Sentences with phrase «state voters rejected»

In the name of boosting academic performance and giving struggling kids a better shot at succeeding in first grade, California appears to be headed down the slippery slope to universal preschool, never mind that state voters rejected such a plan when Rob Reiner got it onto the ballot in 2006.

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Meanwhile, California, Massachusetts, and Nevada voters approved measures to legalize recreational marijuana in those states, while Arizona rejected a similar measure.

In the last decade, the Bush Administration, seeking a Trojan Horse to privatize Social Security in the United States, applauded Chile's disastrous privatization of pension accounts (turning many over to US financial institutions) even as that nation's voters rejected the Pinochetistas largely out of anger at the vast pension rip - off by high finance.

As I was preparing for class, I learned that Mississippi's voters had rejected the so - called «Personhood Amendment,» which would have outlawed abortion in the state by affirming as a matter of law that human life begins at conception.

Mississippi voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution that would have defined life as starting at conception and outlawed abortion and many forms of birth control if passed.

In a published review of Hamburger's book, I wrote that while Hamburger «tries to convey the impression that separation represents only nativist, anti-Catholic, and ultrasecularist bigotry... [He fails to mention] that Catholic voters in Massachusetts, New York, California, and Michigan... have in recent years voted to reject attempts to remove state constitutional provisions aimed at preserving church - state separation.

Hijacking jobs and econ omic growth to win political favor from special groups and ad vance an agenda that has been rejected by voters in 32 states..

In the first major act of rebellion at the autumn conference voters clearly rejected schools minister Sarah Teather's attempt to water down a motion stating that «conference is concerned by the establishment of academies and free schools under coalition government policy».

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The President's Election Commission initially requested voter information, including criminal history and Social Security numbers, from the Cuomo Administration through the Secretary of State, which was rejected.

The group won approval of a statewide initiative amendment in a state constitutional convention in 1986, but voters, probably not comprehending its meaning due to a lack of publicity on the issue, rejected it by a narrow margin.

Government reform groups are beginning their push early to convince voters to reject an amendment on redistricting on the state's November ballot.

While many Labour voices reject virtually any changes to the welfare state, squeezed middle voters care deeply about welfare reform.

Government reform groups are beginning their push early to convince voters to reject an amendment on redistricting that will be on the state's November ballot.

The governor again called on lawmakers to slash state spending and predicted the failure to do so on the local level would lead voters to reject school budgets across the state today.

New York State voters decisively rejected a question on the ballot as to whether a constitutional convention should be held, a proposal that stirred intense opposition among various interest groups.

A Constitutional Convention is an expensive, complicated and potentially dangerous undertaking that is unnecessary because we already have a more rigorous and more democratic process by which the voters can adopt or reject individual amendments to the State Constitution on their... (read more)

Before his exchange with DeWitt, Cuomo praised the voters of Alabama, a deep Republican state, for rejecting Republican Roy Moore in the U.S. Senate special election.

Judge Janet DiFiore reconvened the panel after voters rejected the idea of a convention to recommended changes to the state constitution.

In the Republican primary for Suffolk sheriff in September, GOP voters smelled the odors and overwhelmingly rejected Phil Boyle, a state senator with no experience for the job.

Like a flyweight amateur getting in the ring against the heavyweight champ, the ballot measure calling for a state constitutional convention hit the canvas hard and fast: Voters rejected it by a ratio of 5 to 1.

A top women's rights right group and domestic violence victims came out firing Thursday against disgraced former state Senator Hiram Monserrate, calling on voters to reject the girlfriend - beating, ex-con's comeback...

E. O'Brien Murray, a spokesman for State Sen. Jack Martins of Old Westbury, a potential Republican opponent, criticized Suozzi: «He was thrown out of office by the voters and soundly rejected when he tried to get back in.

While some states have made it possible for military or abroad voters to return absentee ballots by e-mail or by fax, Kellner said New York had rejected that idea out of concerns over voter privacy and the risk of vote interception, and was instead focusing on making it easier for absentee voters to receive ballots.

The speed with which Cuomo has been able to name every member of the court is owed in part to voters statewide, who three years ago roundly rejected a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would have pushed back the mandatory retirement age of 70.

Of the three propositions on the New York state ballot Tuesday, voters rejected the question asking for a constitutional convention but approved public pension forfeiture and a Forest Preserve land bank.

«Syracuse is playing in the Final Four in Houston, where voters overwhelmingly rejected a nearly identical bathroom ordinance that was also rejected by the state of North Carolina,» a spokesman for Gov. Pat McCrory said after the ban was announced.

Voters in New York approved a referendum on Tuesday to expand casino gambling in the state and rejected a referendum to allow judges to serve until age 80.

The National Organization for Marriage spent $ 53,000 on the race, financing mailings and automated phone calls from opponents of the marriage law, including State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr., a Bronx Democrat, and a Brooklyn rabbi, Zecharia Wallerstein, urging voters to reject Mr. Weprin.

«Syracuse is playing in the Final Four in Houston where voters overwhelmingly rejected a nearly identical bathroom ordinance that was also rejected by the state of North Carolina,» said McCrory Communications Director Josh Ellis.

If primary voters in Pennsylvania were prepared to reject an incumbent who's been delivering the goods for 30 years and had support from the White House and the entire state Democratic apparatus, how do you think they'll respond to a freshman whose new national party's level of support is considerably less comprehensive?

Scott has delayed the implementation of two new redistricting amendments passed by voters, released an ambitious education agenda, pushed for $ 2 billion in tax cuts in the midst of budget troubles and, most recently, inflamed state legislators by rejecting a plan to build a high - speed rail system between Tampa and Orlando.

NEW YORK CITY — Voters in the district of disgraced former Assemblyman Sheldon Silver rejected a candidate closely associated with him while Democratic Congressional nominee Adriano Espaillat cemented his political influence by helping two Latina women — Marisol Alcantara and Carmen De La Rosa — win their state Senate and Assembly primaries.

New York voters have not been kind in recent years to state lawmakers who run for Congress, rejecting them in favor of political neophytes and often up - ending entrenched party strongholds in the process.

As for the national debate, Senate Democrats think that centrist voters in most states reject the Ryan plan to overhaul Medicare.

In the County the buck stopped with County Executive Vanderhoef whose attempt to achieve higher office in the State was roundly rejected by voters because of his failure in dealing with Rockland County's deteriorating budget situation.

Days after voters in the US state of Ohio rejected a proposal to legalise cannabis for recreational use, Mexico has ruled that smoking pot is a fundamental human right.

One of the world's most ambitious laws to combat global warming survived a challenge on Tuesday as California voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have put the state's plans for more renewable energy and a market to curb greenhouse gases on ice.

In that election, voters decisively rejected a statewide measure that would have raised a cap on the number of charter schools that was binding only in the state's urban centers.

In the 2016 election, for example, voters in Massachusetts rejected a ballot question that would have allowed further expansion of charters in communities that had reached the state's enrollment ceiling.

Two years after voters rejected a statewide school - construction ballot initiative for the first time, Californians will decide next week whether the state can sell $ 3 billion in bonds for construction and repair of the education infrastructure.

New York State law says that a local district may impose a «contingency» budget — allowing an increase commensurate with the previous year's Consumer Price Index (CPI)-- without voter approval; rather, if the board of ed proposes a contingency budget (which we have) and the voters reject it, the board has the power to simply impose it.

But last year voters overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed the state to take over schools and put them in an Opportunity School District, with the option of converting them to charters.

In Ohio, meanwhile, where voters last fall rejected a state penny - a-can tax on soft drinks, 63 percent of 193 school districts that...

In early returns, voters appeared to reject Initiative 884, which would have raised the state sales tax to generate $ 1 billion for schools and colleges.

For the third time in eight years, Washington voters rejected an effort to allow charter schools in the state.

Posted on February 7, 2017 · In November, HISD voters rejected the traditional way to send a check to the state.

Referendum 55 marks the third time charter - school measures have appeared on this state's ballot; voters have rejected charter - school initiatives twice.

But just one month after Hoosier voters rejected his brand of education overhaul, the Florida State Board of Education unanimously selected Bennett to run the Sunshine State's schools.

Charter schools are part of President Bush's education - reform policies, and in November, Washington state voters will approve or reject the Legislature's authorization of a limited number of charter schools.