Sentences with phrase «lobbying state»

She spearheaded the creation of a grassroots liaison system in which 8,000 members played an active role in lobbying state legislators on real estate — related matters, explains Tom Farley, CEO of the Arizona association.

Helm and Boggs have also worked tirelessly to support legal aid, from generating resources for the Campaign for Equal Justice, to successfully lobbying the state legislature when funding for legal aid was at risk.

PG&E, however, is aggressively lobbying the state Water Resources Board to exempt Diablo Canyon in an attempt to avoid expensive cooling towers.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been lobbying the state government to end seniority rules as his schools budget projects the layoffs for 4,100 teachers.

The union leadership sees this and gets all jizzy, thinking about how to steer some of that dough to their own pockets: «The four corporations that dominate the U.S. standardized testing market spend millions of dollars lobbying state and federal officials — as well as sometimes hiring them — to persuade them to favor policies that include mandated student assessments, helping to fuel a nearly $ 2 billion annual testing business, a new analysis shows.

The District is lobbying the state to increase its funding by 10 percent, meaning state taxpayers would sacrifice

Why are you resorting to lawsuits instead of lobbying state and local governments to change their educational policies?

These volunteers put in countless hours lobbying state legislators, hosting regular member meetings, and coordinating events to showcase charter schools.

School facilities representatives are lobbying the state treasurer and the Brown administration to include $ 1.6 billion in school construction bonds at a sale planned for sometime this fall.

readers now know that despite the plethora of Connecticut laws requiring honest and public disclosure when it comes to lobbying state officials, Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst organization failed to file any of the appropriate Connecticut forms or reports despite spending over $ 352,000 lobbying in Connecticut during February and March of this year.

K12 also spends taxpayer money lobbying state and federal officials.

First, when lobbying state legislatures for improvements in gifted education, request a simple, common - sense, global provision prohibiting discrimination against gifted children on the basis of their chronological age.

Mark's work has included lobbying the State government, writing letters and op - eds in the local paper, and, while City PTA president, blogging about charter schools and other education issues on the Albany PTA Blog at the Times Union website.

She also said union members should be more active in lobbying the state Legislature for such changes as keeping teacher performance ratings confidential — an L.A. Superior Court judge ruled last week that those ratings should be released to The Times.

Much of the public money also goes toward lobbying state officials, an activity that Ronald J. Packard, chief executive of K12, has called a «core competency» of the company.

They also had been lobbying the state legislature and U.S. Senator Harry Reid, a longtime friend, for government money to fund an institution at the University of Nevada in Reno dedicated to the study of CFS.

ALBANY — Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins is lobbying state legislators today in support of the New York Off Fossil Fuels Act (NY OFF, A. 5105 / S.5908 A).

The vote comes a month after some board members questioned whether the position, which involves lobbying state and county lawmakers for funding, should be filled as the school grapples with funding shortfalls and the search for a full - time president.

Ride - hailing services such as Uber and Lyft have been aggressively lobbying the state legislature to legalize the services in upstate New York.

Mr. de Blasio, who is focused on increasing and retaining affordable housing, is lobbying the State Legislature to strengthen rental protections to curb the number of stabilized units taken out of regulation each year.

Sources wihin the charter movement told Capital they were disappointed that Fariña did not address the policies, and that they have decided city advocacy efforts will be less effective than lobbying state officials.

The Highway Superintendents Association, he explained, has been lobbying the state government to make more money available through its older infrastructure program, the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program, or CHIPS.

The year before, Quinn had invoked her personal story in lobbying state lawmakers to legalize gay marriage, a cause Cuomo championed.

Friendship aside, he has an incentive to maintain strong ties to the Cuomo administration, though he is barred temporarily by law from lobbying any state agencies or lawmakers.

The gaming industry has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars this year lobbying the state's executive and legislative branches, and if recent news is any indication, the investment is paying off.

The Committee to Save New York, a monied collection of groups formed to back Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fiscal agenda, spent $ 2.3 million lobbying state government in May and June, its filing with the Commission on Public Integrity shows.

There were 6,119 individual lobbyists and a record $ 243.1 million dollars was spent on lobbying state and local governments, according to the report.

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 Ethics.

In recent years, PRI has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying state officials on legislation related to medical malpractice.

Miner and other groups are lobbying state elected officials to sign on to the measure.

«This will certainly not be a full - out repair,» said Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, who has been lobbying the state Department of Transportation to address issues on the 90 - year - old Wurts Street bridge for several years.

Meara was lobbying the state on behalf of Glenwood, and said he was «surprised and concerned» by Silver's revelation that he was «representing» the real - estate company.

The company attributed its financial problems to a statewide hold on medical malpractice premiums enacted by Governor Eliot Spitzer, and at the time, P.R.I. was lobbying the state for changes in the way insurers do their accounting.

The company has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying state officials on issues related to medical malpractice, according to the state's lobbying database.

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced Seminerio to six years in prison Feb. 4 for abusing his power as a lawmaker and extorting money out of hospitals, nonprofits and other groups in exchange for lobbying state officials on their behalf.

My goal as County Legislator is to make a difference in the long - term financial sustainability of our community, by bringing an independent voice to our County Legislature to stop reckless spending while lobbying our State for needed reduction in healthcare cost, pension reform and mandate relief».

My main focus will be lobbying the state so we can keep our taxes low, but make sure we can provide our essential services.

ALBANY — The federal indictment handed up Thursday against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, alleges Adam Skelos earned $ 100,000 in payments and health benefits from a no - show job at a medical malpractice insurance firm that was simultaneously lobbying the state.

Superintendents are lobbying state lawmakers for permission to establish local reserve funds that would cover future increases in pension costs.

Paladino slammed Cuomo's settlement with Albany lobbyist Pat Lynch, saying he thought her $ 500,000 fine and ban on lobbying the state comptroller's office amounted to little more than a «slap on the wrist.»

And it wasn't for a lack of trying on Uber and Lyft's part after they spent a combined $ 1 million lobbying state officials.

At the time, Mr. Dromm was part of a coalition of city lawmakers lobbying the state Legislature to legalize same - sex marriage.

A record $ 243 million was spent on lobbying state and local governments in 2015, an annual report from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found.

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.

The group spent nearly $ 8 million lobbying the state this year so far, and continues to do so with the governor's tax cap.

But Duffy added to reporters earlier today that lobbying the state on business issues is only fraction of the job he's due to assume in January.

The province is also considering adding more resources to its trade office in Washington and moving personnel to lobby any states eyeing protectionist rules.

During the campaign to implement these proposals, local organizations lobbied state legislators, in one case holding 11 press conferences on the same day.

Led by Adam Silver and the NBA, but followed with the fervor of a new convert by Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball, the leagues have done a 180 on this and are now actively lobbying states in an effort to help craft the sports gambling laws.

They lobbied state lawmakers to create legislation to reduce bullying in schools.