Sentences with phrase «last legislative session»

The dynamics around paid family leave have changed since last legislative session.

Teachers and union workers came together last legislative session to protest bills that put limits on the collective bargaining process.

It is no surprise that more than half a dozen state lawmakers were engulfed in scandals last legislative session.

Well it was a short sighted and really stupid approach legislatively speaking to let the other 9 «Provisions» die on the vine last legislative session.

A new, controversial evaluation system, backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was put in place last legislative session which, through a matrix model, increased the weight of student state test scores in evaluations to up to 50 percent.

Posted on December 16, 2016 · The Texas Education Agency wants lawmakers to double the money they approved to expand pre-K programs last legislative session, but some worry that...

S 1821 was officially filed by Senator Mike Barrett on January 20, 2017 and currently has 65 cosponsors — up significantly from the 48 cosponsors that his carbon pricing bill received last legislative session.

Some of the provisions in the Ohio budget, including a provision designed to block funds for preventive health care at Planned Parenthood health centers, are similar to bills that were defeated last legislative session.

During the last legislative session, more than half of the U.S. Congress supported lowering the federal excise tax for craft brewers.

«He's been a partner with us on many of the issues the last legislative session; the change in the tax code, the $ 75 million for the youth works program,» Mr. Camara said.

I gave up counting when I reached 37 bills passed in the last legislative session.

His popularity has suffered somewhat, but he continues to dominate state government, wringing everything necessary to his own political future out of negotiations in the last legislative session — and not going out of his way to get much more.

In her letter, Niccoli, who is seeking the 46th Senate District seat in the Capital Region and Hudson Valley currently held by Republican Sen. George Amedore, pointed to legislators» part - time status and what has been lambasted as lawmakers» lack of action during the last legislative session to address Albany's ethical travails of the recent past.

The governor says before state legislators ask him for a pay hike, as is expected once elections are finished, they will have to make progress on some unfinished business from the last legislative session first.

A bill proposing just that is still in its early stages and wasn't voted on during the last legislative session.

The best recent case study is an abortion debate during the last legislative session, when Silver stood firm.

After reading that state Sen. John Sampson uttered just one word from the Senate floor in the last legislative session, his primary - election opponent, Dell Smitherman, offered one word of his own: Resign.

Here's a full list of progressive legislation that passed the Assembly but died in the Senate during the last legislative session.

This sounds a lot like Cuomo's explanation during the last legislative session on why he wasn't able to land a deal on all 10 points of his Women's Equality Agenda — including the abortion rights plank, which the Senate Republicans staunchly refused to allow onto the floor for a vote.

Negotiations over the 421a tax break, a measure left partially unresolved from the last legislative session, are falling apart.

Most humiliating of all, Albany only agreed to extend mayoral control of schools for a single measly year at the close of the last legislative session in June.

ALBANY — After reading that state Sen. John Sampson uttered just one word from the Senate floor in the last legislative session, his primary - election opponent offered one word of his...

At the end of the last legislative session, Jeff Gural, the majority owner of Vernon Downs harness track and racino in Vernon, got lawmakers to grant what amounted to a $ 2 million tax cut after he said he would otherwise close down, costing 300 jobs in the process.

To a tee, the Moreland Commission included all the major elements of the program bills Cuomo introduced over the course of the last legislative session, including the controversial push for public campaign finance.

The bill, which the Senate and Assembly passed in the last legislative session, and awaits Gov. David Paterson's signature, would prohibit public employers from shifting health care costs to retirees and prohibit them from diminishing health insurance benefits for one year while a study is completed to determine how to provide health insurance in the most cost - effective manner.

POLITICO Florida reported Friday morning that Clemens, the incoming Senate Democratic Leader, had apologized for having an affair with a lobbyist during the last legislative session.

Coleman said his record and efforts in the last legislative session made it difficult for his opponent to argue that it was time for a change.

During the last legislative session, lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed for two years to not hold teachers accountable for test results turned in by their students.

ALBANY — After reading that state Sen. John Sampson uttered just one word from the Senate floor in the last legislative session, his primary - election opponent offered one word of his own: Resign.

Most of the same groups who lobbied in the last legislative session for the women's equality act have joined the effort again for 2014, with one major exception.

Shilling served as minority leader during the last legislative session and spearheaded Senate Democrats» campaign strategies this past summer.

The governor says before state legislators ask him for a pay hike, as is expected once elections are finished, they'll have to make progress on some unfinished business from the last legislative session first.

Although the charter sector ultimately gained an advocate in Governor Andrew Cuomo and successfully lobbied for a sweeping pro-charter law passed during the last legislative session, Moskowitz said she refers to this spring as «the dark period.»

The governor tried to pass a Raise the Age bill — which would have made 18 the age of criminal responsibility — during the last legislative session but was stymied by the Republican - led State Senate.

Cuomo and legislative leaders failed to reach an agreement to release the full $ 2 billion before the end of the last legislative session, agreeing to only release $ 150 million.

«I believe that with the governor's leadership, we can work together in a bipartisan fashion to build upon the successes of the last legislative session to enable New York state to reach its full potential,» Valesky said.

Legislator Kathy Rapp served in her last legislative session Tuesday afternoon.

Retroactively applying the metrics from the current performance - based funding model adopted for Texas community colleges during the last legislative session, his study identified which students would bring in the most performance - based funding for the college and which would bring the least.

Mark Brooks: The Michigan legislation passed the Michigan House by a 74 - 14 margin in the last legislative session.

The state's most recent effort to regulate the industry came in the last legislative session, when Representative Mike Villarreal, Democrat of San Antonio, offered a bill that would require potential teachers to spend at least 15 of the mandated 30 hours of practice teaching in classrooms.

During this last legislative session, the State Board of Education appeared to be under attack from all sides.

The Teachers and Leaders Council (TLC), was created during the last legislative session and was tasked with examining and developing an effective evaluation system for educators across the state.

A strong bipartisan effort in the last legislative session approved the concept and Gov. Gary Locke signed the law.

Lawmakers threw out the model state officials used to calculate last year's grades during the last legislative session, rejecting the notion that state officials should compare a student's academic growth to the growth of her peers in determining a school's grade.

During the last legislative session they addressed problems with Alabama's teacher tenure laws passing much needed reforms.

He added that he's skeptical about Reeves» recent change of heart regarding the standards, since Reeves did not support efforts to repeal the standards during the last legislative session.

Cheatham also said that Gov. Scott Walker's recent call to repeal the Common Core State Standards in Wisconsin, and Republican legislators» efforts to do the same during the last legislative session, are unhelpful distractions for the district, which has emphasized implementation of the standards.

Rep. Keith Ripp (R - Lodi) introduced a bill during the last legislative session that would have changed the way schools test for dyslexia and how educators are certified to teach reading, which I wrote about several months ago.