Sentences with phrase «address budget shortfalls»

Martin - Tafoya expected to have to cut seven teachers by the fall to address budget shortfalls in the district, she said.

Some states have cut or closed their state fairs to address their budget shortfalls, but supporters of the century - old pasttime remain optimistic about the future.

Emergency fiscal aid from the federal government helped prevent even deeper cuts but ran out before the economy recovered, and states chose to address their budget shortfalls disproportionately through spending cuts rather than a more balanced mix of service cuts and revenue increases.

To the extent that conservatives succeed in reducing fiscal woes to a case of runaway spending, politicians find it easier to address budget shortfalls with public sector furlough days, wage freezes, layoffs and benefit cuts than with progressive tax increases that, many economists conclude, would cause the least harm to the recovery.

They'll talk about the state's financial troubles and the special legislative session held last week to address the budget shortfall.

Not exact matches

Many state tax systems are also inadequate to address coming budget shortfalls or to finance the kind of investment necessary to offset the drop in federal spending that will inevitably follow Congress's $ 1.5 trillion tax cut.

But as our provincial credit ratings have been downgraded, it will be important for the current and future governments to implement policies that will actually address the government's significant revenue shortfall and growing budget deficit.

Vacca and transit advocates wrote their letter to state leaders in response to an AP story that reported that «Budget Director Robert Megna said the $ 315 million shortfall in the current budget must be addressed by Dec. 31.&Budget Director Robert Megna said the $ 315 million shortfall in the current budget must be addressed by Dec. 31.&budget must be addressed by Dec. 31.»

In his annual budget address in City Council Chambers on October 15, 2008, Daley proposed a 2009 budget totaling $ 5.97 billion, including not filling 1,350 vacancies on the 38,000 employee city payroll and $ 150 million in new revenue from a then - obscure parking meter lease deal to help erase a $ 469 million budget shortfall.

Major issues in the 2013 legislative session included physician - assisted death, marijuana decriminalization, and plans to address a projected budget shortfall of $ 50 - $ 70 million.

Paterson says the items, as well as a failure to address a potential $ 1 billion shortfall in Medicaid, left the budget between $ 400 million and $ 1.5 billion out of balance.

Faced with a $ 5 billion projected budget shortfall, Malloy and the Democratic and Republican caucuses in the State Senate and State House of Representatives recently offered up revised budget proposals aimed at addressing Connecticut's growing fiscal crisis.

Otsego County has enacted a hiring freeze for all workers except for those at the county correctional facility as a way to address what officials say is a budget shortfall of almost $ 4.7 million.

Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch is set to present a five - year financial - rescue plan Wednesday in which he will propose that New York borrow billions of dollars to address its current budget shortfall, the Times says.

The Democratic governor's list of budget reductions was released hours after he met with legislative leaders to discuss how to address the stubborn budget shortfall.

Previous expansion projects force the natural history center to address shortfalls with $ 3 million in cuts to its annual budget for science operations.

Even though Oklahoma is facing a $ 600 million budget shortfall for the coming fiscal year, the state's new Democratic governor proposed increasing education spending by $ 110 million in fiscal 2004 in his recent State of the State Address.

Good Morning With the special legislative session set to begin on Feb. 14, Gov. John Bel Edwards will address Louisiana's budget shortfall tonight during a statewide TV address.

The hope is that in addition to saving educator jobs, such efforts will address the ballooning class sizes, shortened school days, and reduction of after - school activities that many districts are facing this school year as a result of state budget shortfalls.

They worked together to craft a bill that addresses those shortfalls, while maintaining funding for the Race to the Top program and, according to the Congressional Budget Office, reducing the deficit.

Take action to address the significant FY2015 budget shortfalls for the Child Care Assistance ($ 300 million) and Early Intervention (at least $ 20 million) programs