Sentences with phrase «state lawmakers last»

Students in Clark County's poorest neighborhoods made mostly positive gains in English and math after state lawmakers last year approved the injection of nearly $ 21 million to boost achievement.

From EdWeek: Rural school districts in Colorado would receive help finding and keeping teachers if legislation passed by state lawmakers last week is signed by the governor, according to a story by The Colorado Independent.

That funding was cut by state lawmakers last week, putting the mentoring program's future in question — just as some districts are struggling to retain teachers.

A diminishing courts budget was just one of several hits justice took when state lawmakers last convened for the 2013 - 14 session.

The state's two largest teachers» unions and the school administrators» and school boards» assocations, unveiled a statement of commitment to the program, which was a highlight of a package of school changes proposed by Democratic Gov. Gray Davis and passed by state lawmakers last spring.

After teaming up with hotel owners and state lawmakers last year to hand home - sharing behemoth Airbnb a major setback in New York, he has hooked up with Mayor Bill de Blasio in an effort that some industry players adamantly oppose.

Cuomo, gave his final approval to the spending bill that was approved by state lawmakers last month, at a bill signing ceremony before an auditorium of high school students in Queens.

Two state lawmakers last month proposed legislation that would ban plastic bags statewide, and put a fee on paper bags.

It's unlikely Cuomo would go along with alterations to the cap, even as state lawmakers last year approved modest changes to the measure that allow for some growth in certain instances.

Not exact matches

With Erdogan cracking down on thousands of people in the judiciary, education, military, and civil service after last weekend's failed coup, a lawmaker from the main opposition party warned that the state of emergency created «a way of ruling that paves the way for abuse».

Last month, a committee of House lawmakers advanced a bill that would help companies like GM and Google seek more exemptions to federal safety rules, perhaps allowing them the ability to test as many as 100,000 experimental self - driving cars in the United States.

Parents, students and teachers from South Florida, the state's Democratic stronghold, have been a forceful presence in the Capitol since last week, when busloads of Stoneman Douglas High students spent two days lobbying — and protesting — lawmakers, urging them to take more far - reaching action and ban all assault weapons.

This was likely a last - minute concession to appease lawmakers in high - tax states, like New York and California; a previous version of the tax bill eliminated deductions for state and local income taxes entirely.

Last May, 144 GOP lawmakers signed a letter to then - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, calling on the Trump administration to hurry up and relax the rules.

New York state last month passed a similar measure that makes it illegal to advertise apartments for fewer than 30 days in New York City, and lawmakers have pushed the federal government to take a closer look at Airbnb and other home - sharing sites on accusations of creating housing shortages and driving up rental costs.

In Illinois, lawmakers passed a bill last week that would require gun dealers to be licensed by the state, but it was not clear whether the Republican governor would sign it into law.

The expiration of the state's EDGE program — which has given large companies more than $ 1 billion in tax credits the last 15 years — is good news for taxpayers and should encourage lawmakers to pass real reforms.

The British government diverted 1.85 million pounds ($ 3 million) of foreign aid money to help pay for the state visit of Pope Benedict XVI last year, lawmakers charged Thursday.

The ongoing controversy surrounding the Plainfield Park District last week drew the attention of a township board and two state lawmakers.

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.

Minnesota adopted a similar ban last week, and lawmakers in Illinois and several other states are considering their own measures.

Sponsored by Ovie Omo - Agege (Labour Party, Delta State), the Senate Bill 329 which has already been gazetted and introduced to the lawmakers was referred to the committee on constitution review chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu last December.

State lawmakers, meanwhile, have debated over the last several months whether fantasy sports operations like DraftKings and FanDuel should be regulated as other allowable gambling entities.

(Lawmakers gaveled into their respective houses for the State of the State address last week, but that was largely ceremonial).

Some state lawmakers took a break from rancorous budget negotiations last night to see U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speak at UAlbany.

Efforts to combat heroin and opioid abuse over the last several years have totaled millions of dollars in new efforts as well as regulations placed on insurance companies to deal with the issue, marking one of the few bipartisan issues facing lawmakers at either the state or federal level.

Days before Cuomo delivered his State of the State address last week, nearly a dozen upstate lawmakers quietly pushed him to put a tunnel back on the table as a potential replacement for Interstate 81 in Syracuse.

A new round of financial disclosure forms released last week has resparked a decadeslong debate over whether state lawmakers should be constitutionally recognized as full time and if they should be able to hold other jobs.

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.

The memo from counsel David Lewis comes after it was revealed late last week seven lawmakers — three members of the Independent Democratic Conference and four Senate Republican conference members — were designated committee chairs on payroll documents given to the state comptroller's office when they are, in fact, vice chairs.

A version of the Senate's anti-sanctuary city bill has already been approved last year, with votes from moderate mainline Democratic lawmakers, including Sens. Todd Kaminsky, George Latimer, Kevin Parker and Tim Kennedy (Democrats from upstate and suburban districts in the Assembly opposed the sanctuary state bill).

New York state lawmakers have included $ 40 million dollars in this year's budget to help property owners who are still cleaning up from last year's flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

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These revelations were uncovered by the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption as part of a broad investigation into the spending of campaign funds by state lawmakers that was shut down when Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly disbanded the Commission last month.

Concerned about children's exposure to lead found in drinking water, lawmakers met with reporters today at the state capitol in Albany to discuss a last - minute push to require lead testing in all public schools.

Last year, state lawmakers voted to fund every district more equally, whether it's in an affluent suburb or a high - poverty community.

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A New York Post investigation last week illustrated that Empire Merchants and its subsidiaries have donated a total of $ 797,850 to state lawmakers since 2009, while Southern Wine and Spirits has contributed $ 106,856 to state campaigns over the same period.

New York State lawmakers have included $ 40 million in this year's budget to help property owners who are still cleaning up from last year's flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

Silver announced last night that he would introduce a resolution to begin the process of expelling the sleazy Brooklyn lawmaker in the wake of a scathing report by a state ethics committee that found Lopez sexually harassed women in his office and violated the state's Public Officers Law.

At a press conference early this morning demanding more education funding from the state, Ms. James went after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the $ 2 billion tax cut plan he unveiled ahead of his State of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the state, Ms. James went after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the $ 2 billion tax cut plan he unveiled ahead of his State of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the State of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the plan.

Since 2007 and up until July of last year, pro-fracking businesses, trade organizations, and unions spent $ 15.4 million on campaign contributions to state lawmakers, who are set to determine the fate of the practice in New York.

After state lawmakers stepped in last week to vote on legislation that would delay the implementation of a plastic and paper bag fee in New York City, a Brooklyn assemblyman, Felix Ortiz, is looking to discourage use of disposable bags statewide.

The mayor is hardly the first Democrat this year to criticize Cuomo, who has been knocked by state lawmakers and city council members for the better part of the year following his re-election last November.

Newly elected Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie this week vowed to enact a «zero - tolerance» policy for sexual harassment cases, which in the last several years engulfed three state lawmakers no longer in the Assembly.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had agreed last year to an amendment, but the Democratic - led Assembly balked at a vote on the measure, which came with a broader agreement on the state budget.

We're disappointed that state lawmakers, though slapped across the face by major scandals, left the Capitol last month without doing anything to strengthen ethics and campaign finance laws.

(The same research was used to justify New York State lawmakers» decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18 last year.)

Days before Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his «State of the State» address last week, nearly a dozen Upstate New York lawmakers quietly pushed the governor to put a tunnel back on the table as a potential replacement for Interstate 81 in Syracuse.

It is no surprise that more than half a dozen state lawmakers were engulfed in scandals last legislative session.