Sentences with phrase «year as lawmakers»

North Carolina's principals, whose salaries ranked 50th in the nation in 2016, watched this year as lawmakers changed how they are compensated, moving away from a salary schedule based on years of service and earned credentials to a so - called performance - based plan that relies on students» growth measures (calculated off standardized test scores) and the size of the school to calculate pay.

«It provides a ringing endorsement for many of the Administration's planned changes that will be taken up in Congress next year as lawmakers debate what to do with the No Child Left Behind Act.»

Although unlikely, there is an opportunity for drastic change on this board this year as lawmakers will elect at least two and as many as seven new members.

The budget was 10 days late last year as lawmakers and Cuomo haggled over details — a return to an traditionally contentions and drawn - out process for the governor and the Legislature.

Raise the age has stalled at the Capitol for several years as lawmakers remain at odds over adjudicating case involving 16 - and 17 - year - old defendants.

Silver — who rakes in $ 121,000 a year as a lawmaker and an undisclosed sum in a law - firm sideline — lives in Cooperative Village's Hillman Houses.

His appearance was missing the verbal wars that happened during budget hearings the past couple years as lawmaker after lawmaker asked Zemsky about the status of projects in their home districts.

The requirements have crept up in recent years as lawmakers tried to save program costs during the recession.

Not exact matches

That could prove a difficult task, as tax - writing committees have not yet introduced a bill and lawmakers face multiple other deadlines before the end of the year.

As lawmakers and the public scrutinize dramatic price increases for other old drugs — most recently with the Mylan - owned EpiPen, which saw its cost go up by 500 % in the past nine years — the next flash point may be insulin, a drug both ubiquitous and complicated.

LANSING, Mich. (AP)-- Sports doctor Larry Nassar is on his way to prison for the rest of his life for molesting scores of young female athletes, but the scandal is far from over at Michigan State University as victims, lawmakers and a judge demand to know why he wasn't stopped years ago.

Icahn's efforts last year to overhaul the biofuels program - while acting as an adviser to Trump on regulatory issues - drew scrutiny from federal investigators after lawmakers said it raised ethical concerns.

The drugmaker's stock hit a two - and - a-half year low last week as it faces mounting criticism from lawmakers on high prices for its treatments.

The fiscal cliff, off which U.S. taxpayers may have to leap on Jan. 1, 2013, if the Bush tax cuts expire, is seen as being the inevitable consequence of Washington lawmakers» infighting unless President Obama and Congress honestly confront this deadline in an election year.

In fact, as several of the country's lawmakers have noted, due to the conditions of our roadways «American businesses pay $ 27 billion a year in extra freight transportation costs, increasing shipping delays and raising prices on everyday products.»

Valeant's prescription drug sales began to unravel last year as its history of large price increases drew sharp criticism and the attention of lawmakers as well as New York and Massachusetts attorneys general, which opened investigations.

American Outdoor Brands Corp. forecast weak firearm sales for at least a year, becoming the latest gun maker to report disappointing results as lawmakers discuss tougher regulations.

Maryland lawmakers expressed unease Wednesday about the $ 5 billion cost of Gov. Larry Hogan's package to lure Amazon.com's second headquarters to Montgomery County, even as the administration unveiled a new study saying the project would add nearly $ 8 billion a year to state paychecks.

And more than that, lawmakers continue acting like the solutions are some sort of mystery, as if there aren't years of research and experiences in other countries that show restrictions on firearms can save lives.

For two years, Mayor Luke Bronin has fashioned his city budgets from a mix of steep cuts, labor concessions and, at times, layoffs as he pleaded with state lawmakers for more money.

As we approach the Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Congress — the every - five - year funding of child nutrition programs — lawmakers will have the opportunity to weaken some of 2010's biggest school meal improvements with respect to sodium, whole grains and fruits and vegetables.

As a result, nursing mothers have become proactive in recent years, not only lobbying lawmakers to change laws and provide penalties for those who do not comply but also staging huge «nurse - ins» at businesses that have rejected public nursing.

Boehm said Donahue's selection had nothing to do with the fact that her husband, Dan, worked on Mayor Dan McLaughlin's election campaign two years ago and her brother - in - law David Donahue was hired last year as the village's legislative liaison, a newly created position designed to foster communication between the village and state and federal lawmakers.

As I reported here back in March, House lawmakers were able to insert language in the Congressional report accompanying the 2014 Omnibus Spending Bill advising USDA to grant schools a one - year waiver on two important new school food requirements: an increase in fruit served at breakfast and the implementation of the widely lauded «Smart Snacks in School» rules.

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And last year, Texas lawmakers as well created a home visiting program to help children at risk for abuse and neglect and other family difficulties.

While those around him see him as a hero, and he's grateful for the recognition, Chris is quick to credit those around him for his success, and looks forward to this year's LAC in Washington, D.C., where school nutrition professionals from around the country will meet to bring their needs and concerns before lawmakers.

This January, there could be as many as three or four freshman lawmakers with strong relationships with labor and the WFP in the chamber and Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeking a host of decidedly liberal agenda items for the final two years of his first term.

Advocates, lobbyists and even some state lawmakers privately fear this could become one of the least productive legislative sessions in years as «scandal fatigue» pervades the Capitol and criminal allegations dominate the headlines and deflate the desire to get things done.

The Assembly gave long - awaited passage to a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice — but not before a lawmaker — Brooklyn Assemblywoman Rodneyese Bichotte — emotionally recounted how as a 10 - year - old she was molested by her pastor.

In the email, which Murray forwarded to Capital Tonight, he points to DeFrancisco receiving both his pension and his salary as a state lawmaker — a legally allowed practice known as «double dipping» which good - government groups and newspaper editorial boards have decried over the years in state government.

As state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo continue to sort out an extension of the now lapsed rent control laws in New York City, Senate Republicans say they have no plans to leave town after passing their own eight - year extension of the program.

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki stated this in his welcome address read on the floor of the Senate yesterday as the lawmakers resumed plenary from the end - of - the - year break.

The measure has been pushed for the last decade at the Capitol to little avail in the Senate as lawmakers there have raised concerns over a one - year look back window for old cases of abuse.

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

Efforts to combat heroin and opioid abuse over the last several years have totaled millions of dollars in new efforts as well as regulations placed on insurance companies to deal with the issue, marking one of the few bipartisan issues facing lawmakers at either the state or federal level.

The Senate passed its ride - hailing bill more than a month ago, and the governor has indicated he would like to see a solution to this issue — which eluded lawmakers last year — worked out as part of the budget.

The legislative pay panel is expected to make its decision on salary increases for lawmakers as well as officials in the executive branch after Election Day this year.

But the wage debate opened fissures within the conference that were first exposed last year, Dean Skelos stepped down as majority leader and was replaced by a fellow Long Island lawmaker, John Flanagan.

With ethics back in the headlines due to the pending sentencing for Skelos as well as former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, lawmakers may want to pass an ethics measure in some form before running for re-election later this year.

State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday in Albany appeared close to striking a deal on a $ 168 billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year as policy - related issues fell out of the talks.

In theory, such a deal would have to take place over the next several days, though lawmakers in previous years have passed day - long extenders measures for rent control as talks progressed.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014 backed a public financing system for the comptroller's race that year, intended as a pilot program of sorts.

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

At the end of the day, during which rank - and - file lawmakers did a whole lot of not much, legislation was introduced just before midnight that included a two - year extension of NYC mayoral control as part of wide - ranging deal.

Orange County Democrats are seizing on the latest pension data figures released in recent days showing Sen. Bill Larkin drawing a $ 58,503 pension benefit this year on top of his salary as a state lawmaker.

State lawmakers earlier this year agreed to a package of education policy changes that linked test scores to evaluations as well as in - classroom observation and made it more difficult for teachers to obtain tenure.

The eight years of Preet Bharara's tenure as U.S. attorney changed Albany, ousting lawmakers convicted of corruption and peeling back the unsavory workings of state government.

Embattled Brooklyn state Assemblywoman Pamela Harris keeps getting paid as a lawmaker, but has been a no - show at the state Capitol ever since her indictment on federal corruption charges this year.

Governor Cuomo says lawmakers must make the case themselves, publicly in an election year, as to why they deserve a raise.