Sentences with phrase «budget measures came»

The reason it took so long for the penny being paid by the poor to drop is, I suspect, to do with the language that budget measures came wrapped in.

Not exact matches

That estimate comes from the Economic Policy Institute's (EPI) 2015 Family Budget Calculator, which measures the annual cost of necessities for one adult to live a secure, yet modest, lifestyle by estimating the costs of housing, food, transportation, health care, other necessities, and taxes.

The very first table you come across when reading the Trudeau government's 2017 budget isn't about tax changes, spending measures or the Canadian economy at all.

But the parliamentary budget office said the Liberals» efforts to speed up the implementation of budget measures will come at a cost.

The left - leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) came to power last year with a pledge to improve housing affordability and its first full budget is expected to include measures to curb speculative demand, crack down on tax cheats and money laundering, and stabilize housing markets.

Since coming to power at the end of 2015, a minority socialist Portuguese government has overcome initial skepticism among market participants and successfully introduced measures to reduce its budget deficit and reform the country's banking system, providing greater stability for investors.

In an interview on The Capitol Pressroom on Tuesday, Skelos pointed to successes of the Senate under coalition rule — ranging from on - time budgets to a property tax cap (a measure that came in 2011, before the formal governing agreement was actually in place).

The money comes after the DREAM Act, a measure that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, failed to make it into the final budget agreement, according to lawmakers.

It also comes as school districts and local governments are budgeting within a tax cap with the lowest allowable limit in the levy increase since the measure first took effect in 2012.

The governor's maximum leverage during the year comes during budget season and it's not unusual for him to include language in the Article VII bills that aim to see controversial measures approved with a much easier path.

The proposal made Monday morning comes as the majority conferences in the Senate and Assembly are set to unveil their one - house budget measures and vote on them this week.

The New York State Association Of Counties released its to - do list of budget priorities for the coming fiscal year, with the local government officials backing a variety of measures aimed at easing the burden on municipal - level officials and taxpayers.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had agreed last year to an amendment, but the Democratic - led Assembly balked at a vote on the measure, which came with a broader agreement on the state budget.

Injecting Dolan back into the debate over the tax credit comes as both forces for the measure as well as those in favor of the DREAM Act are making a last - minute push to have them included in the budget talks.

Elia's selection comes at a crucial time for education policy in New York: State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a new teacher evaluation measure in the 2015 - 16 state budget last month, a move that was deeply opposed by the state's teachers unions for its weakening of tenure.

The backing of the wage floor on the federal level comes after New York's state budget in April approved a measure to increase the state's minimum wage in New York City and the suburban counties to $ 15 over the next several years (upstate hits $ 12.50 and is then subject to an economic formula with the goal of eventually hitting $ 15).

Picente also said he and his fellow county officials told the governor at dinner Tuesday night that they were upset by his proposed local government consolidation measures in the 2017 - 18 budget, and they came away comforted.

Supporters for both the DREAM Act and the education tax credit made their case at the Capitol on Monday — a push that comes as both measures are intertwined together in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's state budget proposal.

The measure comes after the state budget included a new evaluation criteria that includes both one state test and an in - classroom observation.

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.

Mr Osborne promised to balance the deficit within the next five years, saying that 77 per cent of the measures to do so outlined in the budget are spending cuts, while 23 per cent would come from tax rises.

The agreement, coming after several days of negotiations with little noticeable progress, was a measured victory for Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, who is rumored to have presidential aspirations, and who made his scorn for President Trump's policies — particularly the federal tax plan — a centerpiece of his State of the State and budget addresses in January and in speeches ever since.

The state's budget is due on April 1, and the issue of sexual harassment seems likely to command significant attention in the coming weeks, as legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, have promised a raft of new measures to address the problem.

One Twitter user came up with a new way of spoofing yesterday's Budget, following measures aimed to please beer drinkers and bingo - goers.

The measure could come up for a vote Thursday during a joint hearing of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.

He said: «This was clearly the greatest mistake in Philip Hammond's budget and Labour should be focusing all our fire on reversing this measure in the coming weeks, while every Tory MP needs to ask themselves how they can claim to be the party of entrepreneurship and low taxes while supporting Hammond's job tax on the self - employed.»

Technology comes at a price, and with many schools working with limited, and in some cases shrinking, budgets, it's more important than ever that they are taking measures to prevent the risk of damage and theft.

The proposal comes after a string of contentious state budgeting cycles during which Republican lawmakers and Superintendent Tony Evers have clashed — over how public schools should be funded, measured and held accountable for students» academic achievement.

Comes with a 3500mAh Lithium Ion battery that provides up to 5 hours of battery usage on full charges, the Aluminum shell budget friendly tablet measures 195 x 119 x 10 mm, meaning it easily slip into small bag.

With the federal deficit now estimated to come in at $ 18 billion (or more), there is nervous speculation that Finance Minister Bill Morneau may go beyond the specific tax changes already detailed in the Liberal pre-election platform and introduce new measures in his March 22 budget to raise much needed tax revenue.

Clearly, if we want to honestly communicate our current condition, and how to avoid the worst of what is to come, we must include these feedbacks as well as utilize «Avoid» budgets of carbon emissions going forward, NOT adjust how we measure things so that it «fits» the policy.

What AGWSF has done is to remove from the energy budget the real direct heat from the Sun so that it can «claim» that any measured downwelling longwave infrared, heat, comes from their fictional «backradiation».

Here's a link to the pdf of Kiehl and Trenberth's «Earth's Annual Global Mean Energy Budget» to see where the numbers for the various energy fluxes came from and how they were measured (mostly) or estimated.

The budget anticipates an estimated savings of $ 27,400 in utility costs for the coming and future years as a result of various energy saving measures being made in the building's HVAC and electrical systems.

Bamberger and others plan to seek about $ 500,000 in the coming legislative session's supplemental budget as a stop - gap measure, but also plan to seek more funding in the 2017 - 18 budget than the $ 23.6 million provided in the most recent budget.

The measures come at a time when Oklahoma has been contemplating criminal justice reform (spurred, in part, by a budget crunch caused by falling oil prices).

The Budget comes on the heels of the Drummond Report, which was released in mid-February and which recommended sweeping reform measures aimed at increasing efficiencies within the broader public service and the delivery of a variety government programs....

Imagine Canada will monitor the budget implementation legislation and assess the implications of these and any other budget - related measures brought to our attention in the coming weeks.

And new apps come up all the time, like «Expensify,» a great budgeting app that made my old one obsolete, and «MagicPlan,» which measures your rooms and draws your floor plan just by taking pictures in the house.