Sentences with phrase «legislatures meet as»
Adding to the rule's obstacles, experts at an Energy Bar Association conference this week noted, some state legislatures meet as infrequently as every other year and will be in a time crunch to sign off on proposals.
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It is Artie who is most eager for a visitor to meet Uncle Jim Rooney, who after World War I served as one of the youngest men ever elected to the Pennsylvania legislature, and who went on to give away all the money he ever made to people who said they needed it more than he did.
To see the actual casting of ballots, you would need to locate the live feeds of each state's legislature, and as they needed to have met by December 17.
«To that end, as the Attorney General and the legislature appear open to revising their policies, the Governor's office will convene a meeting with representatives from the legislature, the Attorney General and the Comptroller to come up with one uniform email retention and FOIL policy that applies to all State officials and agencies.»
De Blasio, meanwhile, stormed out of a town hall meeting in Lower Manhattan last night, just as the state legislature was about to adjourn for the summer without renewing mayoral control.
The New York state legislature is seemingly back to business as usual, with majority parties holding planning meetings, and the new session set to begin right after the holidays.
Convening extraordinary session of the legislature, or the Senate alone, as well as moving the location of the legislature's meeting under special circumstances (§ 16)
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.
In a statement, Christie — whose appointees were responsible for Bridgegate — urged «New Jersey's legislature to introduce and pass this bill as well so that we can finally meet the standard for reform laid out by Governor Cuomo and me last year.»
December sessions have been held several times in the past, as recently as 2011 when Cuomo and the legislature met to extend extra income taxes on the wealthy.
As a result, I plan to move to discharge the resolution from the committee at our next legislature meeting on April 14.
Cuomo's spokeswoman said the meeting was called «as the attorney general and the legislature appear open to revising their policies.»
For an amendment to be placed before the voters as a referendum, a state constitutional convention, a joint meeting of both houses of the legislature sitting as one body, in each of two successive two - year legislative sessions, must provide the required number of votes.
The state's toothless open - meetings laws, which exempt the state legislature, took another beating last week as Ulster election commissioners refused to allow video and recording equipment inside the room where the ballots were counted.
While state legislative sessions in most states are longer and more active in odd years, almost all state legislatures meet in even - numbered years as well.
Hizzoner stormed out of a town hall meeting in Lower Manhattan Wednesday night, just as the state legislature was about to adjourn for the summer without renewing mayoral control of New York City's school.
As for his own future plans, Hawkins said, «All I know is that in the coming months I will be meeting with our campaign supporters around the state to help local organizing and I will be speaking out on the issues before the legislature.
Today, as Tennessee proceeds with Gateway testing, the majority of districts across the state have reduced class sizes to meet mandates established by the legislature.
Perhaps the two most obvious reasons are: 1) public opinion drives political actions in state legislatures, such as repeal efforts and efforts to adopt new assessments outside the Common Core - aligned consortia, and 2) public opinion likely affects schools» implementation, as politically active groups involve themselves in school board meetings, contact teachers directly to express their concerns, and «educate» parents with information or misinformation.
With another billion in new basic education spending for teacher salaries included in the 2018 supplemental budget by the state legislature this session, lawmakers say they're meeting the State Supreme Court's mandate to fully fund K - 12 education as part of its 2012 McCleary decision.
Despite concerns expressed at Wednesday's meeting, the applications are likely to be approved, with a requirement set by the Republican - led legislature to open up two online charter schools as part of a four - year pilot program.
TXCC assisted TEA to meet HB 4 requirements and document implementation progress to the Texas legislature and monitoring agencies as well as to increase effective delivery of prekindergarten services to children in public and charter school PreK programs.
SAFEGUARD fills a gap for communities, which are responsible for meeting the requirements of environmental laws passed by the legislature, such as AB 32, California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, but may not know where to start or how to proceed.
It can not, as the legislature may, avoid meeting a measure because it desires so to do.
The legislature has the opportunity to undermine the Court's decision by not meeting this deadline and remaining inactive as the Court has ordered the suspension of all proceedings concerning a non-female-non-male entry until the legislature will have passed new legislation (without ordering consequences if the legislature misses the deadline).
Washington Association leadership was deeply involved in the effort, and members responded energetically to the association's calls to action; they also tackled the tax issue as a focal point of their annual Hill Day, when they meet with members of the legislature to discuss matters that affect the real estate industry.
At its initial meeting, the members of the commission shall elect a member who is not a member of the legislature to serve as chair and the commission shall adopt its rules of procedure.