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24 Aug 2012, 10:05 am by brown
”Despite his claim to support public education, Patrick held a one-sided hearing today featuring a parade of “school choice” advocates, thereby advancing an issue that had been dormant in the state legislature for several years: private school voucher subsidies. [read post]
30 Aug 2020, 6:11 pm by Tom Smith
California's state senate just voted 33-to-3 to create a reparations commission. [read post]
25 Mar 2019, 12:51 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
”New Jersey newspapers have now published 18 columns, editorials and opeds since last March urging the state legislature to pass this legislation. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 6:42 am
The following editorial by Senator Joe Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) on the need for further teacher tenure reform in New Jersey was published in the The Record on June 17: A JUNE 10 California court ruling that teacher tenure laws are unconstitutional and violate students’ rights to quality education signals the need for further education reforms in New Jersey and other states across the country. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 2:54 am by Michelle Buhalo
The Pennsylvania Legislature typically does not reprint Committee Reports or Hearings in the Legislative Journals of the House and Senate. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 11:38 am
Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senator Jim Beach, Senator Dawn Addiego, Assemblyman Herb Conaway, Assemblyman Troy Singleton, Assemblywoman Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, officials running the Vets4Warriors program at Rutgers and the Burlington County Military Affairs Committee met on Wednesday to highlight the use of $8 million in special funding added to the state budget for veterans’ services, including money that will keep the Vets4Warriors program operating. [read post]
20 Jun 2023, 3:11 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
It passed the State Assembly by a vote of 99 to 45 on Tuesday evening after clearing the Senate by a vote of 39 to 22 last month…” [read post]
7 Aug 2023, 9:41 am by Chris Sivel
Senator Bucco and Senator Testa are calling on the Legislature to reconvene for a special session to repeal these actions before they go into effect. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 11:15 am by IPWatchdog
Supreme Court and other judicial nominees, the Senate Judiciary Committee also approved a motion to authorize subpoenas against Twitter and Facebook relating to online content moderation; the Standing Committee of China’s national legislature approved revisions to the country’s patent law that would increase punitive damages for willful infringement; the Eleventh Circuit reverses grants of summary judgment in a trade dress case between Gorilla Glue and J-B Weld;… [read post]
9 Jun 2020, 12:56 pm by Robbie Kenney
The Legislature should have a defined role for governing the state jointly in emergency situations. [read post]
25 Oct 2016, 1:32 pm by Aaron Zeamer
On Monday, the Pennsylvania State Senate approved amendments to House Bill 1196 which the legislature has identified as a “fix” to the recent and expansive liquor reform law known as “Act 39”. [read post]
5 Sep 2009, 3:41 pm
“Who could have warned us that a man who served seven years in the state legislature and three years in the Senate would not have been prepared for the toughest executive position in the Free World? [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 7:06 am by The Health Law Partners
Governor David Paterson has called for a mandatory session with the state legislature to address the remaining portion of the state budget. [read post]
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 21 states have enacted Religious Freedom Restoration Acts since 1993, when the federal law was enacted, and ten states are currently considering legislation on the topic. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 9:16 am by Steve Hall
Brenda Council introduced an amendment to direct state Auditor Mike Foley to find and report on the costs. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 8:50 am
A two-thirds vote by state lawmakers is required to put the measure on the 2010 ballot. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 8:25 am by Bill Raftery
There were also suggestions the legislature and governor imposed the increases on judges as retaliation for decisions of the state’s supreme court. [read post]