Sentences with phrase «state lawmakers want»

And state lawmakers want all high school graduates to be prepared for either college or a career.

State lawmakers want Indiana - specific expectations for students.

HARTFORD (AP)- A day after adjourning the 2008 legislative session, some state lawmakers want another crack at the budget and other unfinished business and may return to the Capitol in the next several weeks.

The «#Ubermadness» ad points out Buffalo is the largest city in the country without ride - hailing and urges viewers to tell state lawmakers they want that to change.

ALBANY — A pair of state lawmakers want the MTA to start getting the lead out of its stations and above - ground infrastructure.

Some state lawmakers want to try out a new job training program for small and medium sized manufacturers in central New York.

In Suffolk County, two state lawmakers want to preserve woodlands near a decommissioned nuclear power plant.

If state lawmakers want a hefty raise, Cuomo said, they should have to make the case publicly — and before the November elections.

State lawmakers want to put pot smoking on a par with drinking alcohol and let taxpayers profit, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reported

There are two reasons why state lawmakers want to alter the primary date.

Now, city officials and state lawmakers want to bring red light cameras — which snap photos of vehicles illegally zipping under traffic signals — to Albany's most dangerous intersections.

Some state lawmakers want to end tackling in pee wee football, arguing the action threatens the development and safety of kids.

State lawmakers want to see more oversight of economic development spending after the arrests of nine people last week in an alleged widespread scheme involving bid rigging and bribery within key projects designed to spur job creation upstate.

Some state lawmakers want future waivers for NYC schools chancellors approved by both houses of the state Legislature.

Final lines for state Assembly, Senate and House districts could be released as early as Monday, since state lawmakers want to vote by March 1.

Despite New Jersey losing one of its highest - earners, state lawmakers want to increase the state millionaire's tax rate to 10.75 percent.

As homeowners fly Old Glory on front porches and in front yards this Memorial Day, some state lawmakers want to ensure that renters have a legal right to do the same.

No matter: State lawmakers want to punish the generosity of wealthy New Yorkers by halving the charitable deduction they can claim against income taxes.

A Queens state lawmaker wants to make it a felony for removing a condom without consent during sex — an act known as «stealthing.»

If New York State lawmakers wanted to offer tax breaks for veterans, there were myriad alternative ways to do so — state income tax credits and lower DMV fees come to mind.

Now, one state lawmaker wants to add another monument to the exhibit.

A group of state lawmakers wants Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to include $ 12 million for refugee resettlement agencies in the next state budget.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-- A state lawmaker wants to designate an official Utah hashtag for use on Twitter and other social media postings.

«State lawmakers wanted to ensure that charter schools and public schools were on equal financial footing.

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The state gave its juvenile detention officers a pay raise, set aside some money for physical improvements, including plumbing upgrades, bought new surveillance cameras and allowed lawmakers to visit whenever they want.

The two lawmakers state that they specifically want to see correspondence regarding the department's consultation with SEC «as it worked to introduce a new proposal to redefine the fiduciary standard» under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

In both Britain and the United States, lawmakers said that in the light of the new reports, they wanted fresh answers from both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica about how the data was obtained and what was done with it.

Expect committee members to attack Zuckerberg hard, especially lawmakers like Sen. Kamala Harris from Facebook's home state of California, who might want to leave an impression.

The lawmakers also want Veneman to support legislation that would bolster the safety of school meals by requiring mandatory recalls by USDA and swifter notification to schools by state officials, who administer the program.

We need stories from all fifty states to tell lawmakers: your constituents matter, and we want discrimination against LGBTQ children, youth, and parents to end.

«While my policy as leader is not to sign the many pledges that are presented to me, I want you to know my position on the three issues that you have raised with the members of the State Legislature: I support the concepts of applying generally accepted accounting principles to our state budget, requiring disclosure of lawmakers» non-government income and appointing an independent commission to redraw legislative district lines,» Sampson said in a statement released by NY UpriState Legislature: I support the concepts of applying generally accepted accounting principles to our state budget, requiring disclosure of lawmakers» non-government income and appointing an independent commission to redraw legislative district lines,» Sampson said in a statement released by NY Upristate budget, requiring disclosure of lawmakers» non-government income and appointing an independent commission to redraw legislative district lines,» Sampson said in a statement released by NY Uprising.

But the key issue has been the minimum wage in the state Senate, which Democratic lawmakers and Cuomo want to increase to $ 15, phased in over different time periods in different regions of the state.

Reform advocates also want greater disclosure of lawmakers» outside income and more information on legislators» whose law firms have clients that do business with the state.

A pair of state lawmakers — Sen. Jose Peralta and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz — want the MTA to start getting the lead out of its stations and above - ground infrastructure.

Where we are on the state budget, which is due today in order to be on time, if lawmakers want to adhere to their self - imposed early deadline due to the start of Easter and Passover:

If betting on sports comes to New York, it could bring in an influx of new state tax revenue — and at least one state lawmaker, Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky — would want it to be used on the environment.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said the road to street safety runs through Albany, and he wants state lawmakers to let the city install more speed cameras.

Lawmakers in the state Senate on Monday defended receiving stipends for committee chairmanships they don't actually hold, with some suggesting the story is being driven by a «political witch hunt» that wants to undermine a Republican - led chamber.

Two groups, Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and Allied Progress, have launched TV ads in the senators» home states that aim to tie the two GOP senators to President - elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress US ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report MORE's Cabinet and White House staff picks.

Del Lago, which pays a 37 percent tax to the state on its slot - machine earnings and 10 percent on table games, has not said specifically what it wants from lawmakers — although a tax break could be in the cards.

The governor also wants to close a number of state prisons, to save money, but will leave it up to a panel of lawmakers and others to decide which prisons to close in order to achieve his goal of 3500 fewer beds.

Tedisco said lawmakers are the «conduit» between the public and the governor and deserve a «holistic presentation» of how the governor sees the state and how he wants to take it forward.

The original State and Municipal Facilities Aid appropriation was targeted to capital improvements on government - owned property, but lawmakers have continued to stretch it to cover a growing list of wants.

The governor told reporters he had «no problem» declaring a state of emergency, but wanted to work with other lawmakers to ensure such a step would ease NYCHA's woes.

Schneiderman wants lawmakers to clarify the state's double jeopardy law, which protects people from being prosecuted repeatedly for the same allegations.

The group says pharmaceutical executives are profiting from the opioid crisis and are supporting a tax they want state lawmakers to impose on these companies.

Greenberg says New Yorkers don't seem to be that interested in the process, they just want to see an end result, a crack down on rampant corruption that's led to multiple arrests, indictments, and imprisonments of state lawmakers in recent years.

Connecticut state lawmakers became the first in the country to pass legislation that would increase the state's minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour, by 2017 — the same rate President Barack Obama wants for the federal minimum wage.

In addition to the deadline extension for developing the evaluation regulations, lawmakers want to unlink the adoption of the evaluation criteria by school districts to a boost in state education aid.

De Blasio, who had previous been somewhat vague about he wanted changed, told state lawmakers in Albany on Wednesday that vacancy decontrol should be eliminated.