Sentences with phrase «state budget matters»

Other examples include parent efforts on SB 740 facilities funding, state budget matters, and other state and local legislative matters.

Why the State Budget Matters to Our Families The Governor's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget cuts funding for nonpublic school programs.

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Another example is that of citizens of states which pay for abortions with public funds who refuse, as a matter of conscience, to remit to state government a portion of their taxes corresponding to the percentage of the state budget that goes to abortion funding.

The office's tasks — to advise State Department leaders on religion - related policy matters and to help diplomats navigate religious dynamics overseas — and its million - dollar budget should be moved under the Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF), according to a proposal laid out this fall.

Block grants school nutrition programs in three states, a dangerous idea that will put further strain on state and local school districts» budgets and jeopardize children's access to quality, healthy school meals no matter where they live.

Seated in the State Capitol's historic Red Room to make the budget deal announcement, flanked by several top advisers, Cuomo made it clear, again and again, that he intended to lay a heavy hand on matters concerning New York City, and, by extension, on matters concerning his intraparty rival, Mayor Bill de Blasio.

He released on Thursday a 2018 budget agenda that addresses policy matters ranging from making it easier to register to vote and addressing the capping of state and local tax deductions as well reviving student loan provisions and funding mass transit.

76 % of non-enrolled voters and 75 % of those in the state's GOP say it matters at least a good amount to them that the budget deadline has come and gone.

Did passage of the state budget signal the end of Albany's legislative session for 2017, or will other matters, including ethics reform, get done before the lawmakers adjourn in June?

Lerner wrote a letter, dated Nov. 15, to the state's Authorities Budget Office, requesting an investigation into the matter.

«The cost of the raises is a fairly small amount in the state budget, but I have said that performance matters.

We'll hear more from Senator Young and her initial thoughts on the state budget later today on our Community Matters program, which airs at 5 p.m.

Gun control, transparency over school funding and housing matters were among issues still being negotiated Wednesday in Albany as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and lawmakers tried once again to close down a new state budget in advance of a self - imposed Friday deadline as religious holidays loom.

There was no resolution of the matter before the state's budget.

The wording in the budget bill would place power with the state Education Department to deal with the matter for bilingual schools teaching for a greater number of hours — a definition that yehivas meet.

The position of the Senate GOP matters because Cuomo must negotiate the 2018 - 19 state budget with the majority conferences of both legislative houses.

«We believe this matter of a great urgency as the Governor has included in his budget MRT Proposal 131 and these measures will directly benefit the employers of Team members, inviolation of state law,» the complaint states.

Cuomo's proposed budget legislation contains numerous non-budgetary matters, including changes to state Freedom of Information Law that would, among other things, make the state Legislature subject to the same level of disclosure as the Executive Chamber, state agencies and other public entities.

Skelos was convicted of using his Senate leadership post — holding sway over important state budget and legislative matters — to leverage lucrative arrangements for his son with three companies with business before the Senate and state.

«We will be working very hard together with Mayor Bloomberg to push Albany for a state budget that is fair and equitable to New York City, because the fact of the matter is our city budget depends on getting our fair share from the state.»

I am asking our state legislators to find savings — possibly within the State Board of Elections budget, which they do control, apply those efficiencies to this bill and then bring the matter up astate legislators to find savings — possibly within the State Board of Elections budget, which they do control, apply those efficiencies to this bill and then bring the matter up aState Board of Elections budget, which they do control, apply those efficiencies to this bill and then bring the matter up again.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office is trying to insert language into this year's budget that would give New York state expansive new powers to redevelop the area surrounding Penn Station, according to two legislators and two anonymous sources briefed on the matter.

Cuomo's budget director, Robert Megna, testified in Albany earlier this summer that the state could not afford pay increases for judges, no matter how modest.

«The Legislature has a duty to finish the budget and address other critical matters before the State, and I will exercise my constitutional authority to bring them all back to Albany, even if it is an election year.»

This budget sends a clear message that our immigrant communities matter and they don't have to live in fear thanks to our important initiative to protect immigrant communities with the largest funding for immigrant defense in the state's history,» Senator Marisol Alcantara (D - Manhattan).

The 2011 - 12 state budget ultimately did not include the millionaires tax, or any broad - based tax increases for that matter.

To compound matters, $ 2.8 million in New York State Aid would be at risk as well, making the cut nearly $ 22 million — 75 % of the Library's operating budget.

Asked if dealing with gun control in a special session was preferable to waiting for the start of the new Legislature, Silver said, «It probably doesn't (matter), but it gives the opportunity to highlight it before we get into the state budget and other issues that may cloud the focus.»

«Times are increasingly tight, and the $ 418 million we just spent to fix the state - run subways, which the Council supported, will only make this year's budget process all the more lean,» said Freddi Goldstein, a mayoral spokesperson on budget matters.

«It's a matter of economic justice, it makes sense and will help our entire state do much better for its citizens,» said Brown, who announced the deal — expected to be voted on as soon as Thursday — as New York's lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried to hammer out a similar agreement under a looming deadline for a finalized state budget.

In a similar vein, Cuomo alluded to adopting Washington's approach to having a continuing resolution, where lawmakers can routinely reassess the state's finances as needed on financial matters, rather than a yearly budget.

Cuomo said he could not run for president because he had to figure out the state's budget, a curious explanation he would reiterate in years to come, no matter how bizarre it seemed.

Did passage of the New York state budget signal the end of Albany's legislative session for 2017, or will other matters, including ethics reform, get done before the lawmakers adjourn in June?

For some 20 years, late state budgets, some running into mid-summer, didn't matter.

Though the issue is not necessarily a fiscal matter for the state's financial plan, Cuomo's decision to include it in the budget provides negotiating leverage for supporters of the issue as they've not seen over the past decade.

The issue is about to become a matter for the state budget because Cuomo, in his January fiscal plan, included provisions of the Child Victims Act.

Cuomo said on Monday that he would be laying out a «comprehensive plan on the entire matter» in his Jan. 13 State of the State and budget address.

«We're not going to cede control of the state budget to the mayor of New York City, no matter who that mayor is,» Flanagan (R - Suffolk County) told the Daily News.

«In movies just for the money,» as she often stated, La Roy apparently never turned down a role, no matter how miniscule, and her subsequent career was mostly spent playing minor vamps in low - budget independent productions.

In light of national and state budget deficits, stand - alone programs, no matter how effective, are not likely to survive.

Despite ample research indicating that teachers matter more to student achievement than any other in - school factor, 32 both the Trump - DeVos budget and the House appropriations bill proposed eliminating the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grant program, often referred to as Title II grants after the section of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, that authorizes the funding.

Paul Colbert, a former state representative who chaired budget and oversight of public education on the House Appropriations Committee, said that for the top students, money doesn't matter.

Yet, teachers do matter, often in ways that can not be measured, and since teacher pay accounts for the greatest percentage of education budgets — which continue to dominate state budgets — political leaders and the public feel compelled to call for greater teacher accountability.

Lawmakers appear interested in the matter as well, and instructed the N.C. State Board of Education, through a provision in the state budget, to come up with a list of recommendations and rules by February about online charters schState Board of Education, through a provision in the state budget, to come up with a list of recommendations and rules by February about online charters schstate budget, to come up with a list of recommendations and rules by February about online charters schools.

With the Connecticut General Assembly's 2015 Legislative Session coming to an end, it was only a matter of time before Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy was forced to show his hand in the debate about the next state budget.

After our exchange I emailed Ficarra later Wednesday with my specific questions about the $ 3.2 million, why the mayor kept it out of his budget, whether the administration was negotiating with state officials on the matter, and what happens if any talks fail?

For example, the Division approves or monitors sensitive areas of law enforcement such as participation in the Witness Security Program and the use of electronic surveillance; advises the Attorney General, Congress, the Office of Management Budget and the White House on matters of criminal law; provides legal advice and assistance to federal prosecutors and investigative agencies; and provides leadership for coordinating international as well as federal, state, and local law enforcement matters.

Unlike other industries whose project management fundamentals are more mature and formal, perceptions as to the current state of a legal matter are too often determined by actual cost (AC)-- i.e., how much money has been spent to date — against the matter budget (more formally referred to as budget at completion (BAC)-RRB-.

California courts, including Superior Courts handling divorce, support, and child custody matters, have been severely impacted by state budget cuts.

Attorney Shawn Weber of Brave Weber & Mack and a member of CFLG San Diego appeared on KPBS Evening Edition with anchor Peggy Pico on Monday, December 3 for an interview about the impact of state court system budget cutbacks in the family law courts, and how individuals with family law matters could be affected.