Not exact matches
Chalice Gold Mines founder and executive chairman Tim Goyder has taken the role of managing director
in a series of board
changes that
include Bill Bent stepping down from the position today.
As the budget process illustrated last year, the federal government can use subsequent budget omnibus
bills to
include changes not mentioned
in March budgets.
The
bill would not
include the controversial first
in first out stock sales
change, which sparked backlash
in the investing community.
The first Omnibus
bill engendered considerable discussion and hostility because, by including major policy changes in the Bill, it precluded substantive policy reviews by appropriate Parliamentary Committees, and indeed limited review by Parliament its
bill engendered considerable discussion and hostility because, by
including major policy
changes in the
Bill, it precluded substantive policy reviews by appropriate Parliamentary Committees, and indeed limited review by Parliament its
Bill, it precluded substantive policy reviews by appropriate Parliamentary Committees, and indeed limited review by Parliament itself.
A two part Omnibus
Bill with over 1000 pages, which
included legislative
changes, only remotely referred to
in the budget or not at all.
Other
changes in the House
bill are directed at businesses,
including a further rate reduction for certain qualified «pass - through» firms that send their earnings to their owners to be taxed as individual income.
Directing emergency funds to areas hit by natural disasters had traditionally been quick bipartisan exercises, but that
changed after Hurricane Katrina
in 2005 — when the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, pushed spending cuts to compensate for the approximately $ 200 billion expected
in Katrina relief —
including cutting farm subsidies, Amtrak funding and postponing the Medicare prescription - drug
bill Republicans had approved two years earlier.
Cheryl Low, chair of the Calgary Catholic School District, told the Calgary Herald that the
changes included in Bill 24 align with the school division's current procedures.
Both
bills provide for similar
changes in the corporate and international tax code but differ mostly
in the structure of the individual tax code,
including the tax treatment of pass - through businesses and individual income tax brackets as well as the status of the estate tax.
Since 2007, Budget Omnibus
Bills have been used to
include many legislative
changes vaguely mentioned
in the Budget, or for that matter, even mentioned
in the Budget.
Some of the earlier proposals contained
changes that could have had a detrimental impact on the way many people save and invest for retirement, but fortunately, they were not
included in the final
bill.
Presentations
included The Future of Food Panel Discussion, which examined how food production, manufacturing and innovation are adjusting to
changing demographics and
included panelists James Corwell, CMC, founder Tomato Sushi, San Francisco; Bruce Friedrich, executive director, The Good Food Institute, Washington, D.C.;
Bill Franklin, CMC, AAC, corporate executive chef, Nestlé Professional, Denver; and Helmut Holzer, CMC, vice president / corporate executive chef R&D, Gourmet Foods International, Atlanta; as well as How Diversity
in the Workplace Can Lead to Success, presented by Costa Magoulas, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC, dean, Mori Hosseini College of Hospitality and Culinary Management, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, Florida, who discussed how to develop programs to help people from different backgrounds work together and communicate more efficiently.
If we can get a manager to come
in and force the board
in investing more on players, which
includes modifying the wage
bill, then perhaps the club can see a
change of fortunes.
The proposed
change was
included in the Welfare Reform
Bill — the most significant policy
change proposed by the last Government
in relation to fatherhood because it touched on the legal foundations.
Last week, as part of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization, the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a
bill that does
include some
changes — but also keeps most of the healthy standards
in place.
The new revenue
bill introduced late last night has four major
changes from the original deal struck by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson,
including a carve out of the so - called «Bloomberg penalty» for extremely rich residents (like the billionaire mayor)
in NYC.
Cuomo said the Legislature didn't have an appetite for the proposed
changes, which
included constitutional amendments for term limits, limiting private - sector income and
bills aimed at making it easier to vote
in New York.
The
bills include measures aimed at early voting
in New York, making it easier to vote through an absentee ballot with «no excuse» voting, pre-registration for 16 - and 17 - year - old future voters, and making it easier to
change a party ahead of a primary.
In the wake of problems experienced by voters who wished to participate in New York's presidential primaries, Matthew Hamilton, reporting for the Albany Times Union, discussed legislative changes that would improve voter access to the polls, including reform bills sponsored by Kavanag
In the wake of problems experienced by voters who wished to participate
in New York's presidential primaries, Matthew Hamilton, reporting for the Albany Times Union, discussed legislative changes that would improve voter access to the polls, including reform bills sponsored by Kavanag
in New York's presidential primaries, Matthew Hamilton, reporting for the Albany Times Union, discussed legislative
changes that would improve voter access to the polls,
including reform
bills sponsored by Kavanagh.
Question topics during a post-announcement Q&A
included the surprise resignation of Joe Percoco, the extensive list released today of New York endorsers of Hillary Clinton and Mayor
Bill de Blasio's absence from that list, whether he supports de Blasio's call for
changes to bail
in light of the killing of Police Officer Randolph Holder, «felony drug dealers» being offered treatment instead of jail time, dealing with homeless people
in the subway and rail systems, details of his executive order extending anti-discrimination laws to transgender people, Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch's departure and rules and laws around criminal defendant drug diversion programs.
As part of a proposed Equality
Bill, Harman announced a consultation on
changing the existing discrimination laws,
including options for reverse discrimination
in employment.
A
bill passed by both the Senate and Assembly would
include New York
in an effort to
change the allocation of electoral votes
in presidential elections.
Guests on the show
included environmentalist
Bill McKibben, who has praised Cuomo for «paying attention» to climate
change and its impact on the weather
in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and Rep. Jerry Nadler, who offered no defense of Cuomo following Hayes» rant.
The final package is likely to
include a
bill allowing ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City, funding for a task force to address hate crimes, an agreement to distribute roughly $ 1 billion
in housing money and some
changes to oversight of state procurement.
A key component of the Senate GOP's lawsuit against the prisoner counting
change included in the 2010 - 2011 budget is a challenge to the way that switch was made — through a budget extender
bill sent to the Legislature by then - Gov.
No such target was
included in the November 2012 energy
bill but the report sees «little reason not to
include one» unless the targets
in the Climate
Change Act 2008 are to be revised at a later date.
The suit alleges the budget
bill that
included the prisoner counting
change was «enacted unconstitutionally
in that it usurped the State Legislature's power under Article III, Section I.»
Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney, who voted for the
bill, said
in a statement the legislation approved Thursday did
include key
changes she had sought.
The Environmental Advocates of New York have released a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo urging him to
include in the final budget agreement a
bill that's aimed at fighting climate
change.
A «wholesale transformation of the energy system» is required, the report says, and given the scale and complexity of the
change a decarbonisation target should be
included in the energy
bill to provide a policy commitment for the investors who will need to provide the capital for the development of new technologies.
The Living Wage
bill that stemmed from the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment battle is entering a new phase
in the City Council, as the
bills proponents,
including Oliver Koppell and Annabel Palma, have
changed the
bill to make it affect less businesses and more attractive therefore to holdout Councilmembers.
From that perch she ushered through some of the most significant, and controversial, legislation
in decades,
including President Obama's healthcare reform law, the Dodd - Frank Wall Street reform law and a climate
change bill that Senate Democrats never took up.
Off topic question topics
included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative
bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election
in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible
change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.
While many of the
changes in the
bill seem to address lawmakers» concerns about the provisions» impact on the accused, the new legislation also
includes requirements that those found «responsible» are labeled as such on their academic transcripts.
A climate
change bill is due shortly which will set out ministers» plans to cut emissions at home
in the UK, and
changes to the European emissions trading scheme (ETS) are also planned,
including its expansion into the emissions - heavy aviation industry.
Members of the state Assembly could as early as this week vote on a
bill that would undo the
changes to the STAR School Tax Relief program that were
included in last year's budget negotiations but which have sparked statewide complaints.
The extension of the
bill came up
in the legislature but Governor Andrew Cuomo would not allow a last minute vote, the Post said, because the «extender
bill,»
included unrelated provisions,
including changes to the loft law.
The announcement came
in the form of a series of
changes Fariña proposed to the Department of Education's 2015 - 2019 Capital Plan, which also
includes adding 7,000 seats to the city's schools to make room for Mayor
Bill de Blasio's proposed universal pre-K program and to help reduce class size, which rose consistently during the last six years of the Bloomberg administration.
The prosecutor said that given the allegations
in the cases he's brought this week, he's got some pointed questions he wants answers to,
including finding out how many
bills were born of bribery and how many items
in the state budget got there because money
changed hands.
Golden (R - C - Bay Ridge - Southwest Brooklyn) is joining a chorus of public officials,
including de Blasio,
in calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto a
bill approved by the state legislature that seeks to
change the definition of a gravity knife to allow more people to carry them.
Public Advocate
Bill de Blasio and Comptroller John Liu will be on hand for that event, which may or may not
include news about the staffing
changes in the offing at the party.
In the Senate,
bills considered for scoring by Unshackle Upstate
included measures such as the formal adoption of the state spending cap and labor reforms such as
changing the Scaffold Law.
It is similar to language
included in the Senate Intelligence Committee's authorization
bill, which passed that committee last month, and a Cornyn measure making
changes to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or ECPA, that has stalled before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
New York Mayor
Bill de Blasio took a victory lap this week after winning important
changes to zoning laws, but whether affordable housing will boom
in the city may depend on factors beyond his control,
including the actions of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
When I served as Secretary of the Ways and Means Committee
in the mid 1980s, the Governor and the Legislature both operated under the understanding that the Legislature could amend the «terms and conditions» language that the Governor
included in his proposed appropriations
bills and that the Governor could veto those
changes if he disagreed with them.
After sparring with New York City mayor
Bill de Blasio, charter - school advocates found an ally
in Governor Andrew Cuomo this year, and the current state budget
included sweeping policy
changes that boosted the sector, especially
in New York City.
To be fair, Koch has never
changed his enrollment, and he has also endorsed plenty of Democrats,
including Eliot Spitzer for governor
in 2006 and
Bill Bradley for president
in 2000.
Additional
changes if the
bill becomes law
include reductions
in subsidies to purchase health insurance, modifications
in the mechanisms for addressing pre-existing conditions and prohibiting Medicaid reimbursement to Planned Parenthood.
Tenney, after initial reluctance to support the measure, said she
changed her mind after fellow Upstate GOP Reps. Chris Collins, of the Buffalo area, and John Faso, of the Hudson Valley, succeeded
in convincing House Speaker Paul Ryan to
include a New York - specific amendment
in the
bill.
«At a time when we have serious concerns about what is going on
in Washington, DC, Governor Cuomo has proven that you can govern effectively, and advance progressive
change in a unifying manner,» said RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum,
in a statement at the time, touting Cuomo's progressive accomplishments
including the passage of the state's marriage equality
bill, paid family leave, and a $ 15 minimum wage, among other things.