Sentences with phrase «more federal money for»

More federal money for offshore bear studies, they told me last year, could clarify how unusual long swims, and occasional drownings, might be.

Also, the group hoped to get more federal money for organic foods in schools and one day replicate the program nationally.

Not exact matches

The Federal Reserve's decisions over the past 12 months to continuously raise interest rates from the near zero percent level of the past few years have made it more profitable for big banks to lend money.

For more than four years now, the U.S. Federal Reserve has tried to do just that through a security - purchasing program known as quantitative easing — also commonly referred to as «printing money.»

More specifically, the «Mad Money» host wants to see if Williams, a non-voting Federal Open Market Committee member who previously talked about having three interest rate hikes this year, will change his view and advocate for four hikes.

The three defense companies have also donated more money in the 2018 election cycle than any other company in the industry, according to a new analysis from the Center for Responsible Politics, which draws on the Federal Election Commission's latest political - candidate - contribution report.

Harper did not announce any more money for the Conservative's federal renewable energy program, which runs out of funding this year.

As the Federal Reserve Board gets ready for yet another round of quantitative easing (i.e. printing more money), one may well ask: why?

The Senate, for example, needs to come up with a bill that will save the federal government as much money, or more, as the House version.

Federal loan borrowers whose bills are more than 10 % of discretionary income, and who started borrowing money for school after July 1, 2014.

If you've exhausted your federal aid options and still need more money to pay for school, private student loans are another option.

Federal regulation prohibits you from making more than a total of 6 transfers each month to other accounts from a savings or money market account (including transfers to another account for overdraft protection) or to third parties each month by check, through point - of - sale purchase transactions with a banking card, by preauthorized or automatic agreements, telephone, or online.

For perspective, that's more money than the group spent in all federal campaigns during the 2014 election cycle combined.

Federal regulations prohibit you from making more than a total of six transfers each month to other accounts from a savings or money market account (including transfers to another account for overdraft protection) or to third parties each month by check, through point - of - sales purchase transactions with a banking card, by preauthorized or automatic agreements, by telephone or online.

Kleck just learned that almost immediately after the publication of his study, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a federal agency that receives more than $ 11 billion of taxpayer money every year, conducted its own study of the matter.

Fidelity ® Conservative Income Municipal Bond Fund (FCRDX) This fund, whose income is normally exempt from federal income taxes, might be appropriate for investors looking for more yield than money market funds are providing, and wanting to take a more conservative approach to both credit and interest rate risk than many other bond funds.

But they could be made realistic, if the price of the federal duck stamp was raised and the extra money used for more sanctuaries and stricter law enforcement to increase diving and puddle duck populations.

Investing more money in federal school meal reimbursement, so schools can afford to buy healthier food and pay for the increased labor needed to prepare it;

If you want all organic, GMO - free, clean - label, local, scratch - cooked meals, you are going to have to help schools lobby local, state and federal decisions makers to provide more money for school meals.

A former bookkeeper for well - known West Loop restaurants Blackbird and Avec was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging she stole more than $ 600,000 from the restaurants over a six - year period and used the money to pay down personal credit card debt, mortgages and other expenses.

That means taxpayers would no longer be able to deduct the amount they pay in state and local taxes — like income or property taxes — from their federal tax return, making it more burdensome for high - tax states to raise money for transit improvements.

Menendez told reporters on his way into the meeting that he would press for more federal money under existing railroad and clean - air programs.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is warning that the state might not be able to add more money for schools this year because of uncertainties in Washington over federal funding.

Schumer says he and other members of Congress are battling for the federal government to help local governments and taxpayers deal with aging water and sewer lines by making more money available.

Though billions in federal monies are being allocated to communities for water infrastructure, Schumer argues that billions more are needed.

«We get more bang for our buck there, with all the strings attached to federal money» that is often used in larger projects, Palmesano said.

Fighting for more federal homeland security money, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spent the day in Washington, D.C. making his case to Congress.

The Empire Center's E.J. McMahon said an analysis of federal data on wages paid finds the law's interpretation is outdated and that New York may be paying more in taxpayer money than is necessary — up to 25 percent more for some projects in some regions of the state.

Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

Justice Hassan held, «I am in complete agreement with the submission of the learned counsel for the applicant (EFCC) that the property sought to be attached are reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities and that by every standard this huge sum of money is not expected to be kept without going through a designated financial institution; more so, nobody has shown cause why the said sum should not be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

And he said New York was in line to receive a good chunk of federal aid, but will likely have to push for more money in order to cover public and private losses.

Suffolk Police Commissioner nominee Geraldine Hart said she wants to work closely with authorities in El Salvador to help fight the deadly MS - 13 gang's activities in the county and plans to use her knowledge of federal programs to push for more grant money.

Cuomo this week rolled out more than 25 million dollars in federal funding for 16 counties, and those that aren't receiving any money are wondering why they were left out.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is warning that New York might not be able to add more money for schools this year because of uncertainties in Washington over federal funding.

«In the end, we would save more money than we would spend by having a public financing system that allows people to run based on contributions from ordinary citizens rather than from special interest looking for something in return from the federal or state budget,» she said.

DEVELOPING... INDICTMENT: GRIMM HID $ 1M IN RESTAURANT SALES, WAGES... Rep. Michael Grimm, R - New York, failed to report more than $ 1 million in sales and wages at a Manhattan restaurant he once ran, using unreported cash to pay workers off the books, evade taxes, and «keep more money for himself,» according to federal prosecutors.

On Friday and Saturday the state legislature approved the $ 168 billion, 2018 - 19 State Budget, with a deal that includes a new state tax code as a response to federal changes and more money for education.

More than 600 people attended the event, including Emma Wolfe, a top political aide to the mayor who was subpoenaed in the federal probe looking into money funneled to Democratic candidates for state Senate.

Those were the two narratives presented to jurors today in the Manhattan federal courthouse where Mr. Silver, still an assemblyman and once among the three most powerful men in the state, is standing trial on charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering for allegedly taking more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks.

Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. — accused of living large off the money from his Bronx health - care empire — could face criminal charges for lying on state and federal applications to get more cash for the clinics, The Post has learned.

ALBANY — Former deputy secretary of health Jim Introne is returning to the state Department of Health to help oversee the disbursal of more than $ 6 billion in federal money from a recently approved Medicaid waiver, possibly to health care organizations who are clients of the politically well - connected firm he recently worked for.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing for more federal money to help fix local bridges.

Now, New York taxpayers are poised for a big victory when federal tax reform provides them with more money in their pockets and better economic opportunity.

DeFrancisco said Mahoney's offer this week to pay for the repair of some city streets was praiseworthy, but he questioned why it was accompanied by public statements suggesting that Miner had no plan to repair infrastructure other than begging for more state and federal money.

Hawkins» platform includes a call for a $ 15 hourly minimum wage rate, a ban on hydrofracking, using government money to hire unemployed workers for public projects, a single - payer healthcare program, rejecting the Common Core teaching standards (and the federal money that came with them), refiguring school aid to give more help to poorer districts and raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers.

Cuomo said New York sends $ 48 billion more to the federal government than it gets back, and suggested that Stefanik work to get that money back for New Yorkers.

«It's good that he's renewing the tax,» said Saunders, who says more money is needed for indigent legal services but also for «cuts that are going to come from the federal government under President Trump.»

Governor Andrew Cuomo says new rail tunnels are needed under the Hudson River to alleviate congestion and the federal government needs to commit more money for the project to make it work.

The two sides have spent months haggling, with Cuomo vying for more control over the money and the federal government insisting on a narrow mandate.

«They are not entitled to the preferential rates on advertising that federal law grants candidates, forcing them to pay far more money than candidates must for the same television and radio time.»