Sentences with phrase «state capitol during»

Many students say they oppose arming teachers in school, and some staged a «die - in» at the state capitol during this final week of the legislative session.

Rita Pereira, a teacher in the Jefferson County, Colo., school system, holds a placard as she joins fellow teachers in marching around the State Capitol during a rally Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Denver.

Julie Doyle, a teacher in Jefferson County, Colo., holds up a sign while marching with fellow teachers around the State Capitol during a rally Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Denver.

When he goes to the state Capitol during the legislative session, many lawmakers joke with him about his travel, asking where he is off to next.

«The rationale is we really need a change of direction,» DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) told reporters at the State Capitol during a break in Tuesday's state Senate session.

Hundreds of thousands of students in Kentucky and Oklahoma had no class Monday while their public - school teachers protested at state capitols during strikes for higher pay.

Not exact matches

FILE PHOTO: A man walks with his Remington 870 Express 12 gauge shotgun during a pro-gun and Second Amendment protest outside the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., January 19, 2013.

October 11, 2017 — As the debate over investor protections was heating up with the start of the fourth round of NAFTA talks in Washington, D.C., US, Mexican and Canadian civil society organizations delivered over 400,000 petitions to Capitol Hill demanding that NAFTA's expansive corporate rights and protections and Investor - State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) be eliminated during -LSB-...]

October 11, 2017 — As the debate over investor protections was heating up with the start of the fourth round of NAFTA talks in Washington, D.C., US, Mexican and Canadian civil society organizations delivered over 400,000 petitions to Capitol Hill demanding that NAFTA's expansive corporate rights and protections and Investor - State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) be eliminated during renegotiations.

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.

«It's certainly not everything I wanted, but then again, I'm sure every legislator in New York State can make that statement,» Aubertine told Susan Arbetter during an interview on The Capitol Pressroom this morning.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took his time to schmooze with legislative leaders at the Capitol during his State of the State visit, saying: «With all due respect to Mayor Bloomberg, this is about showing respect for the leadership in Albany, and I think he often failed to do that.»

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had some trouble staying awake during the lengthy state Capitol press conference Tuesday at which VP Joe Biden was a special guest.

Also at 11 a.m., Assemblyman Francisco Moya, representatives from the IBEW Utility Labor Council of NYS, James Slevin of UWUA Local 1 - 2 (Con Ed NYC), and representatives from utility companies, including PSEG, speak about the violence encountered by utility employees during the course of performing their duty, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol.

During the final flurry of negotiations on the 2016 - 17 state budget, a lot of semi-substantiated talk was going around the Capitol hallways about potential roadblocks to a final deal.

During a stop in Buffalo yesterday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was «proudest» of the new state budget over any previous one, even if it was forged in one of the Capitol's most contentious sessions of recent memory.

At an event outside the Capitol with more than a dozen Democratic state legislators, LG Kathy Hochul highlighted accomplishments during her first term in office and laid out some priorities for the next four years.

But state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, New York's chief bean counter, said during a CapTon interview last night that he doesn't believe state lawmakers will be forced to return to the Capitol prior to the January start of the 2018 session if Congress reaches a deal in the coming weeks on averting reductions to the Disproportionate Share Hospital payments and Children's Health Insurance Plan.

Also at 11 a.m., during the Senate session, Sen. Kathy Marchione will honor the life and legacy of State Trooper Timothy Pratt, who died in the line of duty following an automobile incident on October 26, 2016, Senate chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, AlState Trooper Timothy Pratt, who died in the line of duty following an automobile incident on October 26, 2016, Senate chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Alstate Capitol, Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, outlines his plan for New York State during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y..

«This is a sense of disorganization during these primaries (in) which conceivably maybe the next president of the United States was picked,» Stringer said in an interview with WCNY's «The Capitol Pressroom» on Wednesday.

Told of Sliwa's possible candidacy, Molinaro during an appearance at the state Capitol said: «The parties all get to decide who they get to select as a candidate.»

New York state senators applaud a group visiting from the Queens borough of New York seated in the gallery during a legislative session May 8 in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Albany.

ALBANY — The State Senate's Independent Democratic Conference was waiting upstairs in an unadorned Capitol conference room on a recent Wednesday, during the hangover period between the budget and the end of the legislative session.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, outlines his plan for New York State during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

Howard Zemsky of Empire State Development, during a cabinet meeting in the Red Room at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., in 2015.

During a CapTon interview in his Capitol office yesterday, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie declined to immediately sign off on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's so - called «Charlotteville provisions» that would change the state's hate crimes law in response to the violence in Virginia last weekend.

Assemblyman Dennis H. Gabryszak's seat is empty during the opening prayer at the New York State Assembly opening session Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

During an appearance on «Live From the State Capitol with Fred Dicker» on Talk 1300 AM, Andrew Cuomo refused to say if he is going to accept the Working Families Party, but he did make it clear that an endorsement from the WFP would be an endorsement of his platform, and not just himself as a candidate.

Andrew Cuomo did his best not to engage his Republican rival Carl Paladino during an appearance this morning on the radio show «Live From the State Capitol with Fred Dicker» on Talk 1300AM.

She spoke during a meeting Wednesday of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in the state Capitol to lobby for better safety measures.

During an interview this morning on «Live from the State Capitol with Fred Dicker» on WDGJ, Silver said he didn't believe the post story.

In January, State Senators grilled King during a committee meeting at the Capitol.

During last summer's effort to secure the Independence Party line for Republican Sen. Terrence Murphy — whose district in the Hudson Valley and Westchester is about a two - hour drive from the Capitol — 40 state Senate GOP staffers gathered signatures, his petitions show.

Senator Hugh Farley gives Governor George Pataki the thumbs up sign during the State of the State speech in the Capitol in Albany, New York January 3, 2000.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, left, listens as Ben Barnes, secretary of the state Office of Policy and Management, right, speaks about the budget adjustments that they are proposing for the 2019 fiscal year during a press conference at the state Capitol.

He even got a play - by - play of Mr. Paterson's first press conference, during which he and the new governor's wife, Michelle, discussed their extramarital affairs in the Red Room of the State Capitol building.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated left.

State economic development official Andrew Kennedy, appearing in Manhattan federal court, said he only had 20 minutes to fit a side trip to a Cor Development hotel project into Cuomo's Syracuse «Capitol for a Day» visit after an irate Percoco called during the governor's first event.

Times Union staff photo by Lori Van Buren — Students from Shenendehowa try to stay awake during the electoral college in the NY State Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Albany, NY on December13, 2004.

Donna Lieberman, of the New York Civil Liberties Union, speaks during a news conference on farmworker rights, outside the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., in May.

As reported in the New York Daily News, DeFrancisco pleaded a schedule conflict as he brushed past several victims of child abuse who sought to see him during a May 4 lobbying blitz in the state capitol.

Sen. George Amedore, R - Rotterdam, said he remembers meeting Farley for the first time during a trip to the state Capitol when he was in fifth grade.

Also at 12:30 p.m., Hall of Fame Pitcher Pedro Martinez will be honored at an award ceremony during Dominican Heritage Week by Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Sens. Adriano Espaillat and Jose Peralta, and Assemblyman Victor Pichardo, Minority Conference Room (315), third floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Ethics watchdogs at the Capitol also remain miffed the package of reforms initially proposed by Cuomo during his State of the State and budget presentation in January have fallen off the table in mid-March.

During a Capital Tonight interview last night, Sen. Kathy Marchione spoke publicly about an open secret that has consumed the state Capitol for most of this week.

VOCAL - NY, as you'll recall, staged the sit - in earlier this month on the first floor of the Capitol during which more than a dozen people were arrested after they blocked the escalators on the State Street side of the building and refused to move.

Also at 1:30 p.m., the Senate Democratic Conference will unveil a set of policy initiatives spearheaded by the Senate Democratic Policy Group to help New York families during the critical early childhood period, Room 315, state Capitol, Albany.

During his brief visit to the state Capitol yesterday, VP Joe Biden heaped praise on his potential 2016 rival Cuomo for his response to Superstorm Sandy.

State Sen. Len Suzio, R - Meriden, left, talks to Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D - New Haven, right, as Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D - Branford, center, looks on, during opening session at the state Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo / Jessica State Sen. Len Suzio, R - Meriden, left, talks to Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D - New Haven, right, as Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D - Branford, center, looks on, during opening session at the state Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo / Jessica state Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo / Jessica Hill)