Sentences with phrase «working with the state legislature»

«One of the things we had hoped to get is Illinois experience — someone to work with the state legislature and the system in Springfield... and the issues that affect us,» Bushy said.

I later I got an internship working with the state legislature during college.

Cynthia will work with the state legislature to find solutions and pass new rent laws to protect tenants living in homes that might be smaller than 6 units but are owned by corporate landlords who own a large number of properties.

Just a week ago, Scott Walker survived a recall, beating back the rapacious efforts of the National Education Association and its state affiliate, the Wisconsin Education Association (WEAC) to recall the Wisconsin governor who had the moxie to work with the state legislature to eliminate collective bargaining for teachers.

NAR in February rolled out assistance, including free legal help, to state REALTOR ® associations interested in working with their state legislatures to address the fees.

The association also began working with state legislatures to enact uniform real estate licensing laws and lobbied Congress for tax incentives to help promote homeownership.

Not exact matches

• In Vermont, state Sen. Kevin Mullin (R) worked with AARP Vermont on a bill that passed unanimously in both houses of the legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) in April.

She successfully worked with her state's legislature to overhaul government ethics laws and to fix her state's structural budget deficit.

«This year, we look forward to working with the legislature on again stopping the state Endangered Species Act repeal and moving forward a common - sense reform of that important law.»

My name is Tahra Johnson and I work with the National Conference of State Legislatures in the Maternal and Child Health Program.

If it is determined alternative methods make more sense, the office recommended the legislature work with its state delegation to update the law.

He is hoping to get congestion pricing through the State legislature and if the IDC isn't working with Republicans to make that happen, he may have a problem.

Polly Trottenberg, the city's Department of Transportation commissioner and an MTA board member has pledged to press the governor and state legislature to reinstate the $ 65 million, and said that she will be «working with our allies up in Albany to see if we can reverse these cuts, which we really have a great concern about.»

Since the state legislature is on repeat — glossing over ethics, fighting over mayoral control and feverishly working late nights to finish on time — the podcast is following their lead and sharing clips from past episodes (but with a new introduction).

The UK's overriding concern ever since has been to retain its cherished parliamentary sovereignty; other member - states, with their consensual, working legislatures, do not view the problem of membership in the same light.

«Our governor will need to work with the legislature, with the federal delegation and constitutional officers, and I've had the opportunity to do that as secretary of the state,» Bysiewicz told the packed room at the Riverfront Community Center.

«In 2006, the Erie County legislature passed what is called the New York State Certified Training Program, which is often known as the apprenticeship law... It ensures taxpayer dollars that are paying for construction jobs associated with Erie County government are going towards Erie County residents who are working on these projects.

«Not just to not have to play defense, but to work proactively with members of the legislature and the governor's office to reduce that tax burden, to try to reclaim some measure of economic competitiveness in New York State and put people back to work.»

The New York State AFL - CIO is willing to continue to work with Governor Paterson and both houses of the legislature to pass meaningful Unemployment Insurance legislation that accomplishes the goals of helping individuals who have been victimized by the current recession, and bringing our economy out of this historic economic downturn.»

Our new Senate Republican majority is 32 - strong and we're ready to work with the Governor - elect and every member of the State legislature to do the people's business.»

Converting to being an independent state would be much harder than joining the EU once it achieved independence status and it worked out all of the necessary «divorce» arrangements with the U.K. And, that job would be made easier than it might be by its already substantial legal autonomy with its own legal system (except for the U.K. Supreme Court), its own legislature, etc..

Though the state legislature was expected to work well into the morning last night, dealing with major priorities like rent regulation and gay marriage in addition to lower - profile but still - important bills like the transit funding lockbox, the negotiated deals fell apart and the legislature put off all its business until this morning.

Your Democratic State Central Committee has worked with county party organizations to build their individual capacity, increased our advocacy for the right to vote both in the legislature and leading up to election cycles, worked with volunteers to strengthen the Emerging Leaders Project, upgraded and invested in the Party's technology infrastructure, increased training and simply believe that being a «responsive resource» is the best way to build an organization.

That move came as part of a deal with the state legislature to shut down the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption, which then had its work taken up by Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.

His overall message on our state's finances strikes the right tone at the right time and I look forward to working with my colleagues in the legislature to help support that vision and bring New York state back from the brink.»

«The New York State AFL - CIO will work with both houses of the legislature, and the Governor for quick passage of this important legislation.»

Our groups hope they act on this spirit by working closely with both state legislatures ---- and public stakeholders ---- in a transparent process to introduce and pass comprehensive reforms in the Port Authority's governance this session.

Skelos, who was kicked out of the state legislature when the jury announced its decision, was charged with using his political power to help his son, who was not at work to make friends — or do work — keep various high - paying jobs.

The state legislature is finished voting on a $ 141.3 billion state budget, with the Assembly completing it's work shortly before midnight on Thursday.

Like the Republicans and the Democrats, the Working Families Party continues to look back at the results from election day two weeks ago with an eye on 2016, which will be a busy year with Congress, the state legislature and the White House all on the ballot.

Little will also work with her colleagues in the state legislature, Empire State Development and the governor's office to «encourage expanding the availability of broadband and wireless communication.&rstate legislature, Empire State Development and the governor's office to «encourage expanding the availability of broadband and wireless communication.&rState Development and the governor's office to «encourage expanding the availability of broadband and wireless communication.»

As a result of the confidence the county has placed in my organization, I work closely with the county executive, planning department, the county legislature, state and federal officials, municipalities, land owners and local community groups.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz was pleased with the budget, saying «I commend Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature for crafting a budget that puts all local governments, if we work together, in a better position to lower property taxes for the people of Erie County and also continues the investment in Buffalo and Erie County through the «Buffalo Billion» program.»

Two parks have been especially successful in reducing light pollution, the study says: Acadia, which worked with the neighboring city of Bar Harbor to implement a progressive lighting ordinance, and Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, which partnered with stakeholder groups to successfully encourage the state legislature to pass the New Mexico Night Sky Protection Act.

The legislature's leadership and commitment for the past six years, combined with Mayor Peterson's and Ball State University's ability to authorize charters (and willingness to do so), along with reform - minded superintendents such as Eugene White working to improve the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), demonstrate to the country's education reformers that Indianapolis is prime territory for innovation and investment.

State Sen. Joe Manchin caused a ruckus with television and radio advertisements accusing opponent Charlotte Pritt, who has served in both houses of the legislature and also worked as a public school teacher, of backing a bill calling for sex education for 1st - grade students.

Dominguez, deputy director of policy for the Rhode Island Senate, says the research stemmed from the work in education policy she has been doing with state lawmakers at the Rhode Island General Assembly and through the National Conference of State Legislatstate lawmakers at the Rhode Island General Assembly and through the National Conference of State LegislatState Legislatures.

The council, which will report to Gov. Mario Cuomo, will work this fall with the legislature and state agencies to develop suicide - prevention programs for use in schools.

In a recent week she delivered testimony to the state legislature on a bill related to Common Core standards, received training on how to work with legislators, and networked with other teacherpreneurs.

We look forward to working with the legislature to make sure that charter schools continue to gain the same funding and program opportunities as all other public schools in the state.»

The 1st Annual Empower Mississippi Awards Luncheon will honor Lt. Governor Tate Reeves with our «Education Reformer of the Year» Award and recognize key members of the state legislature for their hard work in ensuring more Mississippi families have access to high quality education options.

The Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE) has been working on tools to advance our message with the state legislature and other key stakeholders.

He said he will «continue to work with the legislature to ensure education is a priority» in the new state budget.

To address the challenge and expand access to CTE and advanced coursework more generally, the Idaho legislature in 2015 authorized Idaho Career & Technical Education to work with the Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), a fully - accredited online school serving students in all of the state's 115 districts, to develop CTE Digital.

Ferebee worked this year with Ballard's deputy mayor of education, Jason Kloth, to push House Bill 1321 through the state legislature.

The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), working with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), facilitated a series of field trips around the country to help state policy leaders learn more about high school redeState Legislatures (NCSL), facilitated a series of field trips around the country to help state policy leaders learn more about high school redestate policy leaders learn more about high school redesign.

Poston explained to NC Policy Watch that the consortium is working with staffers in the legislature's Fiscal Research division to figure out what it would cost the state to provide pay increases for all teachers and reinstate supplemental pay for those teachers who have master's degrees, which was eliminated last year.

Cohen continued, «We want to thank the legislature and the state Department of Education for working with teachers this past legislative session to eliminate SBAC for high school students — that was a good start.

Then in 2010, a year after Schwarzenegger and the Democrat - controlled state legislature took advantage of the leverage given to them by the federal Race to the Top initiative and passed a series reforms (including the nation's first Parent Trigger law and requiring the state's teacher database to be tied to its student data system in order to allow for the use of student data in evaluating teachers), the NEA and AFT spent big to back once - and - future governor Jerry Brown's return to the top office, and successfully back traditionalist Tom Torlakson as state schools superintendent (while defeating longstanding Gloria Romero, the former state senate honcho who worked with Schwarzenegger to pass the reforms).

We work with public education stakeholders at every level: state legislatures, governors» offices, state education agencies and boards of education, business leaders, foundations, school district superintendents and business officers, county - level leaders, teacher associations, and numerous other groups interested in improving our country's education system.