Sentences with phrase «budget impasse in»

An epic budget impasse in Illinois has stalled progress on legislation that is critical to several aspects of the state's energy economy.

The Chester Upland School District (CUSD) has struggled with economic and academic problems for years, but now a budget impasse in the state capital, combined with the explosive growth of public charter schools in the district, have conspired to put it on the brink of insolvency.

The move prolongs the ongoing fiscal gridlock at the state Capitol that has already become the longest budget impasse in Connecticut history — more than a month longer than the summerlong struggle to create the state income tax that ended on Aug. 22, 1991.

Not exact matches

The Republican - led Senate approved budget extender legislation on Monday following a legislative impasse on key issues, including raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 in New York.

Earlier this month, Ravitch and Paterson got together for a highly staged diner at the LG's favorite steak house — Peter Luger's in Brooklyn — to discuss the budget impasse with Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson and shoot down rumors that they had ceased talking with one another.

They discuss plans for reforming education, the impasse over the late budget, and ethics reform in the Senate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders appear to have reached an impasse in talks on the state budget, as the March 31 deadline looms.

Overall the FTSE 100 is down 28.39 points at 6543.07, following declines on Wall Street and in Asia on continuing worries the US budget impasse may lead to a government close - down next week.

The move came amid a legislative impasse this weekend over raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York to 18 — a measure that stymied the Legislature to reaching a broader agreement on the final 2017 - 18 budget.

This year, the state budget impasse, the proposed $ 1.4 billion cut in school aid and the lack of a state budget forced school districts and taxpayers to absorb cost increases alone.

Excitement about Cuomo's announcement has been building in Democratic circles as the impasse over a new state budget worsens and as the attorney general moves to wrap up several high - profile investigations, including the state pension - fund scandal and a probe of embattled Bronx Democratic Sen. Pedro Espada.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party today said the solution to the current impasse over sequestration and federal budget cuts is deep cuts in the military budget.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie blamed Sen. Simcha Felder on Friday for the impasse in the state budget negotiations, telling reporters his conference would not move forward on the Brooklyn lawmaker's push to change oversight measures for Yeshivas.

Malloy has proposed deep cuts in state spending for many cities and towns as well as state agencies, saying those reductions would have to take effect if the budget impasse continues through October.

When the New York Senate and Assembly hit an impasse over budget negotiations earlier this month, Melissa DeRosa, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief of staff, headed late in the evening to the Senate office to try to work it out.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature are considering a commission to design a new teacher evaluation plan, in order to break an impasse over the state budget.

In all the months of budget impasse this is the first mention of the provision.

North Country New York Democratic Congressman Bill Owens, in a conference call with reporters hours after the federal government shut down over a budget impasse, said Congress has forgotten the importance of civilian workers.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to give up on $ 200 million in proposed income tax cuts and instead use the money to help pay for roads won approval from Assembly Republicans on Thursday, a breakthrough that could lead to the adoption of a state budget following a three - week impasse.

The sun gleamed down on the closed Washington Monument as the federal budget impasse continued in Washington on Jan. 4, 1996.

Pennsylvania earned the distinction in 2009 of being the state with the longest budget impasse.

The union's repeated threats to strike over pay and pension issues in recent weeks have evolved into a labor - led fight against Rauner's anti-union agenda, and a call for new revenue amid a state budget impasse that has jeopardized social service programs and public universities.

Pennsylvania has the largest funding gap between wealthy and low - income school districts of any state in the country, a problem exacerbated by the current impasse in the state budget fight.

Even as Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders continue to negotiate over the current budget impasse, the work of processing new laws continues and on Wednesday the education committees in both houses will be in session.

Lawmakers continued to face an impasse in budget talks this week by fighting over whether to ditch teacher assistants in the state's elementary classrooms as a way to pay for teacher salary increases.

After a nearly year - long budget impasse, the General Assembly passed a stopgap budget in late June 2016 that ensured that schools would open on time in Fall 2016.

Assembly and Senate Republican caucuses have hit an apparent impasse on major unresolved pieces remaining in the budget, including pre-K-12 funding, transportation and taxes, according to the offices of the JFC co-chairs and reported by Wispolitics.com in an email to subscribers.

The Labor Day weekend is over but there's no sign that lawmakers are ready to deal on the budget impasse now two month old — but of more immediate concern to schools, there's evidence that $ 1.2 billion in federal jobs money might get caught up in the spending debate.

The alternative was a prolonged budget impasse and, ultimately, potentially devastating cuts in state funding to our schools and other core programs this year.

Recent issues of Capitol Connection have reported on the potentially devastating effects of sequestration, the across - the - board cuts to education and other federal programs set in motion by the congressional budget impasse last fall.

Further, in the last year, Illinois school students were hit with a double whammy: the inequitable funding model and underfunding by more than $ 1 billion due to the budget impasse.

Reining in overpayments could help resolve state budget impasse State Rep. James Roebuck, D - Phila., today released a report on Pennsylvania charter schools that spotlights what he called the «Wild West» spending or borrowing practices of some, as well as a...

«Unlike the debt ceiling standoff, with its competing claims of trillions in cuts, the FAA impasse involves only a tiny slice of the federal budget.

Over the long holiday weekend, the Illinois General Assembly worked in a bipartisan manner to end the unprecedented budget impasse, passing a full - year budget for FY2018 and the revenue increases needed to fund that budget.

October readings of consumer sentiment, as well as homebuilder confidence, were lower than they had been in many months, reflecting uncertainty about the budget impasse and its effect on the economy, according to Freddie Mac chief economist Frank Nothaft.