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  • It goes for a vote before the full Suffolk County legislature on Tuesday, March 20th at the RIVERHEAD location of the Legislature.

    Working Families Oppose Anti-Immigrant Bill Steve Perez 2007

  • On Monday, at its regular monthly meeting, the county legislature will consider two resolutions about the voting machine dilemma: one directed to the state Legislature and one directed to the federal government.

    unknown title 2009

  • Political advisor: Chinese children in cities need manual labor Law amendments adopted to punish computer crimes, bribe-taking relatives of officials Senior members of nat'l advisory body discuss agenda of annual session China's top legislature to convene annual session on March 5 next year Legislature studies practice of laws on labor contract, compulsory education China's top legislature discusses report on water pollution control

    unknown title 2009

  • She sent her third budget over in Dec. ‘09 for SFY ‘10 based on totally unrealistic oil price projections, the legislature balked and she had to revise the projections downward, but she forced the Legislature to make the cuts, further eroding her already bad relations with the Legislature.

    Yes, She Can? ON Sarah Palin and 2012 - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2009

  • Davis accuses Sparks of telling voters that with him at the top of the ticket he cannot win because of "how Alabama is," and that Republicans will take over the Legislature, a code word for race.

    Local News from Gadsden Times 2010

  • I don't understand why the Legislature is delving into the minutia of what each school district across the Commonwealth is doing in regards to teacher planning time.

    Tim Hugo Bitch-Slaps Clarke Hogan 2009

  • Do you believe the State Legislature is a “sort of person” and “not much worth listening to”?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Wishful Linguistics 2010

  • A Senate Democrat explaining exactly how much of the Legislature is controlled by oil companies

    Beat 360° 5/4/10 2010

  • “In Louisiana, the Legislature is considering a bill forbidding law students at clinics that receive any public money from suing government agencies, companies or individuals for damages unless exempted by the Legislature.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Clinics Under Siege 2010

  • The "regularly scheduled special session" of the Legislature is likely to be a real humdinger.

    Jack Bog's Blog: July 2009 Archives 2009

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