Sentences with phrase «state budget debate»

The school nurses also had an impact on the state budget debate.

Sean Ryan [email protected] The state budget debate over using referendums for regional transit authority projects has legislators wondering if they should let voters make the call.

Detailed information will help inform and drive the upcoming state budget debate in ways to improve the program and to maximize the benefits to college students.

Not exact matches

«How he gets to balanced budget is open to debate,» says Philip Romero, dean of the College of Business and Economics at California State in Los Angeles.

Budget leaders say those figures could upend the governor's budget and shape debate on how to spend state resoBudget leaders say those figures could upend the governor's budget and shape debate on how to spend state resobudget and shape debate on how to spend state resources.

The United States Congress is set to begin debating budget issues and spending cuts for the upcoming years.

Hundreds of teachers returned to the Capitol on Thursday morning as lawmakers debated the rest of the state's $ 10.4 billion budget plan.

«He should agree to a series of debates on specific topics and bore in hard on the Republican's highly unspecific plans to cut the budget,» the paper stated.

The charter aid comes as Senate Republicans debate the final details of the state budget plan this afternoon.

An annual professional golf tournament near Binghamton became an unlikely flashpoint today during a tense debate in the state Senate over a portion of the state's $ 168.5 billion budget plan.

Edwards, who last week unveiled a 2012 budget proposal that called for a 12 percent property tax increase, said he wants the Legislature to debate refusing to fund state mandated programs like welfare and Medicaid beyond the 2 percent cap.

The Assembly Democratic conference, which is poised to release its one - house budget proposal, is upping the ante in the abortion rights debate in light of President Donald Trump's effort to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision and return this controversial issue back to the states.

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

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

Tense debates are far from new in the NY State Senate, but no - one could have guessed that the Dick's Sporting Goods Open would be the center of attention in the $ 168.5 billion budget plan.

It took nine extra days of debating, but the state legislature finally passed its 2018 budget.

With less than 2-1/2 hours remaining before the 2017 legislative session's close at midnight, State Senator Leonard Fasano and Vincent Mauro, Jr., Chief of Staff for Senate Democrats, discuss the evening's final hours during Senate debate on the budget.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to shift some state costs for the Medicaid health care system to New York City is one of the last and thorniest issues surrounding the state budget being debated behind closed doors, according to one senior legislator.

Most of their day was spent debating a «big ugly» revenue language bill that dealt with dozens of Issues like authorizing ride - hailing services, subsidizing tuition at state schools, reviving the 421 - a tax credit and expanding Gov. Andrew Cuomo's power to make mid-year budget adjustments.

The State Senate began debate over the $ 152 billion spending plan late Tuesday night after lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo resolved a stalemate that forced them to blow past a Saturday budget deadline.

DeFrancisco expects that language to be included in the New York State Senate's version of the budget, which will be debated and voted on next week.

The report comes a day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined his $ 168 billion budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, kicking starting a coming debate over how the state would restructure its system of collecting revenue.

Full passage of the $ 142 billion state budget did not meet the midnight deadline on Tuesday night as the debate in the state Assembly dragged into the early morning hours of April 1.

Now entering his second term, the governor appears to have lost high - profile debates in the state budget session to the state's teachers union on education issues while he's had difficulty in getting Senate Republicans to agree to disclosure legislation.

Federal decision makers should consider this imbalance as they debate proposed budget and policy changes that could significantly impact New York and other states.»

State Senator Timothy Kennedy said he's willing to listen to the governor's arguments during the budget debate.

The Welsh Grand Committee, which includes all Welsh MPs, plus the Secretary of State, Cheryl Gillan, meets at Westminster today to debate the Budget and the Queen's Speech.

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.

ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York City, increases aid for public schools and cuts taxes for middle - income New Yorkers.

The changes to the teacher evaluation system that the New York state legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo enacted received much attention in this year's budget debate.

Later in the debate, State Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Democrat from Manhattan's West Side, grilled Young on investments contained in the budget resolution that, he argued, acknowledged the human role in causing climate change.

Earlier, the congressman, while his party was debating how to destroy the Affordable Health Care Act, proposed the Faso - Collins amendment altering property taxes in the midst of state budget negotiations.

Washington (CNN)- The battle over union rights in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana has dramatically shifted the budget debate from Capitol Hill to the states, almost overshadowing the threat of a government shutdown in Washington next week.

Every state budget season in New York, when higher education is mentioned, the debate usually turns to how much tuition students at the state university should pay.

The good - government think tank is wading into a contentious debate over the 2009 law passed as part of the super-late state budget.

And that's why the major - party candidates for New York governor should put aside their posturing and schedule a series of debates on the serious issues facing the state, including but not limited to dysfunction and corruption in Albany, high property taxes and looming budget deficits.

He is the well - regarded Ways and Means Committee chair, debating the budget for hours on end with Republicans in the state Assembly.

The potentially hefty surplus could set of a rare battle at the Capitol in next year's budget debate: What do with money a cash - strapped state hasn't seen in years following the economic downturn of the last decade.

The budget debate is driving a wedge between the colleges and the state.

State lawmakers are debating a provision in the budget this month that would allow ride hailing outside of New York City.

The ongoing tensions between warring factions of state Senate Democrats turned ugly and racial on the chamber floor during a heated budget debate yesterday afternoon.

State budget talks on Tuesday careened into a broader debate over Medicaid funding for New York City, which Assembly Democrats raising concerns over a $ 250 million «cost shift» from the state to the State budget talks on Tuesday careened into a broader debate over Medicaid funding for New York City, which Assembly Democrats raising concerns over a $ 250 million «cost shift» from the state to the state to the city.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled today that the contentious issue of mayoral control over New York City public schools — along with several other major policy debates — will «more likely» be decided during the regular legislative session, after the state budget deadline of April 1.

Authorities have identified the pair of individuals who chained themselves to portions of the state Senate gallery, disrupting debate on the proposed 2011 - 13 budget by two hours.

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

Pataki's term had been marked with annual debates with the State Legislature over the powers allocated to the Executive and Legislative Branches on the adoption of the state buState Legislature over the powers allocated to the Executive and Legislative Branches on the adoption of the state bustate 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.

The state House of Representatives voted unanimously and without debate Tuesday for the renomination of state budget director Ben Barnes for another term in office.

The Wisconsin Assembly passed the state budget Wednesday after Democrats decided against offering any amendments or prolonging debate, saying the $ 70 billion spending plan is so bad it can't be fixed.

De Blasio pointed out, as he has repeatedly since this debate began, that New York City residents, through fares and state and city taxes, pay the vast majority of the MTA's expenses anyway (something that prompted one budget expert to describe the entire framing of this debate as «stupid.»)