As the budget clock ticks down, a host of progressive / left - leaning organizations and the labor - backed Working Families Party is making what amounts to a Hail Mary attempt to stop the Legislature from passing the education
portion of the budget deal.
Not exact matches
For the second straight day, AG Andrew Cuomo took the state Legislature to task, saying they should return to the negotiating table with Gov. David Paterson now that he has vetoed key
portions of their two - way
budget deal, effectively nullifying all the spending they sought to restore.
Another day, another battle brewing at the Capitol — this time over the revenue
portion of the two - way
budget deal struck by the Legislature, part
of which Gov. David Paterson began vetoing last night.
Rauner has said he must win
portions of his agenda before agreeing to a
budget deal, which also includes a property tax freeze and term limits.
As part
of a compromise reached in the recent
budget deal, new homeowners in New York will receive a rebate check for a
portion of their school - property taxes instead
of receiving it as an upfront savings in their tax bill.
With Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson struggling to keep all 32 members
of his conference in the «yes» column on the two - way
budget deal, some change have been made to the education
portion of the agreement that would address suburban lawmakers» concerns about property tax relief.
«While the state Senate held a special session in Albany [Sunday] to
deal with a
portion of the
budget, where was Sen. Frank Padavan?
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has stepped in with an opinion clarifying a
portion of next year's state
budget dealing with charter - school funding.
Ohio state Rep. Ronald V. Gerberry, sponsor
of Nitro's Law, H.B. 90, in the House
of Representatives, reported that a
deal was reached with the Senate to pass major
portions of the bill; those provisions were then made part
of the
budget bill, H.B. 59, which was signed into law on June 30, 2013.
In an era
of steep cuts to enforcement agency
budgets and an emphasis upon performance targets, a prosecutor may be unduly tempted to regard resort to a DPA as an attractive means to resolve a case because it offers a relatively easy cash
deal (maybe with a
portion of it going to the agency) and it helps to create an illusion
of rigorous enforcement as the company concerned is willing to make admissions as a precursor to a DPA.