The other, and more important, race is the struggle for control of the national legislature.
Route 125 was one of four tests authorized by the state legislature in 1989.
Now the legislature wants to increase and expand taxes on groceries, haircuts and prescription drugs.
The pro-corporate agenda of the current legislature is so pronounced that even conservative Republicans seem surprised.
That courtesy is routinely extended within the Texas legislature, but this time Mr. Geren refused.
The state Legislature is weighing a bill to require judges to consider dunes' benefits.
He also intends to remain in office until the end of the current legislature - 2013.
In 1776, Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights.
Marriage is a contract, they said, and the legislature sets the terms of that contract.
Besides, the New York State legislature, the advocates argued, is too slow unwilling to adopt change.
What makes it okay for the Governor and the legislature to hold its own state hostage?
The Legislature of the smallest state in the nation was a small pond for a Kennedy.
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The powerful cruise lobby, with many allies in the state legislature, sank the bill.
They gave the legislature a rating of 3.1, again slightly better than Europeans and Americans.
Another offender: the U.S., whose legislature has put so much territory off-limits to drillers.
Despite the internal struggles in the legislature, ACES made it through the legislature relatively unscathed.
You have to pass bills through the legislature, and then I can sign it.
In return, the legislature would gain the right to dismiss a government with a no-confidence vote.
So, Gov. Mark Dayton (D) and the GOP-controlled legislature continue to hammer away at each other.
For example, the Utah Legislature passed a mandatory mediation statute effective May 1, 2005.
In New York, the state legislature has rejected the mayor's call for a soda tax.
When he lost a long court battle, he asked the Legislature to re-introduce the bill.
That is what the Utah legislature passed for new state employees beginning in July.
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The legislature orders Texas universities on the public dime to charge no tuition to those qualified.
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Massachusetts passed its plan under a Republican governor (and a Democratically controlled state legislature).
But getting them through the legislature without Ms. Banerjee's support is likely to be even trickier.
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And, actually, getting it through the liberal legislature was harder than getting it past the Governor.
Mr Kirchner has amassed formidable influence over Argentina's courts, media, legislature and provincial governors.
Result: For the first time in Virginia's electoral history, Republicans won both houses of the legislature.
The Legislature was mostly hostile to New Orleans and the budget battles were epic.
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