Sentences with phrase «legislative lobbying day»

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Yesterday, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) concluded its three - day Legislative Action Conference, for which over 900 school food professionals travelled to Washington, D.C. to lobby for the goals set out in the organization's 2017 position paper.

At 11:15 a.m., the American Cancer Society holds a pep rally ahead of its lobby day, Legislative Office Building, The Well, Albany.

Sometime after midnight on the last day of the legislative session — with zero public hearings, public review or consultation — Governor Cuomo rammed through a bill that includes very vague and very broad new reporting requirements for charitable groups which engage in lobbying or coordination with related charitable groups.

A coalition of business interests, many of which are members or partners of the pro-Cuomo Committee to Save New York, are lobbying legislative leaders to reject a key element of the cost - cutting and reform plan put forward by the Medicaid Redesign Team and embraced by the governor in his 30 - day amendments.

Lobbying records released in the months since the press conference, however, show that on Oct. 15 — 12 days before the press conference — Miranda was retained to lobby state officials on Pershing Square's legislative agenda.

At 8:30 a.m., educators representing 11 state - supported schools serving deaf, blind and severely physically disabled students will kick off their lobby day, where they'll ask lawmakers to treat the students equally and increase state funding by 4.8 percent — the same percentage increase Cuomo has recommended for public school districts in his proposed 2015 - 16 executive budget, 3rd Floor Terrace, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

After being told by her Assembly leadership she could not screen the Academy Award - winning film «Spotlight» in a legislative hearing room during a May 4 lobby day on child sex abuse issues, Assemblywoman Margaret Markey has found a new location within the Capitol complex.

While the two halves of the charter sector are holding different lobby days, they will be advocating for overlapping legislative priorities.

Behind this stalemate in these last seven days of the 2016 legislative session is a titanic battle of two of Albany's biggest lobbying forces: doctors and lawyers.

The mayor said he would continue to lobby the often hostile Republican majority, reportedly now under the leadership of Long Island Republican State Senator John Flanagan, for funds for the city in the waning days of the legislative session.

The law, which was passed by the Legislature late in the night in June on the final day of the legislative session, would require 501 (3) charities to disclose all their donors of more than $ 2,500 over six months if they contribute more than $ 2,500 to substantial lobbying campaigns run out of issue - oriented 501 (4) nonprofits.

Over the first 120 days of the 2012 Legislative Session, corporate lobby groups spent over $ 2.2 million (and counting) in their effort to pass Governor Malloy's «education reform» bill.

Turned out over 200 people for the legislative workshop and 1,000 people at the three lobby days.

• Legal Aid Lobby Day brought 100 + people (representing 30 + legislative districts) to Olympia for a day of grassroots lobbyiDay brought 100 + people (representing 30 + legislative districts) to Olympia for a day of grassroots lobbyiday of grassroots lobbying.

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More than 150 Planned Parenthood supporters have traveled to Jefferson City for lobby days, and 17 citizens, including physicians and patients, have testified at legislative hearings.

GRAR has a strong advocacy group, an annual lobby day trip and a local legislative liaison program.