Sentences with phrase «led state legislature»

Surprised the Florida Legislature didn't try this: Just as happened in Florida a few years ago, the state supreme court in Pennsylvania overturned a partisan, gerrymandered congressional redistricting plan and, after the Republican - led state legislature and the Democratic governor couldn't agree on a new one, the court drew one up and ordered it to be put in place.

With school budgets already limited by a conservative - led state legislature that critics say chronically underfunds public education, the district turned to Diplomas Now, an education nonprofit whose aim is to increase graduation rates using a data - driven system of early intervention.

Questions about Quality Education Academy's basketball program highlight criticisms and challenges DPI faces in overseeing charter schools, the privately - run and publicly - funded schools poised to grow rapidly with strong backing from the Republican - led state legislature and Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

The Republican - led state legislature passed the law last year to provide parents with at least $ 5,100 a year in taxpayer money for private school tuition.

Governor Paterson, who will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention, led the state legislature to commit to $ 1 billion in budget cuts over the next year and a half.

Kucinich's primary loss came in March, when he was defeated by fellow Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur after the Republican - led state legislature combined their districts.

Efforts to stop the development led the state legislature to pass a law that expanded the Pine Barrens Preserve to include the property.

For years now, Republican - led state legislatures have been chipping away at abortion rights, making the process more difficult and expensive, regulating clinics that provide the procedure into oblivion.

Republican - led state legislatures are sending harmful, anti-women legislation to governors» desks.

Not exact matches

Historically, mass shootings don't usually lead to stricter regulation on gun control laws — they actually loosen them in states with Republican legislatures.

The state legislature has declared April Down to Earth Month, a concept developed by the alliance, the statewide Wine Institute and other California industry organizations to showcase wineries and vineyards that are leading the charge toward sustainability.

The tragic death of soccer referee Ricard Portillo is just the latest example of the abuse of game officials and poor sportsmanship that has led to a shortage of referees, leading leagues and states legislatures to enact rules of conduct and criminalize assaults.

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.

Since the state legislature is on repeat — glossing over ethics, fighting over mayoral control and feverishly working late nights to finish on time — the podcast is following their lead and sharing clips from past episodes (but with a new introduction).

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.

Last summer the New York State legislature passed a bill, sponsored by Sen. Daniel Squadron and supported by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, that established a task force to address the problems that may have led to the incident.

[19] Since 1984, New York State has only passed a budget on time once, in 2005, leading Paterson to call for an «end to the dysfunction in Albany» in his speech, echoing a 56 - page study from the nonpartisan New York University School of Law's Brennan Center for Justice, which referred to the legislature as «the least deliberative and most dysfunctional in the nation.»

As taxpayers struggle to make ends meet — including affording the ever - increasing MTA fares — and the governor and legislature are working to control state spending and make our state fiscally solvent, the MTA just disregards reality,» said Rabbitt, who has been a vocal and leading advocate for reforming the MTA, and was a driving force behind the repeal of the MTA payroll tax, having called for a fiscal audit of the authority and its board.

Although the state constitution says the legislature appoints a successor when the attorney general's post is vacant, in reality the Democrats who lead the Assembly make the decision, because with over one hundred members, they have the largest faction in both houses.

As a prosecutor he also collaborated with the Moreland Commission, whose investigation of the state legislature has led to some of the recent indictments issued by Preet Bharara.

«He should be ashamed of himself for trying to lead the Democratic Party especially if he is going to be like Paterson and be so ridiculously right - wing - attacking our schools and Democrats in our state legislature trying to add just a little bit of funding back in state aid to education,» Tyner said.

«We are entering a new political era in which women across the country may feel that their reproductive rights will be threatened, and all states — not just New York — will have an opportunity to take the lead in improving the status of women through their respective legislatures,» Cuomo wrote in a CNN OpEd.

Your Democratic State Central Committee has worked with county party organizations to build their individual capacity, increased our advocacy for the right to vote both in the legislature and leading up to election cycles, worked with volunteers to strengthen the Emerging Leaders Project, upgraded and invested in the Party's technology infrastructure, increased training and simply believe that being a «responsive resource» is the best way to build an organization.

Four states (Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah) have had a Republican - led legislature in both houses for more than two decades.

A group of City Council members, led by Christine Quinn, announced the introduction of legislation yesterday to make the state legislature repeal vacancy decontrol, and kill the law allowing Albany to set rent regulations for the city.

The U.S. Attorney said with the recent crime wave sweeping state government that's led to Bharara's successful prosecution of the former leaders of the legislature, some recent actions have been inappropriate.

«There is motion now in Republican - controlled legislatures to support an amendment,» said Jonah Minkoff - Zern, co-director of the Democracy Is For People campaign at Public Citizen, a nonprofit group that led a coalition of advocates calling on state lawmakers to support an amendment.

During the primary, Mr. Cuomo's longshot challenger Zephyr Teachout called the Women's Equality line «a sham party,» pointing to reports that the governor had colluded with the State Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to allow the GOP to continue to control the upper house of the state legislature — which led to the failed effort to pass the complete Women's Equality AgState Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to allow the GOP to continue to control the upper house of the state legislature — which led to the failed effort to pass the complete Women's Equality Agstate legislature — which led to the failed effort to pass the complete Women's Equality Agenda.

Now, I understand there's been a bill pending at the state level for some time, and unfortunately, like this county legislature recently did with the ban of the sale of toxic chemicals in toys, I think it's become necessary that we take the lead to protect the citizens here in our county.

New York's leading good government groups gathered at Manhattan's Foley Square Wednesday to call on the New York State legislature and the governor to take immediate action to reform public ethics laws.

Aquario says county leaders, as well as other local government leaders, will be lobbying members of the legislature, in the weeks leading up to the state budget deadline.

The steady drum beat of scandal after scandal in the New York State legislature has led many to wonder whether lawmakers can focus on passing any major bills by the end of the session, which is fast approaching.

Stec, who has positioned himself as the state legislature's leading voice on stripping corrupted officials of their pensions, theorized something happened when three men went into a room on March 31, and hours later, the assembly opted against voting on their pension forfeiture bill.

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus says the county should be designated lead agency for all large annexations and he's repeating his request to the state legislature that counties be given a definitive role in such a process.

A two - year freeze on the status quo leads to complicated formulas over the next three years which depend in part on the economy, the state legislature and how the political winds blow.

Assemblyman Will Barclay, R - Pulaski: No «Capping a legislator's outside income, along with increasing legislative pay, are steps towards creating a full - time legislature which in turn will lead to a professional political class in New York state.

«Not only are we underrepresented in New York statewide politics but there are very few African - Americans or Latinos who have led state and city legislatures around the country,» Smikle said.

His path might more likely lead from the county legislature to the county executive to the state legislature, or so the tea leaves suggest.

President Barack Obama's sixth State of the Union address, his first before a Republican - led legislature, was studded this evening with references to science and technology amidst talk of middle class tax cuts, thawing U.S.

New Mexico Senator Peter Wirth said on Friday that a Los Alamos scientist who appeared on Wednesday before the state legislature's Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee revealed that the drum that leaked radiation was improperly packaged at Los Alamos with chemically reactive contents that included a lead - lined glove.

In response to lawsuits that identified large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school - finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many state legislatures implemented reforms that led to major changes in school funding.

It led to the state legislature's passage four years later of the Teacher Pay Equalization Act, which mandated that black teachers in the state were entitled to the same pay as white teachers.

The first - term Democrat took aim in his Jan. 12 speech at proposals backed by some in the Republican - led legislature, including a proposed freeze on property taxes and a «taxpayers» bill of rights» modeled on a provision in Colorado's state constitution.

They were helped by a lobbying blitzkrieg led by Joe Williams and former Bloomberg campaign manager Bradley Tusk, who put together, with ample funds from Wall Street, Education Reform Now (ERN), a group with a single purpose: to bring the state legislature into the RttT reform fold.

A battle under way in the Maine legislature could undermine the hard - won victory last year — led by Democratic Gov. John E. Baldacci — to consolidate the state's hundreds of school districts and local school boards.

Florida's first Republican - led legislature in more than a century finished its work this month after addressing much of what ails education, but largely bypassing the state's most pressing school problem — crowded classrooms.

State - led interventions may have to be postponed in a recession because of the need to cut funding, but the legislature is more willing to cut the rewards than the funds for state interventState - led interventions may have to be postponed in a recession because of the need to cut funding, but the legislature is more willing to cut the rewards than the funds for state interventstate interventions.

However, as state legislatures and the Trump administration look to grow school choice, we must commit to ensuring that increases in choice do not lead to decreases in access to quality schools for, or greater segregation of, students with disabilities.

NGA now joins the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and other lead campaign partners that represent state education leaders — the Education Commission of the States (ECS), the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NState School Officers (CCSSO) and other lead campaign partners that represent state education leaders — the Education Commission of the States (ECS), the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), and the National Conference of State Legislatures (Nstate education leaders — the Education Commission of the States (ECS), the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NState Boards of Education (NASBE), and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NState Legislatures (NCSL).

However, difficulty keeping up with increasing costs led SLPS to request that the state legislature cap their contribution rate at 16 percent, and they did.