Not exact matches
Republican lawmakers in the Assembly and Senate on Wednesday unveiled a push
to change the
state's
sweeping gun control
law known as the SAFE Act.
A coalition of women lawmakers, union leaders and good - government advocates are pushing the legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo
to back
sweeping changes to the
state's voting
laws.
Cuomo has proposed far more
sweeping changes to the
state's tax code that he says are needed
to soften the blow of the new federal tax
law, which will raise the federal taxes of many New Yorkers by capping a deduction for
state and local taxes at $ 10,000.
The proposals listed on the back of the ballot could lead
to sweeping changes in
state laws through a New York constitutional convention, take away the pensions of public officials convicted of felonies, and make it easier
to do road and utility work in the Adirondack Park Forest Preserve.
A controversial
state law permitting parents
to petition for
sweeping changes in failing schools can not be used this year in Los Angeles Unified, district officials decided.
Traditionally more conservative
states such as Texas and North Carolina have made
sweeping changes to their discovery
laws.