Sentences with phrase «in the state legislature»

Now their city cohesion is threatened with the introduction of three charter school bills in the state legislature.

They were all running for seats in the state legislature.

A series of tax - credit scholarship proposals were introduced in the state legislature in 2011.

Term limits would have to pass through both houses in the state legislature in two successive legislative cycles, meaning it could be placed on an election year ballot as early as 2019.

A bill introduced last year in the state legislature to overturn the law has stalled.

It was expected that the new Republican majority in the state legislature would move quickly to lift the cap of 100 charter schools statewide.

There's been growing support in the state legislature to reverse the controversial policy that would eventually have led to the test results being used to measure teacher performance.

Find out if one of these laws is pending in your state legislature and make your voice heard!

But there's disagreement in the state legislature over how to fix it.

That decision prompted intense criticism from Democratic and Republican leaders in the state legislature, who said pay raises should be considered on their own terms instead of tied to other issues.

For example, the Latino representation in the state legislature reached its greatest level in 2012 and women make up 32 percent of the current legislature.

His experience in the state legislature is unmatched and his partnerships with local leaders will benefit our diverse neighborhoods.

Over the past two years, it has become even more imperative to get common sense people in the state legislature.

With bill introduction and action deadlines approaching, there's not much time left for new bills to be heard in the state legislature.

He said his budget amendment builds upon the legislation in the state legislature to explicitly state that cops can not have sex with individuals in their custody.

The turnover in state legislature control was the largest differential since the 1974 general election.

And gun control legislation gained traction in the state legislature.

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Our endorsement is based upon his personal background and his actions in defense of our civil rights while in the state legislature.

See what education - related bills are moving in the state legislature.

Supporters pointed to the continuing dysfunction and corruption scandals in the state legislature.

The state attorney general said that he will defend the law, and that the debate belongs in the state legislature instead of the courts.

In our discussion he did not state a position on the second proposition, to allow electronic bills in place of paper bills in the state legislature.

As well, a resolution supporting home schooling was quickly introduced in the state legislature.

There's growing support in the state legislature to address controversial aspects of the state's Common Core learning standards and related testing.

There's disagreement, though, in the state legislature over how to fix it.

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.»

One day earlier, the President of the State's Business Council said her group is working to include some of those offsets in a minimum wage bill that has a chance of passing in the state legislature in 2016.

Sitting across a table in the sparse orange - painted space, dressed in his trademark Nehru suit — his personal protest against the Western institution of the shirt and tie — Mr. Barron laid out his plan of action in the state legislature for the Observer.

He's against the Reproductive Health Act, backed by Democrats in the state legislature and Cuomo, which would codify into New York State law the abortion rights provisions in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

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

The party has lost 958 seats in state legislatures around the country since he took office, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

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

The former federal prosecutor, a Democrat, was immediately endorsed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said Kaminsky «fought to uphold the law and bring justice to those who break it as a former federal prosecutor, and he's continued that commitment by fighting for stronger ethics laws in the state legislature.»

A fight over ethics reform in the state legislature helped get Adam Skelos fired from his $ 10,000 - a-month job with AbTech.

The eminently qualified former college professor had the right stuff, but alas, elections are about politics and this Republican didn't have enough Democratic votes in the state legislature which appoints regents.

NationBuilder co-founder Joe Green says that the company is having productive conversations about those features with Democrats in other types of organizations, like the caucus committees that seek to achieve majorities in state legislatures by bringing in support for key candidates.

When laws on public breastfeeding come up for debate in state legislatures, formula companies have been known to lobby for including a clause about nursing «discreetly» or limiting the age of the nursing baby.

She said her members are concerned about bills pending in state legislatures as well as on Capitol Hill that would restrict or eliminate the use of BPA in metal cans.

Her policy work in the state legislature also means she's ready to hit the ground running for her constituents, and knows as well as anyone how and why the system has to change.»

Lawmakers in the state legislature said «not so fast.»

That thankfully hasn't deterred State Sens. Brad Hoylman, Michael Gianaris and Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, who wish to use the controversy to help a similar bill that they introduced earlier this year, and that's currently stalled in the state legislature.

School choice is an increasingly popular issue in state legislatures nationwide as more and more states consider expanding educational options to help children get a better education, spur public school improvement, and save taxpayer dollars.

Perhaps the two most obvious reasons are: 1) public opinion drives political actions in state legislatures, such as repeal efforts and efforts to adopt new assessments outside the Common Core - aligned consortia, and 2) public opinion likely affects schools» implementation, as politically active groups involve themselves in school board meetings, contact teachers directly to express their concerns, and «educate» parents with information or misinformation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has joined forces with the New York State Attorney General to create a commission with wide ranging powers to investigate corruption in the state legislature.

By subtracting 1 and taking the absolute value of the resulting number, the state is assigned a rating between 0 and 1 where a higher number indicates greater dominance by the majority party in the state legislature.

Ms. Smith son, Rep. Smith, the 2011 Missouri House party whip, sponsored a repeal bill in the state legislature against Proposition B, before it went into effect in November 2011.

«Just because teachers unions block reform efforts in state legislatures and local school boards, reform advocates don't have to sit idly by while children and our education infrastructure suffer.»