Sentences with phrase «state aid measure»

A Senate Democratic aide said Reid hopes to back a state aid measure in the future.

However, the fact that there is much more wriggle room in the state aid measures than he suggests gives him the opportunity to present a more proactive industrial policy as a victory against EU restrictions when in fact it is just an example of a member state working the system.

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These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

The measure would create a marketplace exchange that ostensibly would bring down insurance rates and free up millions of dollars in federal aid to the state.

SOF spending is a measure of cash disbursement for operations and debt service supported by State revenues; it excludes capital investments and spending supported by federal aid.

The GOP has blocked passage of bills including the Dream Act, to help children of undocumented immigrants get college aid, a measure to codify the abortion rights in Roe v. Wade into state law, and campaign finance reform.

King told Gay City News that among the recommendations was one to create a subcommittee of the state AIDS Advisory Council that will be responsible for creating performance measures for the plan and monitoring those measures.

Supporters of the measure to give state aid for college tuition to children of undocumented immigrants say they are disappointed and saddened that the measure lost in the Senate by just one vote.

Sponsored by Assemblymember Carmen De La Rosa of Manhattan, the measure would allow students brought into the country as children to seek state financial aid for higher education, including the Excelsior Scholarship program that makes tuition at state colleges free for low - income and middle - class students.

The measure, which would have tied state aid to consolidation agreements, received lukewarm reception in the region.

On Monday, the state Senate voted down the measure, which would allow children of undocumented immigrants to be eligible for college financial aid.

Governor Andrew Cuomo pushed for the education measures to be included in the state budget and tied those reforms to a boost in school aid.

State Operating Funds (SOF) spending is a measure of cash disbursement for operations and debt service supported by State revenues; it excludes capital investments and spending supported by federal aid.

Under the measure approved in the budget, school districts must adopt the evaluation criteria by Nov. 15 or risk losing a boost in state education aid.

Opponents of the measure pointed to the favorable language before voters on the ballot as set by the state Board of Elections, which touted claims the amendment would bring more jobs, added school aid and lower property taxes.

By raising the threshold amount from $ 100,000 to $ 250,000, «districts could make critical capital improvements in a more timely manner and receive state aid much faster,» she said, a measure that would also save the state money on interest payments.

The GOP has blocked passage of bills including the Dream Act, to help children of undocumented immigrants get college aid, a measure to codify the abortion rights in Roe v. Wade into state law, as well as campaign finance reform.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo put a number of progressive issues into his state budget proposal, including early voting measures, reforming the criminal justice system to end cash bail and the Dream Act to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants.

He also pitched reforms to broaden and make more accessible tax incentives for private forest owners, a measure that would aid in conservation and strengthen the state's timber industry.

The 2013 budget also continues several austerity measures, including freezes in pay increases for county employees as Niagara County's government continues to chart a conservative budgeting course during a period of declining state aid and increases in unfunded state mandates.

His statement and the impasse in Albany signaled yet another dead end for the Dream Act, the measure that would allow high school graduates who are undocumented immigrants to apply for state financial aid for college.

Others, however, said the measure is a Band - Aid solution that could thwart activists» attempts to legalize same - sex marriage in the state.

Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo put a number of progressive issues into his state budget proposal, including the Dream Act, to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants, early voting measures and reforming the criminal justice system to end cash bail.

Meanwhile, countries like Kenya and Ethiopia where the United States and aid groups have worked with governments to improve irrigation and other measures aimed at boosting food security are faring far better in the crisis.

But the debt crisis hitting the euro zone and the United States makes it unlikely those countries will provide more aid or impose new measures that could hurt their growth prospects.

The potential risk is greatest, the Bain report states, to schools that are «not a top - ranked institution,» whose «financial statements don't look as good as they used to,» and that «have had to take drastic measures» to improve the bottom line, such as raising tuition, reducing standards of admission, and cutting aid to students and numbers of faculty.

Proof of this reaction path has now become possible with the aid of state - of - the - art measuring technology.

«The government's priorities are to get the maximum benefit from our existing expenditure, to encourage cost - effective collaborative R&D and to seek lower levels of international state aids and other measures which distort competition.»

The U.S. Department of Education last week sent out the first installment — more than $ 250 million — in education aid to states affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, just days after President Bush signed the measure into law.

The Senate measure would add $ 35.5 million to a slightly retooled version of the current state - aid formula to try to even out inequities of local wealth among school districts.

The measure, which was signed last month by Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican, requires the state school board and the commissioner of health to set regulations to ensure swim teachers in public schools have «appropriate swimming and first aid skills necessary to protect the health and safety of students.»

Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana has signed into law a measure that he believes will satisfy a court order requiring the state to find a new school aid formula.

Lawmakers would be forced to increase state school aid for the current fiscal year if the measure passes.

While eliminating applications raises questions for important aspects of the largest federal K - 12 education aid program, the ESEA Title I program, the policy guidance published by USED in March 2015 provides a wide range of options for states and LEAs to implement CEP with minimal interference with Title I funding allocations or accountability measures.

The Eau Claire School Board resolution supporting the Voucher Taxpayer Transparency Bill notes that the measure would require that property tax bills include information about any reductions in state aid resulting in pupils enrolling in the private school voucher programs.

(N.J.) A proposal that would create a state aid program for security measures at private schools is on a lengthy list of student safety bills approved by the state Assembly earlier this month.

For state, district, and school leaders, value - added measures may aid in school improvement in at least three ways: improving programs, making decisions about human resources, and developing incentives for better performance.

Is this proposed measure really simply a way to protect property - rich «Basic Aid» school districts where local property tax revenues exceed the amounts districts would otherwise receive from the usual state funding formulas?

A lengthy discussion that follows of so - called Blaine amendments (the generic term for measures enacted in various state constitutions forbidding direct government aid to educational institutions with any religious affiliations) contends that since the ESA money goes to parents, state constitutional prohibitions against funding religious institutions are avoided.

This manual from the Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Program, was developed to enhance knowledge about infection control measures in the shelter environment, and to aid veterinary professionals in the development and implementation of infection control protocols.

At this stage, the Commission has doubts whether these measures are in line with EU state aid rules.

There is such a thing as «psychological» state aid (see case C - 399 / 10 P Bouyges and Boygues Télécom, which the CJEU also refers to in the Eventech case), for example if a government makes a public statement that it will ensure the preservation of a company that is about to go bankrupt but does not yet take specific measures.

Thank you Prof. Vedder, actually I share your opinion, the problem with a too broad application of the MEIP test is that it has as a consequence, once the test can be applied and is allegedly fulfilled, that the measures falls OUTSIDE the scope of Article 107 TFEU and therefore outside Commission's competence to assess it (if a measure is not a State aid, the Commission can not pronounce itself on its compatibility with the internal market...).

The Court confirmed that the Commission can not evade its obligation to assess the economic rationality of a given measure in the light of the private investor test solely on the basis that the measure is connected to a measure which itself already constitutes State aid.

In particular, the missing piece of the «aid jigsaw» is, according to AG Saugmandsgaard ØE, that the national measure in question does not entail the use of «State resources».

However, a measure, be it a grant, interest or tax relief, guarantee, government holding or the provision of goods and services on preferential terms, is characterised as State aid when it is the result of an intervention by the State, leading to a possible distortion of competition and one which is likely to affect trade between Member States.

It could have been an aggravating factor in terms of free movement, but as far as State aid law is concerned, selectivity has to be examined at the level of one Member State only, the decisive criterion being whether the measure differentiates between undertakings or sectors that are in a comparable factual and legal situation.

His thesis examines the interaction between EU state aid rules and national tax measures, exploring, in particular, the extent to which EU state aid policy can serve as a tool against harmful tax competition between Member States.

In order to constitute state aid, a measure has to fulfill four conditions: it must confer an advantage on an undertaking, this advantage must be selective, it must be granted by the state and through state resources, and it must distort competition and affect intra-Union trade.

Any measures foisted upon unwilling, unqualified trainees, and designed to replace a state - funded legal aid system, would likely be doomed to fail.