Late Friday, Cuomo
issued budget amendments that left the cost shifts in place amid other programmatic and technical changes.
Not exact matches
[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural
budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional
amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the
budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D - LA) introduced an
amendment during the full committee markup that would ban horse slaughter, calling it both a health and a
budget issue.
It's now been nearly two weeks since Governor Cuomo
issued his 30 - day
budget amendments.
Lawmakers were still meeting to hash out
budget details before they could resolve other
issues, like the gun law
amendments.
In the Senate, a string of Democrats introduced hostile
amendments, trying to force a vote on
issues — like gun control and early voting — that had fallen out of
budget negotiations in recent days, and their remarks mixed anger over the lack of action with wisecracks about the late hour.
Candice Giove, a spokeswoman for the IDC,
issued a statement calling the hostile
amendments «grandstanding» that would «derail a progressive
budget.»
Unclear is whether the Senate plan will adopt Cuomo's version of Child Victims Act language, make
amendments to it, offer their own counter-proposal or just leave the
issue out of their overall
budget plan on the argument that it is not a fiscal matter that has to be dealt with as part of the
budget process.
Despite concerns about the impact of
Amendment 1, a restrictive budget and spending constitutional amendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the leg
Amendment 1, a restrictive
budget and spending constitutional
amendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the leg
amendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance
issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the legislature.
«The House has previously rejected a similar
amendment, which means the
issue would have to be resolved in a conference committee as the two sides reconcile their
budget proposals in the coming weeks.»
The
amendments dealt with
issues including an increase in the number of units in the development, the removal of a wine storage room from units, an increase in the
budgeted costs for the development, and the reconfiguration of units.
Pursuant to other
amendments brought into effect under the
Budget Implementation Act, the JRP is required to
issue its final recommendations on the Northern Gateway project by the end of 2013.
The second major justice
issue in the
budget are much needed improvements to the family law system through
amendments to the Family Law Act, Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, and the Ministry of Revenue Act.
Wichita, KS — Today, U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten
issued a preliminary injunction from the bench in Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri's (PPKM) case against Governor Sam Brownback and the state of Kansas as it seeks to prevent the enforcement of the Title X family planning defunding
amendment passed in the Kansas
budget during the 2011 legislative session.