Sentences with phrase «nonpartisan state»

a nonpartisan state report this year [13] from the Public School Forum of N.C. noted an increasingly widening gap in school spending between rich and poor counties.

The poll asked voters if they would be more likely to support the plan if the casino sites were picked by a nonpartisan state Gaming Commission and 30 % said they would be more likely to do so.

Nebraska uses a Top Two system but without party labels on the ballot at all for the election of its nonpartisan state legislature.

This included 55 incumbent Democratic state senators, 66 incumbent Republican state senators and 1 nonpartisan state senator.

In Nebraska's nonpartisan state legislature employs a top - two primary system in which the top two vote - getters in the primary face off in the general election.

Not exact matches

In fact, millions of people stand to see higher tax bills because of the elimination or curtailment of deductions such as one for state and local taxes, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, the nonpartisan official scorekeeper for Congress.

A new tool from the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., lets people dig into student loan information on a state — and even county — level.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on reducing poverty, 20 million children in the United States (nearly 1 in 4) will have received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — better known as food stamps — in 2016.

Supporters in the five states set to vote on recreational marijuana had a war chest of $ 30 million as of Oct. 20, compared to just $ 6.6 million for their rivals, according to campaign finance data collected by the nonpartisan site Ballotpedia.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office forecast enrollment of 11 million in 2018, a figure that includes HealthCare.gov as well as sign - ups in the 11 states and Washington D.C. that run their own websites and have later deadlines.

In the US, for instance, a proposal to force California's two nuclear power plants — which generate 16 percent of the state's electricity — to shut down immediately when the Nuclear Waste Act of 2012 becomes law, would cause rolling blackouts, spikes in electricity rates and billions of dollars in economic losses each year, according to the state's nonpartisan analyst, the Legislative Analyst's Office, in November.

Joint Committee on Taxation: A nonpartisan committee of the United States Congress charged with assisting Members of Congress on tax legislation and related issues.

State and local candidates already have access to CRMs like Salsa (on the Left) and NationBuilder (nonpartisan), and now we have this new development.

Now that he has secured a pledge in support of independent, nonpartisan redistricting from all four gubernatorial hopefuls, former Mayor Ed Koch is looking for the same from New York's congressional delegation, who, along with members of the state Legislature, would be directly impacted by that reform.

A clear majority of voters (59 - 21) say all candidates for state office should sign a pledge in support of a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission — a victory for both former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, whose PAC, New York Uprising, is pushing candidates to do just that; and also for AG Andrew Cuomo, who is calling for citizens and candidates alike to sign his reform pledge.

The Green Party in the United States has won elected office mostly at the local level; most winners of public office in the United States who are considered Greens have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (that is, elections in which the candidates» party affiliations were not printed on the ballot).

Although technically nonpartisan, the Nebraska State Senate was controlled by a Republican majority.

Republicans effectively control 59 of the 98 state legislative chambers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures; Nebraska has a unicameral, nonpartisan legislastate legislative chambers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures; Nebraska has a unicameral, nonpartisan legislaState Legislatures; Nebraska has a unicameral, nonpartisan legislature.

In 3 states, the axe fell equally on both parties (Maine, Oklahoma, and Nevada) while Nebraska's senate is officially nonpartisan.

We need same - day registration, early voting, and nonpartisan elections to encourage voter participation in New York, which lags behind most states in America.

Of those 72, 49 were Nebraska State Senators, where all candidates must run as a nonpartisan.

There were two chambers tied (Alaska State Senate and Oregon House of Representatives and one chamber that is nonpartisan (Nebraska State Senate).

Nebraska's state senate is term - limited and officially nonpartisan.

A nonpartisan redistricting commission's remap of district lines mixed with an aging delegation and a rush of ambition is resulting in an unusually competitive election cycle in a state largely uncontested at the presidential or Senate levels.

Basically, it's a codification of AG Andrew Cuomo's reform platform, which includes restructuring of the campaign finance system, nonpartisan redistricting and an independent oversight body for the state Legislature.

, approved in eight states and D.C., may also improve turnout via «two transformative, yet simple, changes,» the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan public policy institution based at New York University Law School, has written.

A civic coalition seeking to improve how Albany governs is asking incumbents and candidates for state office this year to pledge publicly to back strict fiscal controls on state spending, stronger ethics and financial disclosure regulations, and a nonpartisan system for drawing legislative and Congressional districts.

[19] Since 1984, New York State has only passed a budget on time once, in 2005, leading Paterson to call for an «end to the dysfunction in Albany» in his speech, echoing a 56 - page study from the nonpartisan New York University School of Law's Brennan Center for Justice, which referred to the legislature as «the least deliberative and most dysfunctional in the nation.»

Michael Cathey was a 2017 nonpartisan special election candidate for District 10 of the Mississippi State Senate.

POSITION: State Government Reporter for GothamGazette.com, an online news publication published by Citizens Union Foundation (CUF), a nonpartisan, nonprofit good government organization.

All four major - party candidates running for governor have already pledged to support nonpartisan, independent redistricting — a fundamental change that state lawmakers, intent on self - preservation, have resisted for decades.

Green Party candidates in the United States have primarily won elected offices at the local level; most Green officeholders have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (races in which candidates were not identified on the ballot as affiliated with any political party).

Automatic voter registration, approved in eight states and D.C., may also improve turnout via «two transformative, yet simple, changes,» the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan public policy institution based at New York University Law School, has written.

«We probably need somebody who is most nonpartisan and just has the concerns of the victims» in mind, said state Sen. Jim Tedisco (R - Glenville) when asked about JCOPE's role.

Despite the increased tax revenue, the «consensus revenue» forecast prepared by Malloy's budget office and the legislature's nonpartisan fiscal office on Monday shows a growing state deficit that has reached $ 381.8 million for fiscal year 2018.

On a state primary day, and during a hotly contested presidential campaign, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday issued a somewhat nonpartisan message to New Yorkers: Vote — or don't complain about the results.

At his inauguration, Cuomo vowed to allow the people of New York to become more involved in government affairs while using nonpartisan measures to immediately address the state's gaping problems, including its $ 10 billion deficit.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who has called for a nonpartisan commission to draw congressional and state legislative districts, called the ruling «a tremendous step forward in the fight for free and fair elections.»

Less than two hours after the results were announced, Senate Democratic conference Leader John Sampson and State Sen. Martin Malavé Dilan released a statement lashing out at Senate Republicans and accusing incoming Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos of breaking a pledge to pursue nonpartisan redistricting.

Last year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that enacting medical malpractice reform would, on average, reduce malpractice insurance costs by 10 percent nationwide, and probably more in New York, resulting in a more than $ 300 million of overall reduction in health care spending in our state budget.

Its failure means that the nonpartisan redistricting commision for the state will not redistrict congressional districts, but only state legislative districts.

Mayor Bloomberg just dropped a report that demonstrates elections in states with nonpartisan redistricting are considerably more competitive across the board than in places like New York where the process is political and directly controlled by elected officials.

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch was in a very good mood this morning following the release of a Q poll that found 59 percent of New Yorkers want candidates for state office to sign a pledge to support a nonpartisan independent redistricting entity.

U.S. Senate Republican leaders seem increasingly focused on reviving their effort to undo the Affordable Care Act before the end of the month, asking Congress's nonpartisan budget analysts to fast - track consideration of a plan that would devolve federal health - care spending to the states.

«Unfortunately, the process for filling a state legislative seat in this case is not what it should be: a nonpartisan special election...,» wrote Squadron.

The nonpartisan, professional staffs that analyze the state budget proposals had not had enough time to complete their fiscal analysis, which will be available in the coming days.

The 2017 inauguration celebration hosted by the nonpartisan New York State Society at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington is part of a tradition every four years for groups to celebrate the best of their home sState Society at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington is part of a tradition every four years for groups to celebrate the best of their home statestate.

Nebraska's state Senate is term - limited and officially nonpartisan.

«We hope the state acts swiftly and appoints nonpartisan members.»

The nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission also opposes the proposal, saying: «New York State is approaching its statutory debt cap,» and «Successful technology programs require significant investment in implementation and the integration of technology in pedagogical practice, not merely the purchase of new hardware like laptops and iPads.»