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Planned Parenthood Fighting in the Courts and in State Legislatures Across the Country to Block Sweeping Abortion Bans

In addition, Planned Parenthood advocates on Capitol Hill, as well as in state legislatures across the country, for increasing access to affordable birth control and promoting women's health.

Also of note to the ABA is the shrinking number of attorneys who serve in state legislatures across the United States.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the source of cookie cutter model bills written by corporate lobbyists and state politicians that appear in state legislatures across the country, named Republican North Carolina state representative Jason Saine its new national chairman late last year.

Lawmakers in state legislatures across the nation have proposed hundreds of bills this year relating to clean energy.

And they are not wasting any time: A voucher proposal was front and center in President Trump's budget blueprint, and new pro-voucher bills already have popped up in state legislatures across the nation.

After all, they have been losing in the state legislatures across the country for years.

New York Hotel Trades Council President Peter Ward, who is involved in efforts to turn state legislative chambers in three swing states Democratic, called the Obama era «an absolute bloodbath for Democrats in state legislatures across the country.»

In 2014, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) released findings on women in state legislatures across the United States.

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Cuomo, surrounded by several county executives from across the state, promoted his plan, which is not supported in the state legislature.

In December 2005, the Democratic leaders of the state legislature exulted across party lines with then - Gov.

Cuomo noted that in addition to the process in the legislature, there will be a Democratic Party convention in two weeks in which Democrats across the state will «have a chance to voice their opinion.»

As a minority leader in the highly partisan rough and tumble state legislature (1987 - 2002), Faso wasn't necessarily known for reaching across the aisle, but he read the bills and questioned conventional wisdom.

«Mayor Koch and New York Uprising remain committed to educating voters across the state as to who is truly committed to cleaning up our dysfunctional legislature in these tumultuous times — and who is satisfied with the status quo,» said NY Uprising's Mark Botnick.

«We are entering a new political era in which women across the country may feel that their reproductive rights will be threatened, and all states — not just New York — will have an opportunity to take the lead in improving the status of women through their respective legislatures,» Cuomo wrote in a CNN OpEd.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national group focused on electing Democratic state legislatures across the country, is threatening to help back primaries in the coming year against a group of eight breakaway New York state Senate Democrats.

This year, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will be delivering his message to the legislature in a series of Regional State of the State addresses delivered across New York.

BUT If the attention paid to LeBron's free agency, actually if only a fraction of the attention paid to LeBron's free agency, were focused on what goes on in state houses across the nation, perhaps we would have legislatures that are a little more accountable to the people they represent.

Crespo explained that members of the state legislature would draft a letter for New York lawmakers based in Washington, D.C. to sign, reiterating the pardon request, and would use social media to gain support from elected officials from across the country.

Offering a history of broadband initiatives in Ulster County this past week, county Comptroller Elliott Auerbach noted a 2012 resolution supporting applications to the Connect NY Broadband Grant for broadband service to the towns of Denning, Wawarsing, Hardenburgh, and Rochester; a 2014 State of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster CoState of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster Costate Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster County.

Common Cause joins with over 30 organizations from across the state in urging the legislature to include funding for early voting in the final budget and bring New York's antiquated system of elections into the 21st century,» said Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY.

According to federal tax records, the Rent Stabilization Association in July gave $ 500,000 to a Washington, D.C. - based group, the Republican State Leadership Committee, that works to help turn Legislatures across the country red.

In response to lawsuits that identified large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school - finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many state legislatures implemented reforms that led to major changes in school fundinIn response to lawsuits that identified large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school - finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many state legislatures implemented reforms that led to major changes in school fundinin per - pupil spending across wealthy and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school - finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many state legislatures implemented reforms that led to major changes in school fundinin 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many state legislatures implemented reforms that led to major changes in school fundinin school funding.

Gov. Bush's recommendation to the legislature builds on last year's Middle Grades Reform Act, which provided hundreds of new reading coaches in middle schools across the state.

But a 1999 compromise approved by the California legislature required that charter school teachers earn a credential comparable to certificates held by public school teachers, in return for lifting the cap on charters across the state.

Created in 2015 through exceptional item funding from the Texas legislature, we are a collaboratory for innovation focused on experimentation and research through key partnerships to advance the understanding of competency - based education (CBE) and to support the development and growth of CBE programs on the TAMU - C campus, across the state, and nationwide.

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.

«This bill has bipartisan support in both chambers of the legislature, enthusiastic support from parents and special needs advocates across the state, and I urge the legislature to pass this bill quickly.

Schools in more than 20 Kentucky counties were closed Friday as teachers across the state, frustrated by a pension reform bill passed by the legislature called in sick.

When the law was passed in 2010, Former California State Sen. Gloria Romero, its author, compared it to the civil rights movement five decades before, and envisioned bipartisan support for parent trigger laws spreading to state legislatures across the naState Sen. Gloria Romero, its author, compared it to the civil rights movement five decades before, and envisioned bipartisan support for parent trigger laws spreading to state legislatures across the nastate legislatures across the nation.

In response, state legislatures across the country are pushing to reform tenure and seniority rules, sparking battles with powerful teachers unions.

The package also contains a «Student Bill of Rights» that would hold districts accountable for providing every student with a qualified teacher on day one of each school year.The educator's proposal to the legislature comes at a time when anti-union groups are pushing and paying across the state for support of legislation to restrict collective bargaining for teachers, including the group Stand for Children, which made the largest - ever single contribution to a legislative candidate in Illinois history (he lost).

Get the insider's scoop on what's happening with school choice legislation in states across the nation, and get a look into how legislatures work.

On January 16, Committee for Children staff and educators from across Washington State took Olympia by storm to impress upon the legislature the importance of social - emotional learning (SEL) in our schools.

Across the country, state legislatures have been in session for roughly two months now.

The webinars will be accompanied by quarterly updates to supporters about activities in legislatures across the United States.

Taiwan's legislature took a monumental step in ending the dog meat trade, sending a message to the Chinese mainland, Nagaland state in India, Indonesia and other Asian countries where dog meat consumption is still legal that ending the brutal dog meat trade is the positive trend across Asia and in the public's interest.

Federal policy isn't the only force driving the development of clean energy in the U.S. State legislatures across the country have put forth hundreds of bills supporting clean energy, according to InsideClimate News.

Forcing the victim to bear these losses when the victim is not to blame in a collision is not what the legislature in Illinois intended; rather, the laws in Chicago and across the state are designed to hold a responsible party liable for the damages suffered by a victim, including medical bills, but only if the victim seeks such a recovery.

And with no fault states having some of the highest insurance rates across the nation, it is little wonder that many politicians and private citizens alike are calling for changes to no fault law in many of these states, notably in the New York and Michigan legislatures in recent months.

On March 24, anywhere from 1.2 to 2 million people marched and rallied in Washington, D.C., and in other locations across the country to persuade the federal government and state legislatures...

Across - the - board adjustments in adoption assistance payments are made when the state legislature approves cost - of - living adjustments.

State legislatures across the country passed more than 60 anti-abortion measures in 2017, reflecting extreme ideologues» commitment to making it difficult, if not impossible, to access abortion.

The instability has not only left families across the country wondering how they will ensure their children have affordable health coverage, but it has also left states scrambling to consider options, right when many state legislatures are back in session and planning for budgets and the year ahead.

The right to private property is a rallying cry for many in Congress and the state legislatures across this country.