Sentences with phrase «saying the state legislature»

Stec said the state legislature has had numerous chances to address the issue, but both houses have dropped the ball.

Gov. Cuomo says the state legislature fell down on the job by leaving town without passing an extension of mayoral control for the New York City schools, and he has not ruled out calling them back for a special session.

Senator Betty Little of Queensbury, who helped organize the forum, said the state legislature will create a task force to study tick - borne illness, and that she believes legislation should be passed to introduce more funding for disease research, and to require health insurance companies to cover treatments associated with symptoms of Lyme and other diseases.

Governor Cuomo says the state legislature should have no role in deciding where possible future casinos should be located in New York State.

In fact, advocates say the State legislature has done little to nothing to advance LGBT rights since passing marriage equality in 2011 — thanks to the Republican - controlled Senate.

With highway tolls off the table, House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz says the state legislature now needs to block rail and bus fare hikes that could happen in less than two months.

Nearly half of voters, 49 percent, said the main responsibility for ensuring student success should rest with local educators; 28 percent said local school districts; and 23 percent said the state legislature.

The majority said the cap did not violate the constitutional right to a jury, saying the state legislature has the power to modify common - law rights.

Not exact matches

The National Conference of State Legislatures says nearly a dozen states still had not enacted budgets for the new fiscal year as of mid-June.

Court of Appeals Judge Eugene Pigott issued a separate opinion in the cases, concurring with the results but saying the state's definition of parenthood should properly be set by the legislature.

Elena Sidorenko, who heads an interdepartmental working group on cryptocurrencies at the State Duma, the lower house of Russia's legislature, said it is widely known that Chinese traders use cryptocurrencies to send their revenues abroad.

Sen. L. Scott Frantz, the ranking Republican on the legislature's finance, revenue and bonding committee, said the disproportionate impact on state revenue by one group of taxpayers — in this case, the super-rich — is «pretty frightening when you think of it.»

Kasich said he doubted Congress would take any actions but said he held out hope that state and local legislatures might.

Said the Chamber of Commerce head Hoan: «We are awaiting the details of the proposal by the governor and state legislature as they work towards restructuring our tax code to adapt to the loss of [that] deduction.

And Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says the last time his conservative Christian movement saw so many victories at the state level — where many legislatures are busy passing new abortion restrictions - was in 2004, when more than a dozen states adopted same - sex marriage bans.

But the lawyer for the plaintiffs, supported by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said unlike legislatures, Greece had no official policy on prayers.

Yet the attempts made to nullify the Supreme Court decision even at the cost of eliminating the public schools and passing acts of open defiance in state legislatures, to say nothing of rioting and violence and the nonviolent but intimidating acts of white citizens» councils, indicate how long a road there is yet to travel.

Florida Supreme Court says legislature, governor had no right to save Terri Schiavo's life The Florida Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that the state legislature should not have given Gov. Jeb Bush the power to feed mentally disabled 40 - year - old Terri Schiavo against the wishes of husband, who wanted to starve her to death.

If Congress and state legislatures listen to what families say they want, however, they will look for ways to ease policies like the «parenting penalty» that permeate the federal and state tax codes and are helping drive more and more young mothers with children into the job market.

One member of the state legislature said that if Eaton backed down, there would be trouble with the university budget next year.

«If the legislature fails to act and we are forced to proceed with these cuts... student - athletes across the state at those schools will be ineligible to play next semester,» Edwards said Thursday.

She also said that the Park District, along with other park districts in Illinois, lost its authority to issue non-referendum bonds due to tax cap legislation approved by the state legislature in the early 1990s.

«One of the things we had hoped to get is Illinois experience — someone to work with the state legislature and the system in Springfield... and the issues that affect us,» Bushy said.

She said her members are concerned about bills pending in state legislatures as well as on Capitol Hill that would restrict or eliminate the use of BPA in metal cans.

The NCSL says the award is designed to honor «a leader who has worked to preserve and build public trust in the institution of the state legislature and whose career embodies the highest principles of leadership.»

It is also a testament to Speaker Silver that he is widely respected by legislative colleagues on both sides of the aisle,» said William T. Pound, executive director of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Polly Trottenberg, the city's Department of Transportation commissioner and an MTA board member has pledged to press the governor and state legislature to reinstate the $ 65 million, and said that she will be «working with our allies up in Albany to see if we can reverse these cuts, which we really have a great concern about.»

«It's unclear what rules they will be following, it's unclear how fair that process will be,» said Bharara, who says he's had some experience dealing with the state legislature as a prosecutor.

«The people of the state by overwhelming margins want the legislature to pass a property tax cap,» Cuomo said in a statement about the survey.

But, Reynolds said, when leaders chose not to let the state handle project details, including awarding of a request for proposals, it gave the legislature the authority to review it.

It says, essentially, that the governor's budget office can move money around in state agencies to consolidate business services, like information technology and other functions, without the permission of the legislature.

Sen. Darrel Aubertine has endorsed Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's proposed energy plan, saying it is the type of platform the legislature and the next governor must build on to address the state's energy needs and opportunities.

She says the New York state legislature may have to come back to Albany to address the effects of the law on the state.

«I understand the legislature wants a pay raise,» Cuomo said «I want to get some people's work done for the people of the state.»

«The next attorney general will be decided by the state legislature, and I await their decision,» James said to members of the news media earlier Tuesday.

The lawmaker who sponsored the bill, Republican State Senator Rick Funke of Fairport, said the legislature will try again next year.

The state senator said while the county legislature «needs to do their due diligence on this project,» they've been involved for quite some time and «any unnecessary delay does nothing but hurt Southern Tier families and prevents us from saving lives.»

Silver says he's uncertain as to whether the Governor or the legislature has the power to enforce furloughs on the state workforce.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe struck a softer tone on Confederate monuments yesterday, two weeks after urging Virginia's cities and state legislature to move them to museums or graveyards, saying relocation might be too costly to undertake after all.

«If you look at the New York State legislature, there's been an uptick of women that are elected and many of them came from New York City and particularly Brooklyn,» Carr said, referring to the Assembly.

Government watch dog groups say the arrest of one of the two most powerful men in the New York legislature on fraud and corruption charges highlights the need for better state laws against wrong doing.

«We must turn this crisis into an opportunity to fundamentally remake our state into the progressive capital of the nation,» Governor Cuomo said in his message to the legislature.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will venture out next week to deliver his State of the County speech at Newfield High School in Selden, despite a 2010 law that says he should make his annual report to the county legislature at a regularly scheduled meeting.

«I call on the New York State legislature to sign and the Governor to pass this legislation that will increase the income threshold for SCHE / DHE program participants,» said Council Member Daniel Dromm.

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...

In a memo to members of the state Legislature, state Senate President Andy Gardiner and state Speaker Steve Crisafulli said a map will be drawn and made public before the legislature convenes for the two - week session, where state legislators will have the ability to debate and amend it.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, frustrated by what he says is the failure of the legislature to agree to a reform package, says he'll follow through with a threat to investigate the legislature, using special powers given to him under the state's Moreland Act.

«The governor and the state legislature have been promising mandate relief; they really haven't delivered at this point,» he said.

The governor recommends a gradual state takeover of county Medicaid costs in his budget, something the local government leaders had been requesting, saying they could not afford to pay their share of the health care program after Cuomo and the legislature imposed a 2 % property tax cap in 2011.

Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves said Nassau's contracting process «is the most transparent in the state» as the legislature moved to drop the threshold for legislative approval of personal service contracts from the current $ 25,000 to $ 1,000.