balances and I'd like to be that person.»

If it is determined alternative methods make more sense, the office recommended the legislature work with its state delegation to update the law.

Even if you're running for state legislature from the sticks.

He is hoping to get congestion pricing through the State legislature and if the IDC isn't working with Republicans to make that happen, he may have a problem.

Article V gives Congress the ability to specify that an amendment must be passed via convention instead of via state legislatures, and if this sort of thing is openly being done, they would probably specify that.

«If the GOP - IDC interpretation is applied, there would be no control whatsoever over the legislature's spending other than the whim of the Temporary President of the Senate,» the memo released on Monday stated.

Polly Trottenberg, the city's Department of Transportation commissioner and an MTA board member has pledged to press the governor and state legislature to reinstate the $ 65 million, and said that she will be «working with our allies up in Albany to see if we can reverse these cuts, which we really have a great concern about.»

Since it's pretty much completely up to the state legislature, why can't it choose to hold an election by the entire population (including non-citizens, or even minors if they really wanted to)?

During an interview on AM 710's «The John Gambling Show», Governor Paterson asked the state legislature to give him the power to implement the same FMAP contingency plan lawmakers agreed to back in the summer when they weren't sure if the state aid bill would pass.

This is probably only important if you're running for state legislature or above.

«Or if after 90 days the legislature fails to adopt their own plan, the reductions to the general fund and state special revenue fund appropriations and related disbursements identified in the division of the budget plan will go into effect automatically.»

«If you look at the New York State legislature, there's been an uptick of women that are elected and many of them came from New York City and particularly Brooklyn,» Carr said, referring to the Assembly.

If the legislature can not approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a five - member commission must draw the lines.

The co-chairman of the state legislature's finance committee says he favors an open competition for possible casino expansion but Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun might gain more traction for their plans in East Windsor if they commit to the XL...

Those gains were relatively minor, if only because Republicans held a large number of seats in state legislatures going into the election.

If the county executive disapproves the local law intro, he must return it to the clerk of the legislature with his objections stated in writing.

But the ad - targeting world changed in 2014, with vendors like DSPolitical (via DemocraticAds.com), CampaignGrid (via CampaignGridDirect) and Targeted Victory launching «self - serve» platforms that allow down - ballot campaigns for state legislature, mayor, city council and even school board to buy banner ads and even pre-roll video ads (if enough volume is available) that appear on a huge range of content websites, all targetable at particular slices of their own electorates.

Cuomo says even if the public vote is delayed, the casino siting legislation would still need to be passed this year, based on a decades old opinion issued by a former State Attorney General, who said that constitutional amendment votes by the legislature need to happen in consecutive years, and can't skip a year in between votes.

If a member of the legislature be elected to congress, or appointed to any office, civil or military, under the government of the United States, the state of New York, or under any city government except as a member of the national guard or naval militia of the state, or of the reserve forces of the United States, his or her acceptance thereof shall vacate his or her seat in the legislature, providing, however, that a member of the legislature may be appointed commissioner of deeds or to any office in which he or she shall receive no compensation.

As illustration, even if the legislature were to impose $ 4.2 billion in new tax and fee measures - as recommended by the Executive Budget — it would still leave the state with $ 11 billion in an accumulated structural budget gap over the next five years; a figure that will likely grow given the ongoing deterioration of state tax collections.

No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or she is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the state of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, of the assembly or senate district for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election; if elected a senator or member of assembly at the first election next ensuing after a readjustment or alteration of the senate or assembly districts becomes effective, a person, to be eligible to serve as such, must have been a resident of the county in which the senate or assembly district is contained for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election.