Sentences with phrase «backed by the state government»

Most of these plans are backed by the state government in which they were taken out and require the person who took it out to be a resident of that state.

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Separately, a commander in the regional military alliance backing the government attributed the malfunction to «a joint electronic attack» by Israel and the United States targeting the Syrian radar system.

Woodside Petroleum is hoping to win state government backing for a new 700 - bed fly - in, fly - out camp at Karratha, after selecting a consortium led by Multiplex and Compass Group to build, own and operate the facility.

The Popular Mobilisation forces, formed in 2014 to help halt Islamic State's sweep through Iraq's northern and western provinces, are backed by Iran although they officially report to the Shi'ite - led government of Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi.

Three independent delegates have been chosen to reassess the state government's Roe 8 highway extension project, which was knocked back by the Supreme Court in December.

Assad's government has often criticized Western states for their support for Syrian rebel groups, all of which are regarded by Damascus as terrorists, and has warned that such backing will lead to militant attacks around the world.

TORONTO — The Ontario government is pushing back against New York State's Buy American law by limiting public sector procurement with suppliers in that sState's Buy American law by limiting public sector procurement with suppliers in that statestate.

A new scheme backed by the Federal and State governments provides a potentially large incentive for projects to maximise local content.

A new incentive policy backed by Federal and State governments, combined with tangible initiatives such as the Jervoise Bay industrial complex, holds out the promise of more progress in future.

The changed legal positions already advanced by Sessions means minority voters looking to prove that the state's strict voter ID law is intentionally discriminatory will probably have to do without the federal government's backing, as will transgender students who argue that the law allows them to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

debt obligations of the U.S. government that are issued at various intervals and with various maturities; revenue from these bonds is used to raise capital and / or refund outstanding debt; since Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are generally considered to be free from credit risk and thus typically carry lower yields than other securities; the interest paid by Treasuries is exempt from state and local tax, but is subject to federal taxes and may be subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); U.S. Treasury securities include Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury bonds, zero - coupon bonds, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and Treasury Auctions

Many Chinese investors treat them like bank savings deposits because many are sold by state - controlled banks that give the funds the appearance of government backing.

In an attempt to deter Soviet influence in the Middle East in the 1950s, the State Department backed a Saudi Arabian accounting maneuver that reclassified the royalties charged by foreign governments to American oil drillers.

After previously outlawing ICOs in September 2017 in a government crackdown, China began exploring its own cryptocurrency initiatives, including a state - backed cryptocurrency currently being examined by the PBoC's Digital Currency Research Institute.

Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday announced a lawsuit by California and 17 other states against the Trump administration to protect national vehicle emission standards from being rolled back by the federal government.

It's one step forward and two steps back as regulations are repealed at the federal level and then re-instituted by state and local governments.

The Perth Mint currently stores over $ 3 billion AUD in its state - of - the - art vaults and is backed by an explicit government guarantee outlined by the Gold Corporation Act 1987.

By 1908 railway, municipal, county and state bonds supplemented U.S. bonds as legal reserve backing for U.S. Government deposits in the national banks, much as the Federal Reserve would accept real estate mortgages as bank reserves after 2008.

Backed by the Koch brothers and their American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, legislators across the American West, where most of the public lands are located, are calling on the federal government to cede control and management of them to counties and states.

The Iraqi government, backed by US - led air strikes, has been trying to push back Islamic State, although Shi'ite Muslim militias and Kurdish peshmerga have helped contain the Sunni insurgents and repelled them in some provinces.

A reader of his article might be quite surprised to learn that Leo XIII declared as early as 1891 that «the public administration must... provide for the welfare and comfort of the working classes»; or that so recent an encyclical as Centesimus Annus pronounced that «the mass of the poor [who] have no resources of their own to fall back on... must chiefly depend on the assistance of the State,» and that «wage - earners... should be specially cared for and protected by the Government.»

By the way Joel there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and unrigtheous here on earth, the earth will be brought back to its orginal state, you are not going to heaven, a mere young boy will touch the head of a cobra, this good news of the kingdom will be preached throughout the entire inhabited earth, seek first the kingdom (God's earthly government) try to put a few of these points together in its proper context Joel.

But then some surprises: Canada, whose government led by Steven Harper has been backing away from the previous government's commitment to Kyoto, began publicly leaning toward the U.S. position; and then, to the embarrassment of the Kyoto group, Japan, home country of the treaty and of course a signatory to it, joined the United States and Canada in looking favorably on the voluntary approach.

The Irish Government has formally backed proposals to hold a referendum on the state's constitutional amendment on abortion by the end of May.

Your savings federally insured to at least $ 250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government.

«I'm reminding them and speaking to Nigerians that the statutory allocation for local governments in Lagos State was stopped then by the Federal Government under former President Olusegun Obasanjo and it was fought until the money was paid back.

On the other hand, it seems likely that the prospect of being rescued in this way provides an incentive to migrants to embark on journeys that are visibly unsafe, and that where states have broken the link between rescue and access to their territory — as the Australian government has done by adopting a policy whereby migrant boats are either towed back to their point of embarkation, or else their occupants are assessed in offshore detention centres, with those qualifying for refugee status placed in third countries — the stream of boats rapidly dries up, and with it the loss of life.

We shall find ourselves back in some form of government without the consent of the governed, some form of police state... the general idea of substituting partnership for exploiting employment... makes work something to live for as well as something to live by.

In a 5 to 4 decision those justices ruled that the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to own guns for personal self - defense, despite the amendment's opening language - «A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,» - which pretty clearly says that gun ownership was specifically preserved by the founding fathers in the interest of the common defense against a tyrannical government (remember, this was the issue on their minds back then).

Democratic lawmakers have signaled plans to back a variety of Trump - countering moves in the state, including providing legal assistance to immigrants who are impacted by the federal government's three - month ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

He on numerous occasions accused the former NDC government of being corrupt and personally secured a ruling from the Supreme Court, directing NDC financier Alfred Agbesi Woyome to pay back a GHC 51 million judgement debt unlawfully paid him by the state.

While Mayor Bill de Blasio was being sworn in by progressive icon Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for a second term, and promising a «progressive era» for New York City, Cuomo was back to a theme he's been on since the previous year: The federal government's tax legislation that caps state and local deductions at $ 10,000.

It's a ratcheting up of rhetoric by Cuomo, who has vowed to help unseat Republican House lawmakers in New York who backed Obamacare repeal efforts, namely a provision that would shift the burden of Medicaid spending from county governments to the state.

Exactly two years after the abduction of over 200 school girls from Government Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, on Thursday marched to the Aso Villa, lending a voice to the clamor for their release, DAILY POST reports.

«I would bring local control back to town government, take advantage of our local resources, especially our water system, fight for the taxpayer at every level, especially state and federal, and get water and sewer projects back on track to be in the best interests of the town, not just a cost burden directed by others.»

Within the current Government, the history of this initiative can be traced back to pre-election speeches made by David Cameron and his cabinet colleagues and was formalised in the June 2010 Budget document, stating that:

But Sir Simon - former leader of Westminster Council and now a key adviser to Boris Johnson - is not backed up by Eric Pickles MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government:

Cuomo had previously railed against a Republican - backed effort in Congress to shift the Medicaid burden carried by county governments in New York to the state.

Two of the reasons for the proliferation of the «Shadow Government» are so that the State does not appear to be the entity that acquires additional debt, and to provide State pensions for people not in the classified Civil Service who theoretically, (although much now is very fixed, going back to Mario Cuomo and continued by Pataki, Spitzer and Paterson) must face non-partisan Merit and Fitness competition for appointments and promotions.

The recall bill backed by Republicans and sponsored by Sen. Sue Serino, would allow for the removal of any governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, state lawmaker or local - level government leader if they are indicted for a felony or convicted of a misdemeanor.

Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME teachers felt the Government does not respect and value teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.

By name, Cuomo specifically called out Reps. John Faso and Chris Collins, upstate Republicans who had backed a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would shift the Medicaid burden from county governments to the state.

It helps that the Afghan government is seen by the international community as legitimate, so that the governments supporting it are in a «stronger moral position'than they were when backing the invasion of an existing state.

The decision to back the Saudi government in their claim that immunity must apply to officials as well as the state itself was a «political decision» motivated by a desire to maintain close relations with Riyadh, Mr Walker added.

New York taxpayers could be on the hook if state and local deductions are eliminated by the federal government, as backed by Trump's tax plan.

Sources in Osogbo, the state capital, confided in DAILY POST that the labour leaders, who met with representatives of the state government led by the chief of Staff to the Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, have refused to revert back to the government since their last meeting.

Cuomo will give a 10 - to 15 - minute speech that will focus on the state's fiscal crisis, the need to clean up Albany and the importance of «returning the government back to the people» by getting the public more involved.

In August 2016, in response to a request by the Times Union, the executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, Robert Freeman, said in an advisory opinion that Cuomo's office and the state department of Housing and Community Renewal should not hold back from release otherwise public documents based merely on the contention that they might relate to the federal probe of upstate development deals.

The reporter, Karen DeWitt, asked Mr. Cuomo a question about sexual harassment in state government; the governor shot back that she was doing «a disservice to women» by limiting the question's scope to Albany.

Topics during the Q&A portion of his press conference included the looming discontinuance of the Rockaway ferry, a broad consideration of his earlier statement about «righting greater wrongs,» what happened to government funding for a ferry obtained by Anthony Weiner and Joe Addabbo, whether there is any City effort to «track down scammers» in the Build it Back program, how satisfied de Blasio is with the pace of Build it Back, whether an updated evacuation plan is contemplated in conjunction with increasing the housing supply in Rockaway and a government memo reported by The Wave which stated that more money was available from FEMA than publicly acknowledged and that such additional funding could be a political liability.