Sentences with phrase «state legislatures across»

The right to private property is a rallying cry for many in Congress and the state legislatures across this country.

State legislatures across the country passed more than 60 anti-abortion measures in 2017, reflecting extreme ideologues» commitment to making it difficult, if not impossible, to access abortion.

Planned Parenthood Fighting in the Courts and in State Legislatures Across the Country to Block Sweeping Abortion Bans

In addition, Planned Parenthood advocates on Capitol Hill, as well as in state legislatures across the country, for increasing access to affordable birth control and promoting women's health.

Also of note to the ABA is the shrinking number of attorneys who serve in state legislatures across the United States.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the source of cookie cutter model bills written by corporate lobbyists and state politicians that appear in state legislatures across the country, named Republican North Carolina state representative Jason Saine its new national chairman late last year.

Lawmakers in state legislatures across the nation have proposed hundreds of bills this year relating to clean energy.

Federal policy isn't the only force driving the development of clean energy in the U.S. State legislatures across the country have put forth hundreds of bills supporting clean energy, according to InsideClimate News.

With the opening of the 112th Congress this week (which will continue until December 2012), and state legislatures across the country, do you know what animal protection legislation will be coming before your legislators?

Last year, state legislatures across the country passed 93 new laws for animals.

In response, state legislatures across the country are pushing to reform tenure and seniority rules, sparking battles with powerful teachers unions.

When the law was passed in 2010, Former California State Sen. Gloria Romero, its author, compared it to the civil rights movement five decades before, and envisioned bipartisan support for parent trigger laws spreading to state legislatures across the nation.

And they are not wasting any time: A voucher proposal was front and center in President Trump's budget blueprint, and new pro-voucher bills already have popped up in state legislatures across the nation.

After all, they have been losing in the state legislatures across the country for years.

New York Hotel Trades Council President Peter Ward, who is involved in efforts to turn state legislative chambers in three swing states Democratic, called the Obama era «an absolute bloodbath for Democrats in state legislatures across the country.»

In 2014, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) released findings on women in state legislatures across the United States.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national group focused on electing Democratic state legislatures across the country, is threatening to help back primaries in the coming year against a group of eight breakaway New York state Senate Democrats.

Congress is one thing, but Democrats and Republicans will also be fighting for control of state legislatures across the country, and with it the chance to shape the post-census redistricting process.

Not exact matches

A six - day walkout that shuttered classrooms across the state has ended, as the legislature passed an education funding deal.

«If the legislature fails to act and we are forced to proceed with these cuts... student - athletes across the state at those schools will be ineligible to play next semester,» Edwards said Thursday.

According to a June 17th poll by the Siena Research Institute, a plurality of New Yorkers — 44 percent — wanted the state legislature to address corruption as a number one priority before the end of the session, including voters across every region, party and demographic group.

Today, I am declaring my candidacy for Speaker of the New York State Assembly, and over the next two weeks, I look forward to sharing my vision for our state and this legislature with my colleagues from across New York.&rState Assembly, and over the next two weeks, I look forward to sharing my vision for our state and this legislature with my colleagues from across New York.&rstate and this legislature with my colleagues from across New York.»

Cuomo, surrounded by several county executives from across the state, promoted his plan, which is not supported in the state legislature.

In December 2005, the Democratic leaders of the state legislature exulted across party lines with then - Gov.

Cuomo noted that in addition to the process in the legislature, there will be a Democratic Party convention in two weeks in which Democrats across the state will «have a chance to voice their opinion.»

As a minority leader in the highly partisan rough and tumble state legislature (1987 - 2002), Faso wasn't necessarily known for reaching across the aisle, but he read the bills and questioned conventional wisdom.

Cuomo also asked the state legislature for $ 360 million to bankroll 11 additional renewable energy projects across the state, and «leverage $ 4 billion» to build an additional 35 by 2020.

«Mayor Koch and New York Uprising remain committed to educating voters across the state as to who is truly committed to cleaning up our dysfunctional legislature in these tumultuous times — and who is satisfied with the status quo,» said NY Uprising's Mark Botnick.

«We are entering a new political era in which women across the country may feel that their reproductive rights will be threatened, and all states — not just New York — will have an opportunity to take the lead in improving the status of women through their respective legislatures,» Cuomo wrote in a CNN OpEd.

Malloy said a failure by the legislature and Teamsters Local 1150 to approve the deal would put thousands of well - payingmanufacturing jobs across the state at risk.

This year, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will be delivering his message to the legislature in a series of Regional State of the State addresses delivered across New York.

BUT If the attention paid to LeBron's free agency, actually if only a fraction of the attention paid to LeBron's free agency, were focused on what goes on in state houses across the nation, perhaps we would have legislatures that are a little more accountable to the people they represent.

Crespo explained that members of the state legislature would draft a letter for New York lawmakers based in Washington, D.C. to sign, reiterating the pardon request, and would use social media to gain support from elected officials from across the country.

Leaders of the legislature's Democratic majority last month proposed cutting state spending by 2.5 percent across the board.

Offering a history of broadband initiatives in Ulster County this past week, county Comptroller Elliott Auerbach noted a 2012 resolution supporting applications to the Connect NY Broadband Grant for broadband service to the towns of Denning, Wawarsing, Hardenburgh, and Rochester; a 2014 State of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster CoState of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster Costate Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster County.

He will hold six regional addresses across the state rather than the traditional speech before the legislature.

Syracuse, NY - Gov. David Paterson delivered 6,700 line - item vetoes to the state legislature on Wednesday, denying pork barrel spending to hundreds of community groups, libraries, little leagues and schools across the state.

Common Cause joins with over 30 organizations from across the state in urging the legislature to include funding for early voting in the final budget and bring New York's antiquated system of elections into the 21st century,» said Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY.

He said the governor and the legislature «will be focusing like a laser on the infrastructure needs all across New York state.»

According to federal tax records, the Rent Stabilization Association in July gave $ 500,000 to a Washington, D.C. - based group, the Republican State Leadership Committee, that works to help turn Legislatures across the country red.

As states across the nation as facing major budget crises, every governor and state legislature is looking for ways to make their state more efficient and cost less.

In response to lawsuits that identified large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school - finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many state legislatures implemented reforms that led to major changes in school funding.

Today, as Tennessee proceeds with Gateway testing, the majority of districts across the state have reduced class sizes to meet mandates established by the legislature.

Gov. Bush's recommendation to the legislature builds on last year's Middle Grades Reform Act, which provided hundreds of new reading coaches in middle schools across the state.

And it means to governor and the legislature, regardless of political party, working together to prioritize both teacher education and effective teaching across the state.

But a 1999 compromise approved by the California legislature required that charter school teachers earn a credential comparable to certificates held by public school teachers, in return for lifting the cap on charters across the state.

I would set up a national scholarship program for teachers, school leaders and state policy officials to dedicate some of their own vacation time at federal expense to visit high performing systems outside and across the United States and to report on what they have learned to their own legislatures.

On January 16, Committee for Children staff and educators from across Washington State took Olympia by storm to impress upon the legislature the importance of social - emotional learnin... Read More

Created in 2015 through exceptional item funding from the Texas legislature, we are a collaboratory for innovation focused on experimentation and research through key partnerships to advance the understanding of competency - based education (CBE) and to support the development and growth of CBE programs on the TAMU - C campus, across the state, and nationwide.

If the state legislature is serious about improving the education of students here in Jamaica and all across Queens... they will vote in favor of raising the cap of charter schools.