Sentences with phrase «statewide legislation»

After all, back in June, Ed Week «s Leslie Maxwell noted that Louisiana and Colorado had set the standard when it came to walking the walk on teacher quality: «Unlike top contenders Colorado and Louisiana, California did not pass statewide legislation that would mandate a complete redesign of teacher evaluation systems.»

From the first pet super adoptions to the first statewide legislation permitting trap - neuter - return programs, Utah has set the bar for collaborative, large - scale animal welfare efforts.

Meanwhile, marijuana remains illegal on the federal level, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recently taken steps that would allow federal prosecutors in states where weed is legal to decide whether to prosecute people over marijuana sales in a development that could threaten the burgeoning industry (or, at the very least, spur litigation from some of the states in question looking to keep the federal government from interfering with statewide legislation).

In recent Labor Notes blog posts, Chris Brooks and Steve Downs have debated whether public sector unions faced with a «right - to - work» or open - shop situation should seek statewide legislation that would end mandatory exclusive representation.

Contrary to what you would probably assume, Airbnb has been fighting to pay our fair share, pushing for comprehensive statewide legislation that would extend sales and lodging taxes to our community throughout the state and allow platforms like ours to automatically collect those taxes.

New statewide legislation part of sweeping reforms designed to make indigent defense more equitable across upstate

Californians asked to urge governor to sign Assembly Bill 485, landmark statewide legislation banning the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from mills.

There are already 36 cities in California, including San Francisco, Sacramento, and Los Angeles, and several cities in other states, like Phoenix and Chicago, that have already banned the sale of animals from puppy mills, but this is the first statewide legislation approved.

In the world of plastic pollution, preemption is when statewide legislation is used to take away a local city's right to pass a bag ban, foam ban or other local ordinance to prevent plastic litter.

Unlike top contenders Colorado and Louisiana, California did not pass statewide legislation that would mandate a complete redesign of teacher evaluation systems, a step that Reiss acknowledged would have «been impossible to achieve» by today's deadline.

«It is time that we make this statewide legislation so that all New Yorkers can live their lives and be true to themselves without fear of being targeted or discriminated against.»

The chapter is working with our Northeast Regional Manager to help pass statewide legislation that would ban single - use plastic bags provided at point of sale...