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Despite budget shortfall, Gregoire won’t call special session
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | 8 days ago
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Gov. Chris Gregoire rejected new Republican calls for a special legislative session in early December to deal with the growing budget shortfall, despite her prediction it might hit $2.5 billion after Thursday’s revenue forecast. Gregoire, a Democrat in...
Tags: Chris Gregoire, special sessions, Tacoma, Stephen Harper, Kansas state budget, NASA Budget, Christine Gregoire, Public finance, Presidency of George W. Bush, Social Issues
AP Enterprise: Special sessions define Calif. gov
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility A day after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn into office in 2003, he capitalized on his popularity by calling state lawmakers into three special legislative sessions, each of which succeeded. He persuaded lawmakers to float a $15 billion bond to...
Californians vent frustration at Schwarzenegger, legislators
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility San Francisco California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been clobbered – yet again – in opinion polls. The most recent Field Poll released Tuesday gives him 27 percent approval rating, the poorest of his tenure and the second lowest of any Golden State...
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Field Poll, San Francisco California, special sessions, approval rating
NBC 12 Phoenix (KPNX): Special session kicks off 3rd week
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Legislators return to the Capitol on Monday, but it's expected to be another week without major progress on a state-budget compromise for fiscal 2010. That's because, as with last week, more than a dozen lawmakers will be out of town for a legislative...
Tags: special sessions
Calling special session, Perry wants quick action
Austin :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Gov. Rick Perry is summoning lawmakers back to the Texas Capitol on Wednesday for a special session to make sure key state agencies keep operating, take up highway bonds and consider public-private transportation partnerships. All were left unaddressed...
Tags: Rick Perry, Tom Schieffer, Texas Rangers, Texas House, special sessions, Texas Capitol, Republican, Senate Bill, legislative sessions, special legislative
New JFK bill to be introduced
Tamuning :: Guam | 5 months ago
Credibility Core Tech International Corp. construction employees work on the track and field area of the proposed interim John F. Kennedy High School campus in Tiyan earlier this week. (Jacqueline Hernandez/Pacific Daily News/jhernande7) Speaker Judith Won Pat has...
Tags: Core Tech International Corp., New JFK, JFK High School, double sessions, special sessions, tax credits, interim campus, Judith Won Pat, GovGuam, Tiyan
Dems, GOP stage dueling NY Senate sessions
Albany :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Democrats in control of the audiovisual system cut off microphone and camera feeds when Republicans spoke. Sen. Andrea Stewart Cousins, a Westchester County Democrat, had the podium. Democrats entered the chamber more than two hours early, getting the...
Tags: New York Senate, David Paterson, special sessions, ny senate, New York Post, legislative sessions
Local lawmakers call special budget meeting 'bizarre'
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Against the backdrop of thousands of people who rely on state services descending on the state Capitol to protest budget cuts, lawmakers return today under orders from the governor to reconsider a tax increase rejected just a few weeks ago. But interviews...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Illinois Capitol, tax increase, budget cut, Illinois General Assembly, Illinoisans, special sessions, Springfield, higher tax, income tax
NBC 10 Rochester (KHEC): Senate power struggle
Albany :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Paterson ordered the Senate into a special session beginning Tuesday. "I will convene a special session every day until they do," Paterson said. That means Saturdays, Sundays, that includes July 4, there will be no excuses and there will be no tolerance...
Tags: David Paterson, New York Senate, Paterson Refuses, special sessions
Bridges, economic growth bills added to session
Kentucky :: KY :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Kentucky Speedway in Gallatin County. • Includes tax incentives for the film and television industry. • Expands a tax exemption to attempt to lure a Breeders' Cup World Championship to Kentucky. • Allows land in Hardin County to be used for a proposed...
Tags: Steve Beshear, Kentucky General Assembly, legislative sessions, special sessions
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