Sentences with phrase «of the state legislature»

A campaign spokesman said that the incumbent had clearly won a third term in the upper house of the state legislature.

The members of the state legislature who I met with welcomed a new idea for creating a teacher tenure system.

Of these, four are selected by the majority and minority leaders of each chamber of the state legislature from a list of 25 candidates nominated by the state commission on appellate court appointments.

This year's biennial session of the state legislature has been marked by multiple proposals aimed at making the state even less inclusive.

Both former leaders of the state legislature were convicted on multiple corruption charges in the past month in cases that focused on their misuse of outside income.

In either case, the new finance system must garner the approval of the state legislature and governor.

Set up a meeting with a local school board or the education committee of a state legislature to discuss this topic.

My first introduction came while working on mental health policy as an employee of the state legislature.

There's also the threat of the state legislature passing a moratorium on charter schools, as it has considered doing in the past.

That could be a problem though, as the three new council members - elect are technically still part of the state legislature through the end of the year.

The dynamics of the state legislature also worked against the proposal.

A bipartisan bill in both houses of the state legislature aims to change that.

No mention was made of the state legislature, which has been debating a number of school security measures in recent days.

The governor is proposing an eight - year term limit for members of the state legislature.

Instead, he appears content to leave more than one million people — many living in poorer, minority communities — without representatives in one of the two houses of the state legislature.

For this to take effect, it must first be passed by 2/3 vote in both chambers of the state legislature.

Arrange a meeting with a local school board or the education committee of a state legislature and share this information with them.

For example, state legislators packed a session on modifying public employee pensions at the recent meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Louisville, Ky..

In a June 2014 webinar on state digital learning legislation, a National Council of State Legislatures representative said that they were still tracking 108 bills related to data security and privacy in 35 states, with more than 20 bills enacted to date.

In response to widespread demands for better public education and for more choice among public schools, a number of state legislatures in the early 1990s permitted educators and local communities to develop charter schools.

Given a similar wave in November's mid-terms, with the GOP now controlling two - thirds of state legislatures and 31 governors» offices, 2015 appears just as promising to pro-life groups.

States will continue to see fiscal challenges in the coming years, a prospect that does not bode well for increasing their K - 12 budgets, analysts from the National Conference of State Legislatures said at a post-election meeting here.

The Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, created by an act of the state legislature in 1986 — then - assemblyman Maurice Hinchey was cosponsor — is one of those out - of - sight outfits we don't care much about as long as they empty the cans.

As the National Conference of State Legislatures reported last month, the big boom in state film and TV subsidies that occurred in the 1990s has definitely subsided:

Because so many of the state legislatures that drew district lines after the 2010 Census were controlled by Republicans, an end to gerrymandering now would be especially challenging to the GOP.

Its client roster features a majority of state legislatures, two national party committees and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, plus the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, which was upheld in a Supreme Court decision last month.

Shockingly, he wanted to replace the two - thirds of Congress and three - fourths of the state legislatures requirement for amendment with a simple majority!

At the same time, the embattled governor acknowledged his fate rests in the hands of the state legislature, which by many accounts is set to begin the impeachment process when it re-convenes in January, pending the outcome of a state ethics panel investigation into Sanford's travel expenses.

Environmentalists are also starting to focus on Proposition 26, a little - noticed California ballot measure that would reclassify environmental impact fees as taxes and require a two - thirds vote of the state legislature to impose them rather than a simple majority.

Susan Catania, former Illinois state representative, did the same thing: She carried her breast - feeding baby onto the floor of the state legislature.

The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.

The National Association of State Boards of Education, the Hunt Institute and the National Council of State Legislatures held a webinar titled, «Ensuring Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement under ESSA,» where state regulators could listen in to a panel discussion on best practices for engaging important stakeholders...

The initial measure was sponsored in the lower house of the state legislature by Assemblyman Vito Lopez, a longtime Bloomberg ally in many circumstances, but who diverges with City Hall on this piece of policy.

Back in January, Connecticut lawmakers, following the lead of an increasing number of state legislatures around the country, passed sweeping restrictions on phone solicitations.

Rethinking State Education Finance Toward Greater Productivity Marguerite Roza gave this presentation on November 10, 2011 to members of the National Conference of State Legislatures at «Reallocation of Scarce State Resources: A Seminar for Education Committee Chairs.»

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the leadership of the state legislature added insult to injury last night, neutering the transit lockbox bill even after they put hundreds of millions in dedicated transit revenue at risk.

A money shortage, caused by the failure of the state legislature to pass an income tax increase, has set off debate in Woodridge over the sale of 4.5 acres of school property.

«Actually no, because he's not a member of the state legislature who did not support the Women's Equality Act,» Mr. Cuomo said last week.

The NCSL goes on to make it clear that this award is not handed out based on policy, but rather awarded to lawmakers who have strengthened the «institution of state legislature.»

prohibit political fundraising by candidates for or members of the state legislature on State property; and

Jesse attempted to make a citizen's arrest of the state legislature because they were breaking Washington State law with regard to education spending.

How do election results and the partisan makeup of state legislatures affect policy?

The co-chairman of the state legislature's finance committee says he favors an open competition for possible casino expansion but Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun might gain more traction for their plans in East Windsor if they commit to the XL...

Both houses of the state legislature released their version of a state budget, and negotiating with

New York is one of 13 states that do not have any form of early voting, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures website.