Sentences with phrase «legislators advancing bills»

ALBANY — With legislators advancing bills and the state's attorney general jumping ahead, an aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo said late Thursday that he would convene a summit on government transparency, email retention and the Freedom of Information Law.

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Cuomo did advance some campaign finance restrictions in a bill released last week, but legislators and observers expect he'll spend his political capital in other areas.

Legislators, too, have advanced various bills.

Deputy County Executive Peter Scully said in 2018, legislators likely will be asked to consider a bill to require the use of innovative / advanced onsite wastewater treatment systems in new construction and in homes where conventional systems fail.

Other legislators are advancing a so - called «brunch bill» that would allow Sunday morning service starting at an earlier time.

It responded aggressively to legislators who advanced bills that would require the state to keep emails for at least seven years, like the federal government does, by wondering why the lawmakers exempted themselves from the state's Freedom of Information Law.

Governor Andrew Cuomo called for a summit after legislators began advancing bills to reverse the policy, and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced he was suspending an auto - deletion policy that was put in place when Cuomo held that office.

Neither bill has advanced, and it's still unclear if legislators will turn their griping into change.

Johnson sees the portrayal by Patrick and others of a dysfunctional public school system as a rhetorical ploy to advance narrow private interests, and he hopes that the Senate can keep the bill from coming to a vote where legislators can be pressured into a «for us or against us» position on school choice.

Voucher School Referendum Bill Four Democratic legislators are advancing a bill to give property taxpayers the final say on whether they want to be on the hook for tax dollars taken directly out of public schools to fund vouchBill Four Democratic legislators are advancing a bill to give property taxpayers the final say on whether they want to be on the hook for tax dollars taken directly out of public schools to fund vouchbill to give property taxpayers the final say on whether they want to be on the hook for tax dollars taken directly out of public schools to fund vouchers.

But legislators did send a positive signal when they rejected a bill advanced during the waning days of the legislative session that would have further expanded the voucher program by allowing up to 45 % of vouchers to be awarded to kindergartners and first graders.

Included are updates on bills passing through the Assembly or Senate, bills advancing through standing committees, new bills being introduced, bill drafts being sent out to other legislators for support, and even administrative rules from state agencies.

Legislators are also expected to vote today on other bills supported by Gov. Phil Bryant, including a teacher merit pay pilot program and a literacy bill would hold most third - graders back from advancing to the next grade if they are not on reading level.

Legislators approved a bill seeking to advance the permanent storage of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

within days of the election, Ohio legislators tried to advance bills to practically ban abortion and to prevent women from going to Planned Parenthood health centers for basic health care.