Sentences with phrase «job of the legislature»

In broad terms, in a three pillar democracy, the job of the legislature is to make the law, the job of the executive is to enforce the law and the job of the courts is to interpret the law.

This, the court said, is the job of the legislature, not the courts.

The Minnesota Supreme Court, in Larson v. Dunn, 460 N.W. 2nd 39, 45 - 46 Minn. 1990, rejected an appellate court's creation of the «Intentional interference with custody rights» noting that «children can be devastated by divorce» and that «the law should not provide a means of escalating intrafamily warfare» but that other remedies exist when a parent or other relative interferes with custody arrangements, and that «creating a tort of this nature is the job of the legislature, not the court.»

Not exact matches

This year, our legislature passed several pieces of legislation which easies the regulatory burden on those who seek to create jobs in our state.

«Let's compare the (maximum) $ 5 million in a fine versus the billions of dollars of investment and the thousands of jobs,» Bilous told reporters at the legislature Tuesday.

Tesla previously promised to provide 6,500 jobs as a part of the tax incentives package of $ 1.4 billion, which the state legislature approved in September 2014.

The NDP folks are nice and will do a good job in government; they will actually work rather than loll around in the house of corruption avoiding the questions of the opposition parties as I noted when I went to the legislature to present my banned self to my MLA — Mr. Mandel.

Where Gibson is private, McLain, 49, holds the most public of jobs in the 1990s: He hosts a radio call - in show in Detroit, discoursing during morning drive time on everything from the state legislature to the state of the world.

It says the amendment would allow the legislature to authorize up to seven casinos for the purpose of «promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

Part M1 (pp.121 - 123)- Requires the Empire State Development Corporation to notify state legislators of funding applications within their districts; submit to the legislature quarterly reports on its commitment and distribution of funds by area of the state, information on the number of jobs created and retained, and other information.

He said both houses of the legislature sat on their hands, and did nothing for decades, except to raise taxes while New York «hemorrhaged» jobs.

The group accused the legislature of being in a «hurry» to bring closure to the allegations raised, sacrificing the need for a «thorough job to ascertain the credibility or not of the bribery allegations».

The academician, who has threatened to give up his job as head of the legislature should Parliament consider any attempt to legalize homosexuality, explained that deformity comes in many forms hence persons identified as homosexuals should seek the right medication.

DeFrancisco, a former chair of the state Senate's Finance Committee, is a natural for the governor's job because of his 24 years of experience in the state legislature, Dadey said.

Governor Malloy, who vetoed a Republican - backed budget that passed the legislature, says the lack of a budget is costing the state jobs.

Our bigger job is to help America fulfill the promise of democracy itself, the promise that this is a country where everybody gets a chance — no matter who you are, where you come from, where you live, or what you think about the issues of the day,» said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who in addition to talking up politics announced she would put $ 175,000 of her campaign cash into the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and campaigns for state legislature seats.

Hein's been on the job for seven years, since the legislature adopted the county executive form of governance.

«It is the job of the state legislature to look under the hood and ask the de Blasio administration the tough questions on behalf of kids, said Jenny Sedlis, Executive Director of StudentsFirstNY.

Gov. Cuomo says the state legislature fell down on the job by leaving town without passing an extension of mayoral control for the New York City schools, and he has not ruled out calling them back for a special session.

The Democratic majority in the legislature came very close to repealing Iowa's status as a right - to - work state earlier this year... payback for the unions, but it would have devastated Iowa's chances of attracting business and new jobs.

Converting to being an independent state would be much harder than joining the EU once it achieved independence status and it worked out all of the necessary «divorce» arrangements with the U.K. And, that job would be made easier than it might be by its already substantial legal autonomy with its own legal system (except for the U.K. Supreme Court), its own legislature, etc..

«The comptroller was in the New York State legislature and sat in that Assembly, as did members of the western delegation for many, many years, where New York and upstate and Buffalo hemorrhaged jobs,» he said.

It HAS been the job of every governor and state legislature that NYS has ever had.

[5] In a letter to his supporters, Ball stated that the job of reforming Albany had not been completed, saying, «From property tax reform to corruption in government, the job I set to do in 2006 is still incomplete, and it can only be accomplished by continuing to tackle our nation's most dysfunctional legislature.»

Malloy said a failure by the legislature and Teamsters Local 1150 to approve the deal would put thousands of well - payingmanufacturing jobs across the state at risk.

The Virginia legislature still hasn't drawn new U.S. House district boundaries, even though state law says that this job must be done by January 1 of any election year following a new census.

You certainly have to perform at your job if you want a raise and a fundamental indicator of the job the legislature does and the governor and the executive is passing a budget on time,» Cuomo said in a December conference call.

Krebs said the other elements of the job as described to him by JCOPE officials included educating state officials on ethics and eliminating «duplicate filings» with the legislature's ethics board and the New York City lobbying commission.

Skelos, who was kicked out of the state legislature when the jury announced its decision, was charged with using his political power to help his son, who was not at work to make friends — or do work — keep various high - paying jobs.

That intensified after Cuomo pushed a law through the legislature in spring 2015 requiring districts to base up to 50 percent of the job ratings on student exam scores.

Todd, a former Republican chairman of the county legislature, has done a credible job of expanding chamber membership and with it the shift in demographics.

Laura's vision for Esopus is to build the community by focusing on resident's needs and issues: Job security, infrastructure issues, rail and trail, improving recreation, addressing consumer protection, energy efficiency, animal protection and sustainable lifestyles — are some of the concerns that she will address in the legislature.

The IDA focus should be on creating higher - paying jobs and sustainable businesses in New Paltz, and it is the legislature's role to ensure that the IDA is composed of members who consider the bests interests of our community.

When the County Executive, Comptroller, County Clerk, Sheriff, District Attorney, or a department head, needs legislative approval for some action which is required for the proper functioning of county government, be it the approval of the annual budget or the change in the title of a county job, a letter is sent to the legislature, often accompanied by additional information which can be used by the legislators in making a decision on the matter.

«And as long as we have useful tools who purport to be Republicans, like Dean Skelos, Bob Turner, and a swath of other who are not willing to stand up for principles, but who would rather knuckle under to the most extreme demands of far - left Democrats, Public Service Unions and well - funded special interests in exchange for job security, and who could not lead a one - car funeral on an abandoned stretch of the Thruway, idiots like me — Andrew Cuomo — will continue to roll over the legislature, the taxpayers, the bondholders, and the rest of New York's victims with nary so much as an objection.»

Silver's former counterpart in the legislature, former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, is also on trial on federal corruption charges, accused of using his influence to gain no - show jobs for his son.

Politician Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas: Darkest Hour, Suite Française) is hosting a small gathering of close friends to celebrate her new job: shadow health minister (sort of like a minority leadership position in American legislatures).

The Oregon legislature adopts a nationally watched plan that requires students by age 16 to earn a «certificate of initial mastery» before moving on to at least two years of college - preparatory work or job training.

«I think our state legislature has done a really great job of discouraging teachers from staying in North Carolina,» said Carr.

In California, that usually is the California Teachers Association, which essentially runs the state legislature and works to ensure that teachers have job protections unknown to most of humankind.

At a pivotal time for state education policy, half the nation's state legislatures have at least one new education committee chairperson this year, and a quarter of state schools chiefs are less than a year into the job, according to an Education Week analysis.

On the economics front, «We knew that 63 percent of jobs in the next decade would require some postsecondary education,» says Sunny Deye, who works on education policy for the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The month after Emanuel took office, the national reform group Stand For Children scored a major victory when Illinois» legislature passed SB 7, which weakened seniority and job security, and narrowed the scope of collective bargaining.

There's also Indiana, where the two - year - long battle between reformers on the state's board of education and Supt. Glenda Ritz will likely come to a head with efforts in the state legislature to make the latter's job a gubernatorial appointment as well as Gov. Mike Pence's plan to clarify state law by allowing the body to appoint its own chair instead of having Ritz at its helm.

The State Board of Education has done such an abysmal job overseeing charters that the legislature was forced to pass a law tightening charter oversight rules last session and added a layer of legislative oversight to the Department of Education's charter authorization process.

In exchange for the creation of over 5,000 new jobs and $ 300 million dollars invested in building new distribution centers in the state, the Texas legislature is considering passing a bill making Amazon.com exempt from collecting sales taxes in their state.

In states where Amazon has lost the sales tax argument at the hands of lawmakers who are eagerly trying to make up for revenue lost in the recent economic downturn, the online giant has attempted to make amends with legislatures by investing in jobs and distribution centers in return for coming to a consensus on the issue.

State legislatures have piled on educational requirements for a variety of entry - level jobs (nurse's aides, child care workers, teachers, etc.) while cutting state funding for public colleges and increasing tuition: unfunded job mandates.

Instead, a multivariate regression shows that, among six variables, two do a good job of predicting electric rates in a state: the Mercatus Institute's land - use freedom index and the American Conservative Union's state legislature rankings.