Sentences with phrase «lobby local and state officials»

Addressing the large audience of New England - area teachers and parent - activists attending the meeting at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the speakers nevertheless urged advocates of education programs for the gifted to lobby local and state officials for the expansion of gifted - education programs.

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They're challenging a 2011 state statute, backed by the gun lobby, that outlines penalties for elected officials who try to enact local gun laws, including a $ 5,000 fine and the prospect of being removed from office.

She currently is serving as chairperson of East Texas Area Breastfeeding Coalition, and has actively lobbied her local and state elected officials in support of breastfeeding legislation.

Those lobbying state and local government spent a record $ 226 million in 2014 trying to influence public officials, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the state's ethics and lobbying regulations.

But the governor's absence in Indian Lake robbed the event of one of its intended purposes, which is for local lawmakers to mingle, network and lobby for Adirondack issues with officials from across the state — including its chief executive.

The incentives were granted by local and state officials anxious to land a trophy project and in the face of aggressive lobbying by Yahoo.

Uber had spent more than $ 1 million between July and December 2016, lobbying both state and local officials, according to the New York State Joint Commission on Public Etstate and local officials, according to the New York State Joint Commission on Public EtState Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

The Florida Constitution Revision Commission advanced a sweeping ethics package, which includes a proposed six - year lobbying ban for former state lawmakers, agency heads and local government officials.

Mr. Feerick, who is dean of the Fordham Law School, also lobbied for an ethics law for local government officials primarily aimed at conflicts of interest in land development and governmental purchases and a separate state agency to enforce the disclosure provisions of state election law.

Local elected officials and residents have continued to lobby the state in hopes of finding a way to prevent the shutdown.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

State legislators addressed members at the convention center just before the educators fanned out to lobby their local elected officials to call for an increase in school funding, more Teacher Centers, an end to the charter equity gap and further expansion of the Community Learning Schools initiative.

The ethics agreement will also expand disclosure requirements by political consultants who do work for elected officials as well as for clients with business before the state or local governments, and increase the number of donors to groups that perform lobbying who will be required to disclose their identities.

We provide our scholars with opportunities each year to travel to their local city halls, state capitols, and Washington, D.C., to lobby our elected officials on issues ranging from charter school funding to the DREAM Act.

Moreover, mobilizing audiences quickly and effectively requires a combination of tried - and - true traditional communications tactics — in - person lobbying and testifying before the state legislature, writing state and local officials, community events, media outreach, op - eds, letters to the editor, handouts, etc. — with other strategies such as:

He could also campaign for Amendment 8, which would allow an alternative process for approving public schools, including charter schools, rather than by local school boards, and Amendment 12, which would impose a six - year lobbying ban on former state elected officials, state agencies heads and local elected officials.

The anti-fossil fuel «Keep It In the Ground» campaign is lobbying federal, state, and local government officials to sue American energy companies — and anyone else who disagrees with its radical agenda.

She / he will also support the Association's lobbying and advocacy activities with federal, state and local officials, and communicate the restaurant industry's position on healthcare policy issues to all stakeholders (member companies, Board of Directors, elected officials, etc).