Sentences with phrase «over the state budget»

He cited behind - the - scenes negotiations over the state budget.

They maintained that his arrest will not be a distraction for the important work they must do and the upcoming debate over the state budget.

Republican legislative leaders trying to break an 18 - day impasse over the state budget are focusing on cutting borrowing for road projects by $ 800 million, while negotiations are still going on over how to spread those reductions across the state, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday.

ALBANY — Lawmakers have agreed to give Gov. Andrew Cuomo more power over the state budget process, a final concession that has paved the way for a deal on the state's $ 153.1 billion spending plan.

One of the chief arguments over the state budget will be whether to renew an income tax surcharge on New York's wealthiest.

With battles over the state budget about to begin in earnest, Tuesday's event was a pre-emptive move to blunt attacks from other unions Cuomo has antagonized.

Mr. Paterson, in what appears to be an effort to shake up a nearly month - long stalemate over the state budget, also called for the Legislature to make an up or down vote on his budget proposal on Wednesday and failing that, come to work every weekday until an agreement can be reached.

Text messages exchanged between Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos show private tensions as they bicker over the state budget.

It's the answer of someone who's willing to inflict more pain on transit riders in order to paper over state budget dysfunction.

But a spokesman for the governor's budget office, Morris Peters, pointed out that Cuomo has presided over state budgets in recent years that have seen record increases in spending on schools.

As the negotiations over the state budget appear to be winding down, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's counsel's office met privately on Friday afternoon with several good - government advocates to discuss new outside income disclosure requirements under consideration.

Cuomo shrugged off the poll's findings, attributing them to tension over state budget negotiations.

With reports trickling out of Albany that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reached a tentative deal with lawmakers over the state budget and education reforms, local educators are calling for an independent commission to help develop policy moving forward.

WASHINGTON — Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday that he still wants to raise taxes on millionaires to pay for a multitude of state programs, potentially setting up a showdown with Senate President Steve Sweeney over the state budget.

A version of the amendment was approved by the Republican - controlled Senate in March as part of a broader agreement over the state budget.

Basil Smikle Jr., executive director of state Democratic Party, sent a letter rebuking complaints by Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb over the state budget's approval, noting former Republican Gov. George Pataki used so - called «messages of necessity» much more often than Cuomo.

ALBANY — Democrats in the State Assembly are considering a rules change that would allow majority leader Joe Morelle to continue to act as speaker as negotiations over the state budget intensify in the next few months, according to several members.

Malliotakis, who is still in Albany while the Legislature wrangles over the state budget, said she plans to appeal Minardo's ruling, which she said «was made on procedure and not on the merit of the case.»

ALBANY - A nasty war of words broke out between Gov. Paterson and the Legislature Sunday over a state budget that is threatening to break a record for lateness.

Talks Over The State Budget Are Heating Up, With Decisions On College Tuition Assistance And Uber's upstate expansion looming.

That change perhaps allowed Pataki to score a victory in a struggle for power with the legislature over the state budget, when the governor won in case known as Pataki v Silver.

Cuomo's allies «anticipate» these special elections will take place in April — after negotiations over the state budget conclude.

Governor Cuomo and lawmakers are deliberating behind the scenes on their remaining disagreements over the state budget, as unions and others expressed doubts about a recently approved pension reform plan.

In 2003, Governor Gray Davis of California was recalled over the state budget.

Negotiations over the state budget seemed as mild as this yearâ $ ™ s winter with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature approving a $ 132.6 billion, on - time package that addressed a major issue in Queens.

Well on his way to wresting rightful control over the state budget from a shameful Legislature, Gov. Paterson must exercise his newly asserted powers to full and best advantage.

Pennsylvania's Democratic governor is fighting over the state budget with the Republican - controlled legislature.

They and other lobbyists questioned how it would work, particularly with closed - door negotiating sessions over the State Budget.

The in - fighting in Albany over the state budget means school districts have no clue how much they will get in aid.

Rovero was a key swing voter in the months - long drama over the state budget last year that finally ended with the budget being signed on Halloween.

The bill provided a brief moment of cooperation on a night when the General Assembly was riven by divisions over the state budget.

In the protracted jockeying over the state budget — which wrapped up Tuesday, 125 days after the April 1 deadline — the Senate's instability dominated the process, and seemed to benefit a sit - and - wait Assembly and a lame - duck governor.

With debate over the state budget continuing, Wisconsin legislators are hearing from public school administrators around the state who are concerned about significant proposed cuts to K - 12 education spending.

Governor Pat McCrory says that he and Republican leaders are making headway on resolving differences over the state budget.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Republican legislative leaders trying to break an 18 - day impasse over the state budget are focusing on cutting borrowing for road projects by $ 800 million, while negotiations are still going on over how to spread those reductions across the state, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday.

Cuomo is hinging his ethics plan on the Silver v. Pataki court ruling, which gave the governor broader power over the state budget.

The affects of the casino money cutoff came up late last month during a floor debate over the state budget.

One of the chief arguments over the state budget will be whether to renew an income tax surcharge on New York's wealthiest, known as the millionaires» tax.

Mulgrew and other speakers denounced the mounting disparity in income between rich and poor in the nation that has angered many middle - class voters as the battles over state budgets and the attack on union benefits have unfolded across the country.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Text messages exchanged between Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos show private tensions as they bicker over the state budget.

The indictment against Ortt was brought in late March, at a time when the Senate, Assembly and Cuomo were in active negotiations over a state budget.

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

Unfortunately, last month the legislation fell by the wayside during the debate over the state budget.

According to the Albany Times Union, the basics of the arrangement were laid out Tuesday afternoon in a joint news release from the two conferences: Klein and Skelos will «administer joint and equal authority» over the flow of legislation, as well as negotiations over the state budget, appointments to state and local boards, and leadership and committee assignments for their respective conferences.

According to poll results published this week by the Bush Foundation, 83 percent of Minnesotans said «the voice of average citizens has been lost» in the debate over the state budget.

Debate over the state budget has been the legislature's main focus.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature are considering a commission to design a new teacher evaluation plan, in order to break an impasse over the state budget.

The New York Times reported that restoring the funding is a «top priority» of the Assembly's Democratic majority in negotiations over the state budget, scheduled for adoption by April 1.

One of the chief arguments over the state budget will be whether to renew an income tax surcharge on New York's wealthiest, known as the millionaire's tax.