Sentences with phrase «under this governor»

Which brings me to another point: The lengths to which state government under this governor goes to manipulate and suppress information.
In addition, the region will receive funding under the governor's regional economic development council program.
For his part, the city comptroller said he gets no new authority under the governor's plan, just more resources.
Private wells would also be tested under the governor's plan.
Also, at least 50 percent of scholarship recipients would have to be students who qualify for free or reduced price lunch under the governor's proposal.
Six regions throughout the state would be eligible for three casinos under the governor's plan.
That credit would be put on hold under the governor's current budget proposal until 2021.
He celebrated some of Buffalo's developments including the Tesla / Panasonic plant in the city's Riverbend section, acknowledging the major financial kickstart it received from New York State under Governor Andrew Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative.
She served under Governor George Pataki, but she now lives in Greenwich's famed backcountry.
Jacobs has served as New York's Secretary of State under Governor Pataki and as a member of the Buffalo Public School Board.
But he says salaries that the groups pay are tied to Medicaid contracts that they hold with the state, and the Medicaid reimbursements have been frozen for the past six years under Governor Cuomo Kroll, says without a subsidy, they are left with no good choices.
Former Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine, who presided over the Senate 24 times during his last two years in office under Governor Mario Cuomo, said he does not think his presence had much influence on the outcomes of Senate votes.
«Remember, Genting was picked under Governor Paterson,» said Cuomo.
California's secretary had been a hard - charging, nontraditional superintendent in San Diego before agreeing to serve under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Cynthia Nixon is a master at getting under Governor Andrew Cuomo's skin, and at a recent address in Albany, the gubernatorial candidate made a callback to an anti-gay slogan that will surely upset the «big tough Italian guy.»
Albany, NY — Host Alan Chartock welcomes Paul Francis, the newly appointed Director of Operations under Governor Eliot Spitzer.
Break Boston Globe, 3/22/16 «While having breaks in both February and April is rare outside New England, it is ingrained in Massachusetts culture and can be difficult to change, said Paul Reville, who served as the state's secretary of education under Governor Deval Patrick and is now a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.»
This commitment to travel over parliamentary duties started under Governor Andrew Cuomo's previous lieutenant governor, Bob Duffy.
The latter two allegedly bribed Joseph Percoco, Cuomo's former deputy executive secretary and close confidante, to push state agencies under the governor's control to subsidize their projects.
«That gap now between our richest schools and our poorest schools are wider under Governor Cuomo than it has ever been before, and that's got to stop.»
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and Joseph Percoco, former executive deputy secretary, at a press conference in 2013 in Albany, N.Y. Percoco is under federal investigation for possibly receiving secret payments for contracts under the governor's «Buffalo Billion» economic revitalization program.
At one point Nixon referred to New York under Governor Cuomo as «an exercise in living with disappointment, dysfunction, and dishonesty,» and said more could have been accomplished if a «real Democrat» was in office.
«You then had the audacity to campaign with ultraconservative anti-choice Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry, and made the following statement to reporters, «We're marveling at what they've done in Texas under Governor Perry's leadership.»
The state facilities that would be closed under the governor's proposal are Adirondack, near Plattsburgh; Great Valley and Cattaraugus in Western New York; Rochester; Syracuse; and Pyramid in New York City.
Schwartz has previously served in the same role under Governor David Paterson.
To retain West Virginia's role as an electricity exporter to other states, to limit job losses and to keep power prices low for customers, the state should «maximize whatever flexibility is offered under the Clean Power Plan,» stated comments from Commerce Department Secretary J. Keith Burdette, who works under the governor.
Once good standards and decent tests are in place, states should release test scores (and other revealing information such as graduation rates) every which way, and they should rate their schools on an easy to understand scale, ideally from A to F, as Florida started doing under Governor Jeb Bush.
If he's serious about the work, he'd do well to go back to the reforms proposed under Governor Bredesen with the help of then - state Senator Jamie Woodson.
Under Governor Scott Walker and the Republican Legislature, state law has been changed to allow state school aid to be diverted away from local K - 12 public schools to provide tuition vouchers for qualifying students attending private and religious schools.
New Yorkers pretty much have a love - hate relationship with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), but hopefully that will get better under Governor Andrew Cuomo's new five - year, $ 27 billion spending plan, announced on July 18.
-- PK Agarwal, regional dean and CEO of Northeastern University - Silicon Valley and former CTO for California under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
At Rome itself fifty Jewish delegates asked to have Herod's kingdom placed directly under the governor of Syria.
A member of the Bauchi state House of Assembly representing Lere / Bula constituency, Hon. Aminu Tukur says the All Progressives Congress, APC, under Governor Mohammed Abudullahi Abubakar is forcing the House of Reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara to dump the party for another ahead of the 2019 elections.
The developments are examples of the housing solutions being created under Governor leadership to expand access to affordable housing across New York State.
«New York's number one in all the wrong things under this governor and we're paying a price for it,» Astorino said.
Bak USA, which was launched under Governor Andrew Cuomo's StartUp NY program last July and opened inside the former Sheehan Memorial Hospital building last December, manufactures computer tablets.
If legislators and Governor Haslam want to take a look at improving the BEP, they need only take a look at the BEP 2.0 formula developed under Governor Phil Bredesen with significant input from then - state Senator Jamie Woodson, who now heads SCORE.
«If hard working New Yorkers want to give us money, I'll take it, because hard - working New Yorkers losing under this governor,» Astorino said.
A 23 member closure task force formed under the governor's Public Service Commission met for the first time May 31 to map out how to decommission the plant, which is slated for permanent closure in 2021.
«I think it will happen someday, but I'm not confident that it will happen under Governor Cuomo's watch,» he continued.
Senator Melaye in a statement on Monday which was obtained by DAILY POST said it was unthinkable that the current state government under Governor Yahaya Bello would contemplate trading off what was left of Kogi's glory for momentary financial gains under the pretext of bolstering the state's finances.
«I am excited that Jon will be leading my administration's efforts to streamline bureaucracy and deliver savings for Suffolk County taxpayers under Governor Cuomo's new Shared Services initiative.»
The Government of Osun under Governor Rauf Aregbesola has laid a solid foundation for youths in the state to face the challenges of the new world.
The news that the Federal Government is seeking to issue a N100bn Sukuk bond reminds us of how Osun under Governor Rauf Aregbesola blazed the trail in 2013.
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