Sentences with phrase «say state lawmakers»

Two - thirds of residents say state lawmakers shouldn't pass tax increases or implement new rules until they first weigh the impact such actions would have on jobs.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School families are on their way to St. Petersburg to push again for tougher gun restrictions after they say state lawmakers did not do enough with the gun reform law passed late last week.

Cuomo says state lawmakers fighting the subpoenas are acting like they are concealing something.

A judge struck down assisted suicide in California, saying state lawmakers improperly enacted the law allowing patients deemed terminally ill to kill themselves.

McCall says he understands concerns about tuition, but he says state lawmakers had been cutting SUNY's budget, by $ 1.4 billion dollars over the past four years.

«It's ridiculous,» said a source in the Senate Democratic leadership, who said state lawmakers have been griping about the limits.

The League says state lawmakers who were also against the constitutional convention now have to step up to the plate and enact real reforms to combat corruption and improve voting access, among other things.

Mike Kink, with the group Strong Economy for All, says state lawmakers should act to strengthen reproductive rights for women, including the right to choose to have an abortion, in light of threats to the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Empire Center's E.J. McMahon said state lawmakers «couldn't get their act together to do a lot of important things but this they got done.»

Cuomo said state lawmakers have managed to overcome their reluctance to pass such reforms in the past, and he's hoping they'll do it again before the legislative session winds down next week.

During a CapTon interview last night, Senate Education Committee Chairman John Flanagan said state lawmakers are willing to work with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on education reform, but warned the governor not to propose anything too «draconian» when it comes to overhauling the system.

Mr. de Blasio said state lawmakers should be full - time, a position Mr. Blake, an occasional de Blasio critic, doesn't agree with.

He said state lawmakers must look for ways to regionalize more services so towns and cities don't duplicate programs that could be shared by several communities for a savings.

The League says state lawmakers who were also again the constitutional convention, now have to step up to the plate and enact real reforms to combat corruption and improve voting access, among other things.

He said state lawmakers «should refuse to reward their intransigence» by denying additional funding to the charter sector until they change their ways.

But he said state lawmakers need to have a more thorough discussion about who deserves salary hikes given the state's shaky finances, instead of just «taking care of the people closest to us.»

One of the bill's opponents, Sen. Declan O'Scanlon (R - Monmouth), had said there is a good argument to give judges raises, but said state lawmakers need to have a more thorough discussion about who deserves pay hikes given the state's shaky finances, instead of just «taking care of the people closest to us.»

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton blasted Assemblyman Charles Barron on Friday, saying the state lawmaker practically committed a criminal act by threatening that «violence is inevitable» if stairwell - shoot cop Peter Liang...

Romano said state lawmakers should pass a bill preventing those convicted on public corruption charges from regaining office.

Mike Kink, with the group Strong Economy for All, says state lawmakers should act to strengthen reproductive rights for women, including the right to choose abortion, in the light of threats to the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in the U.S. Supreme court.

But a business group is urging the commission not to recommend public campaign financing, and says state lawmakers should not adopt it.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton blasted Assemblyman Charles Barron on Friday, saying the state lawmaker practically committed a criminal act by threatening that «violence is inevitable» if stairwell - shoot cop Peter Liang dodges jail.

But Arthur E. Ellis, the state's interim superintendent of public instruction, said state lawmakers will likely make up the shortfall by allocating more money.

LANSING — A comprehensive report that looks at what it actually costs to educate a student in Michigan says state lawmakers are seriously underfunding schools.

He says state lawmakers have passed policies that harm education.

Meanwhile, Lee, with the Durham school board, said state lawmakers have badly under - funded public schools in the last decade, shortchanging local districts on classroom supplies, teaching assistants and teacher pay.

Not exact matches

The lawmakers took issue with certain provisions they say would hurt their constituents in high - taxed states.

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Scott, a Republican, said he would work with state lawmakers in the coming weeks to draft legislation, adding that it would include some exceptions for members of the military and law - enforcement officers.

At a news conference following a series of meetings with senior U.S. trade officials and lawmakers in Washington, Guajardo said that Mexico was still trying to understand the U.S. proposals that would require 50 % of vehicles» value content be produced in the United States as part of updated North American Free Trade Agreement rules.

A spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan said the Wisconsin lawmaker is «fully confident the states will carry out this election with integrity.»

Republican lawmakers from high - tax states such as New York exited meetings this week with Kevin Brady, chairman of the tax - writing committee of the House of Representatives, saying there would be some sort of compromise on repealing the deduction for state and local tax payments.

But eliminating that deduction is already opposed by Republican lawmakers from high - tax states such as New York and California, who say it helps their state governments pay for social programs, including public education.

The reports have prompted calls from lawmakers in Britain and the United States for renewed scrutiny of Facebook, and at least two American state prosecutors have said they are looking into the misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.

A cornerstone of LaPierre's speech centered around the fact that the NRA says they've worked to try and fix the country's background check system by encouraging lawmakers to fight to incentivize states to enter records into the National Criminal Background Checks system.

Russian lawmakers have warned the United States that Moscow would view an airstrike on Syria as a war crime, saying it could trigger a direct military clash between the two former Cold War adversaries.

Tesla workers complained to state lawmakers about the electric vehicle maker's confidentiality policy, saying it is overly broad and restricted workers from talking freely about safety and workplace issues.

In both Britain and the United States, lawmakers said that in the light of the new reports, they wanted fresh answers from both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica about how the data was obtained and what was done with it.

The students plan to hold a rally Wednesday in hopes that it will put pressure on the state's Republican - controlled Legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun - control laws, something some GOP lawmakers said Monday they would consider.

Maryland lawmakers expressed unease Wednesday about the $ 5 billion cost of Gov. Larry Hogan's package to lure Amazon.com's second headquarters to Montgomery County, even as the administration unveiled a new study saying the project would add nearly $ 8 billion a year to state paychecks.

Republican lawmakers said that because state laws were intended to copy federal rules, blocking the new discount singled out small - business owners.

But the freshman lawmaker frames the issue as both about states» rights, and creating jobs: «This step allows states to determine appropriate medicinal use and allows for industrial hemp growth, something that will provide a major economic boost to agricultural development in Southside Virginia,» he said in a statement.

Damian Collins, a British lawmaker, said Sunday that Zuckerberg or another senior executive should appear in front of his committee because previous witnesses have avoided difficult questions, creating «a false reassurance that Facebook's stated policies are always robust and effectively policed.»

Any state incentives offered to Amazon will require approval by lawmakers and will get a full public vetting before being made fully available to Amazon, Abbott said.

--» Minnesota state Rep. Kerry Gauthier, Democrat lawmaker involved in a rest - stop se «xual encounter with a 17 - year - old boy says he won't run for re-election after all.»

Huffington Post: Arlen Siegfreid, Kansas Lawmaker, Proposes Capitol Meditation Room Saying state legislators do not have space for private time during the workday, a Republican legislative leader in Kansas has proposed the creation of a chapel in the Capitol building.

«So far, 25 states have implemented cost - containment systems that have sharply lowered the cost of infant formula purchased under WIC, «the lawmakers said in a joint statement.

Boehm said Donahue's selection had nothing to do with the fact that her husband, Dan, worked on Mayor Dan McLaughlin's election campaign two years ago and her brother - in - law David Donahue was hired last year as the village's legislative liaison, a newly created position designed to foster communication between the village and state and federal lawmakers.

But they will try their luck with state lawmakers «because of the extreme costs associated with the litigation,» said Karen Levine of Novack and Macey, the law firm representing Friends of Meigs Field.

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT — State lawmakers Wednesday passed a far - reaching school nutrition bill that would outlaw soda and junk food, but Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she has her doubts.