In the News - Archives October 2009
10-30-09...
House leaders name shifting more duties to the office of
lieutenant governor as one top solution to the budget crisis
Denver Post
Since 1971, each Virginia lieutenant governor
ran for governor and three won; Virginia Lt. Governor Bill
Bolling cast 10 tie-breaking senate votes in his first term
and the Times Dispatch says 21 - 19 senate partisan split “is
likely to yield more tie-breaking votes on contentious issues”
Times Dispatch
Connecticut Lt. Governor Michael Fedele
presides over State Bond Commission meeting in governor’s
absence
News Times
Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman
announces formation of the 9-county MidWest Indiana Economic
Development group
WLFI
Connecticut Lt. Governor Michael Fedele says no
clear application process made acquiring federal stimulus monies
difficult
Housatonic Times
Colorado Lt. Governor Barbara O Brien
is coordinator of the state’s Race to the Top bid for
competitive federal aid for struggling schools
Denver Times
10-29-09… Alabama Lt. Governor Jim Folsom tours with
India based aerospace expert and talks international aerospace
cooperation
Huntsville Times.
Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry
urged Congress to appropriate monies on a great
lakes restoration plan
Holland Sentinel
Nebraska Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy
welcomes NASA emergency return flight ship to museum
Omaha Herald. Delaware Lt. Governor Matt Denn, the
state’s stimulus czar, issues the first interim report on
recovery funds
WGMD
Maryland Lt.
Governor Anthony Brown says 4,464 jobs in-state are directly
related to stimulus dollars
WBALTV. Colorado Lt. Governor Barbara O’Brien
testified to an Aspen bi-partisan education reform commission
9 News
10-28-09… Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant launches
NLGA’s Lt. Governors’ Challenge, a 12-week nutrition and fitness
program aimed at better health
Clarion Ledger; WKRG.
New York Lt. Governor Richard Ravitch
says collective state deficits will total $500-Billion in 2011
Bloomberg
North Carolina Lt. Governor Walter Dalton
appears with the EPA Administrator on three-state electricity
grid investment
EPA Press
10-27-09… Many candidates expected to file for Illinois
Office of Lt. Governor following gubernatorial succession
STL Today.
Soon to be one of only four states without a lieutenant
governor, gubernatorial candidate plank to create an
Oregon office of lieutenant governor could be “an
honest-to-god issue to use in the campaign”
Oregonian.
Nevada Lt. Governor seeks veterans to
participate in an oral veterans history project
Record Courier.
Hawaii Lt. Governor James ‘Duke’ Aiona
says state is open to amending the teacher’s union contract to
restore educational days from furloughed status
KPUA
Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant
launches NLGA’s Lt. Governors Challenge for heart healthy action
Sun Herald
10-26-09… California Lt. Governor John Garamendi, Public
Lands Chair, requests more auditors to monitor oil and gas
royalty payments saying move could increase collections
$4-Million
Chronicle. West Virginia Lt. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
writes EPA asking for expeditious decisions on possible coal
mining permits to end uncertainty in future coal planning
Lincoln Journal
Impeachment resolution to be
filed against governor which, if it occurred, would trigger
succession of South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer
CS Monitor. Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim Murray,
STEM Coordinating Council Chair, promotes US education grant for
STEM education
NECN
Washington Lt. Governor Brad Owen
to present awards for youth substance abuse prevention
DSHS. Gubernatorial candidate pushes for creation
of Oregon office of lieutenant governor citing population
growth as a reason and international trade as possible duty
Observer
10-25-09...
Idaho Lt. Governor Brad Little
is available and briefed throughout a light anesthesia procedure
on the governor
Examiner. Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu, head of
Arts, Recreation, and Culture Department, will host the 4th
Cultural Economy Summit and World Cultural Economic Forum
NOLA.
10-23-09… New Mexico Lt. Governor Diane Denish cast the
tie-breaking vote on a senate amendment to cut $150 million in
capital outlay projects to offset proposed cuts in education,
health services, and more
NM Independent
Nevada Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki says the
state is a “perfect business environment” for solar energy
business
Nevada Appeal.
President Obama
lauds the leadership of Massachusetts Lt. Governor Patrick
Murray
Boston
10-21-09… State will furlough 16 departments two Fridays per
month but the office of Hawaii Lt. Governor James ‘Duke’
Aiona will maintain hours
Advertiser
10-20-09…
Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown helped
pack food crates at the Food bank bringing
awareness to the need for donations
WJZ.
Rhode Island Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts
holds a health care panel on national reform
efforts
WBRU
Delaware Lt. Governor Matt Denn
announces Parental involvement school awards
WDEL
Oklahoma Lt. Governor Jari Askins, Tourism
Commission Chair, says Centennial celebration led
record-breaking tourism year for state
Record and Wisconsin
Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton calls for passage of public
financing of supreme court judge elections
Sentinel
10-17-09…Oregon will be
the biggest state without a lieutenant
governor (left alone with Maine, New
Hampshire and Wyoming) if Arizona office of
lieutenant governor effort succeeds
Oregonian
Vermont Lt. Governor Brian Dubie said
state’s work on engineering workforce saved jobs
WCAX
The New York office of lieutenant governor
was vacant no less than ten times between
1777 and 2009
Journal
10-13-09…Wisconsin
Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton says 21st
technology is essential to a needed
transformation in the way we educate children
Herald
and Guv calls for special session on budget and
Nebraska Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy says
higher ed is likely to take cuts
ABC
North
Dakota Lt. Governor Jack Dalrymple, Youth
Council chair, says the state is asking youth
how to better market to youth
KXnet
and Oregon Sec. of State Kate Brown, as
Land Board member, votes for increased grazing
fees
Herald
10-12-09…North
Carolina Lt. Governor Walter Dalton chairs
the 20-member
Joining Our Businesses and Schools (JOBS)
Commission geared to make high school curricula
relevant to emerging job fields
NBC17
and Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu,
Juvenile Justice Implementation Commission
chair, performs site visit in response to
juvenile justice concerns
AP
Podcasts on defining the office of lieutenant
governor are posted featuring Nebraska Lt.
Governor Rick Sheehy, Maryland Lt. Governor
Anthony Brown, and NLGA Director Julia
Hurst
In Jersey
10-11-09…After hour-long meeting with mayors,
Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim Murray says
state employee layoffs are imminent
Globe
Nevada
Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki, Tourism
Commission Chair, says ad blitz is started on
east coast
Appeal
and Sandra Day O’Connor heads a government
reorganization commission which may back
creation of an Arizona office of lieutenant
governor
Republic
10-10-09…Arizona
Sec. of State Ken Bennett says state would
benefit from a general election-joint ticket
office of lieutenant governor
Cronkite News
10-11-09…What do lieutenant governors do in the states? Panel
Forum: Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Nebraska
Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy, former Rhode Island Lt.
Governor Charles J. Fogarty, and NLGA Director Julia
Hurst
Leadership NJ Podcast (scroll down)
10-10-09… Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil
Bryant states support of $2.2-billion power
plant to the Public Service Commission, amidst
rancor debate
Clarion Ledger
10-09-09… Arizona Sec. of State says
state would benefit from creation of an office
of lieutenant governor elected as a ticket with
the governor
WMI Central
10-09-09… Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown,
Nebraska Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy, and former Rhode
Island Lt. Governor Charles J. Fogarty discuss roles of
lieutenant governors at New Jersey forum
Journal
10-08-09…Maryland Lt.
Governor Anthony Brown, Nebraska Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy,
former Rhode Island Lt. Governor Charles J. Fogarty, and
NLGA Director Julia Hurst spoke at a panel on the office of
lt. governor in New jersey prior to the historic first-ever
debate of that states’ lt. governor candidates
Washington Post
Office of New Jersey
lieutenant governor would vary depending on who’s elected:
one to oversee ‘family agenda,’ another would be a business and
regulatory advocate, a third would be tasked to education policy
Gannett
10-08-09… North Dakota Lt.
Governor Jack Dalrymple, Commission on
Education Improvement chair, says the group will
develop recommendations on high schools and
colleges working better together and will track
implementation of education reform
KXNET. Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch
Landrieu to vie for international tourists
hosting the third annual cultural economic
summit in New Orleans with 25 countries
represented
News Star
Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry
part of executive order to merge Departments of
Natural Resources and Environmental Quality
Chicago Tribune
10-07-09… Missouri Lt.
Governor Peter Kinder, the statutory liaison
between the state and the elderly, meets with
seniors on their key issues regarding health and
transportation
KOMU. Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell
says economy has bottomed and suggests officials
prod in-state tourism
Standard
Georgia Lt. Governor Casey Cagle sits on
state’s new water panel which seeks new sources
of water
Atlanta Chronicle.
Florida Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp says
aerospace plan needs to grow beyond NASA
Sentinel
10-06-09… Iowa Lt. Governor
Patty Judge says federal homeland security
grants are shrinking meaning they’ll have to do
more with less
Radio Iowa. New York Lt. Governor
Richard Ravitch says $1/2-Billion budget
cuts necessary for deficit and stability
Times Union
Kansas Lt. Governor Troy Findley
helps break ground on new $7.25-Million
bioscience incubator
KTKA
10-05-09… Contractors put their
political and financial support behind creation
of an Arizona office of lieutenant governor
Yuma Sun.
Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter
stands by predictions that new lottery will net
$100-Million annually for scholarships
Arkansas News
Alaska Lt. Governor Craig Campbell
spoke at the fallen fire fighters service, the
first time any gubernatorial administration was
represented at the annual event
Empire
10-05-09...Business groups seek to create the Arizona office
of lieutenant governor
Capitol Media Services
and Candidate says New Mexico lieutenant governor should now
grow to new administrative roles
Independent
10-03-09… A major business
group (contractors) is building support to
create an Arizona joint-general-election office
of lieutenant governor saying party change which
may result from succession is not ideal
Verde News.
Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant
writes a newspaper Perspective piece saying more
budget cuts likely, no sentiment for tax
increase
Clarion Ledger
California Lt. Governor John Garamendi
joins state’s largest physician’s union in call
for public option in health reform
Chronicle. Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony
Brown anticipates 28,000 new neighbors in
base neighborhoods as a result of BRAC
WTOP
Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst
votes to hire 250 workers to ease backlog of
fingerprinting for food stamp benefits
Statesman
10-02-09… South Carolina Lt.
Governor Andre Bauer, head of the Division
of Aging, promotes the role of adult day care
services
Times. Nevada Lt. Governor Brian
Krolicki, Reno-Tahoe Olympic bid chair, said
that bid is ready to move forward; discussions
will begin when the Olympic Committee is ready
Sun
Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder
presented the $38.1-Million economic impact
statement of the Tour of Missouri to the Tourism
Commission he chairs
Tribune.
Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder says Tour of
Missouri he runs has a $38.1-Million economic
impact
Biz Journals
Oklahoma Lt. Governor Jari Askins
says her state is actively recruiting both
business and headquarters
Enid News
10-01-09… Utah Lt. Governor
Greg Bell says every hour of his life is
“now schedule” with breadth of duties as
lieutenant governor including running elections,
working with locals, and advancing issues;
Clipper and he releases a citizens petition
for signature gathering which would create an
ethics commission
Clipper
Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry presided over
the senate during negotiations to pass an
interim budget and avoid a state shutdown
LSJ.
Assemblymen file legislation which would assign
responsibility to identify and assess unfunded
mandates and be a local government and school
boards liaison to New Jersey lieutenant
governor
Politicker
Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu pitches state
as a place to live to aged 50+ persons
WWL.
Governor says Guam Lt. Governor Michael Cruz,
M.D., is a ‘soldier first’ as Cruz deploys
for Afghanistan
PNC
Nevada Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki,
Tourism Commission Chair and Economic
Development Commission Chair, said the state is
pursuing 280 companies which would bring 5,000
jobs
Nevada Appeal
10-01-09...NLGA Director Julia
Hurst testifies to a Senate committee in support of keeping
the Wisconsin office of lieutenant governor WKOW
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