Sentences with phrase «legislature last»

The Ohio legislature last summer unanimously enacted, and Gov. John Kasich signed, a law prohibiting «knowingly posting text or audio statements or images on a website «for the purpose of abusing... or harassing another person.»»

At the Religion Clause blog, Howard Friedman has linked out to an article on the Adventist News Network site, singing the praises of religious liberty legislation passed by Peru's legislature last week.

So when the Massachusetts legislature last year increased the state tax to 28 cents a gallon, they indexed future tax rates to inflation, avoiding the need to revisit the issue again and again.

One puppy mill operator testified in the legislature last year that commercial dog breeders bring in $ 9 million per year to Holmes County alone.

Dr. Yvonne Bellay, the state's highest - ranking veterinarian, told the legislature last year that «Wisconsin is one of the few states without any laws regulating large - scale dog - breeding operations that sell directly to consumers.»

This will be an even bigger problem especially starting next February,» Chiang predicted to ANIMALS 24 - 7, «when all of the shelters in Taiwan are to become no - kill shelters due to the new zero - euthanasia policy that passed the legislature last year.

Previously the online virtual charter schools, which are taking part in a pilot program authorized by the legislature last year and set to begin this fall, would have had to record daily student attendance using the state's online reporting software — like traditional brick and mortar public schools — to comply with compulsory attendance laws.

Gov. Pat McCrory has signed into law the state's $ 21.1 billion budget bill that was approved by the legislature last week.

After passing the Florida legislature last week, Governor Rick Scott decided to sign the gun safety legislation into law.

The deal, which passed the state legislature last month, lets teams of educators picked by Haslam review the teaching standards and recommend changes.

In a speech to New York's state legislature last November, Mayor Bloomberg praised «data - driven systems» while arguing that student test scores should be linked to teacher tenure decisions.

(Mich.) In order to improve literacy rates statewide, students will be held back if they are not at or near reading proficiency by the end of third grade under a bill passed by the Michigan legislature last week.

Indeed, this week, Mildwurf blasted Senate Bill 658 as «convoluted» and «misleading at best,» also pointing out its provisions mirror those of a similar proposal that stalled in the legislature last year.

However, those reforms stalled in the legislature last summer and still have not become law.

Ten million dollars for the top performing 25 percent of North Carolina's teachers — a plan put into law by the state legislature last summer.

PESAs, which were enacted by the legislature last year and become available beginning this fall, will allow families with eligible children with disabilities to use up to $ 9,000 in public funds loaded onto debit cards for tuition at private and home schools and other eligible education expenses.

But as reported in yesterday's CT Mirror, «The state's top attorneys Monday asked a Superior Court judge to dismiss the [CCJEF v. Rell] case and give the education reforms passed by the legislature last year «at least three years» to be implemented.»

After months of rancorous debate between fundamentalist Christians and Mr. Clinton's allies, the legislature last month approved the Governor's health - department budget — including 10 new school - based health clinics that will be allowed to distribute contraceptives.

Responding to public dismay over a surge of youth - related crime in the state, the Colorado legislature last week convened a special session on the problem of juvenile crime and violence.

The measure, which moved through the legislature last month with breathtaking speed, creates a $ 5.6 billion vacuum in school funding without providing any clear idea how the money will be restored.

More than $ 13 million in teacher training funds were earmarked by the California legislature last year to help implement the initiative, which calls for a balanced approach to...

The California legislature last week approved a quarter - cent increase in the state sales tax to generate relief funds for the Bay Area earthquake.

The Illinois legislature last week considered but decided not to approve a property - tax relief measure that educators charged would have eliminated a substantial portion of the new funding that school districts are set to receive under an income - tax increase passed this year.

Educators and politicians in Alabama are preparing for a heated debate over a career - ladder proposal introduced in the legislature last week.

At the urging of Gov. Mike Sullivan, the Wyoming legislature last year created an Education Trust Fund.

The state legislature last summer appropriated nearly $ 1 billion for new teachers, supplies, and classroom space to bring down...

Under the rules of the program as approved by the legislature last year, the families of handicapped students would have been obligated — like other participating families — to pay any transportation costs for their children to attend school in a district other than the one in which they lived.

Meanwhile, the state legislature last week passed a measure prohibiting school personnel from...

The Republican - majority New Jersey legislature last week voted to override Gov. James J. Florio's veto of a bill rolling back the state sales tax from 7 cents to 6 cents.

A proposal to create a new teacher training system for the state died in the Kentucky legislature last month as lawmakers cleared the decks to deal with thorny budget and health - care \ reform issues.

In a pointed attack on the Michigan Education Association, the Michigan legislature last week cleared a bill that would set fines and penalties for local teachers who strike over contract disputes and limit the teachers» union's collective - bargaining clout.

Proclaiming 2006 «the year of the child,» New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson called on the state legislature last week to improve and expand preschool programs, pass policies that help prepare students for college, and address the health of the state's children.

Mangano said he expected the $ 229 million Nassau Coliseum revitalization plan recently approved by the county legislature last month to pass «rapidly» through the Hempstead Town approval process.

File photo of Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney during her 2012 budget proposal to the county legislature last year.

He said, «I support legislation approved by governor and legislature last year — people who wish to marry should be able to.

Astorino was at the capitol to speak at a protest against a gun control law approved by Cuomo and the legislature last year.

Woodstock county legislator Jonathan Heppner led the (failed) ACA charge in the legislature last month, but apparently had better things to do than attend a rally with more than 700 potential future constituents.

After passing the Florida legislature last week, Governor Rick Scott decided to sign the gun safety legislation into law.

Cuomo says it would finance middle class tax cuts approved by the governor and legislature last year, and to help pay for a billion dollar increase in school aid.

Auerbach, declared Ronk, «is just playing politics,» first in attempting to influence the legislature last year (which ultimately restored half of Hein's reduction) and lately because of the lawsuit.

Landi hasn't said exactly that, and neither did Rochester Town Supervisor Carl Chipman in suggesting to the legislature last week that considering all sites was the «responsible thing to do,» and that he was willing to volunteer his town as part of the study.

Under a formula approved by the legislature last week, the county will receive about $ 155,000 from the $ 433,734 net sale of the Ulster County Community College president's official home in Stone Ridge.

Depending on who's talking, the state legislature last month either concluded one of its best sessions or one of its worst.

Local government leaders have been warning that the 2 % property tax cap imposed by Governor Cuomo and the legislature last year will severely squeeze their finances, and that key programs and workers will have to be cut.

Residents and officials from the towns of Beekmantown and Chazy again called on the legislature last week to hold a special election rather than appointing someone to represent Area 3.

County Executive Edward Mangano submitted the contract to the legislature last week, after removing a lucrative incentive for the firm.

Mr. de Blasio, a liberal Democrat, dedicated substantial resources to the State Senate Democrats» failed effort to capture the upper house of the legislature last year — which became fodder for Republican attack ads.

Some of the pricetag for the county's recently approved trend - setting four - year contract with its CSEA union workers landed in the legislature last week, and it's a whopper.

(WBEN) Early voting could be coming to New York State under any number of plans that moved forward in the state legislature last week.

Of course, this will be made somewhat easier by the governor's agreement with the legislature last month to extend $ 2.6 billion in higher income - tax rates on million - dollar earners, offset in part by small rate cuts for middle - class filers.