Sentences with phrase «budget talks reach»

As New York State budget talks reach their final days, and perhaps even hours, a group of Hispanic lawmakers is pushing for the inclusion of the Dream Act in the budget, It would offer college aid to children of undocumented immigrants who were born in the country.

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European Union leaders reached agreement on the first ever cut in their common budget on Friday after 24 hours of talks, seeking to placate millions at home struggling through government cutbacks and recession.

Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney of New Haven said Friday that he was «encouraged» by the bipartisan talks in an effort to reach a budget deal.

Aresimowicz also expressed strong optimism Wednesday that talks with state employee unions will reach a deal on concessions to help close the projected budget gap that is now more than $ 2 billion for the next fiscal year.

The key Republican lawmaker involved involved in talks surrounding juvenile justice reform said Monday he's hopeful an agreement can be reached this week on raising the age of criminal responsibility as part of a broader budget agreement.

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

Talks over completing the 2017 - 18 state budget blew up on Wednesday as Senate Republicans, frustrated with a lack of progress on key deals, signaled they're leaving the Capitol until an agreement is reached.

In the backroom talks that led to a final budget, he and top Democratic lawmakers reached a compromise calling for a rise to 2 percent in the fiscal year that started July 1, then 3 percent in the next fiscal year.

ALBANY — Racing against a Thursday deadline, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he's reached a «framework» agreement on the state budget and suggested legislators wouldn't see a salary increase next year if any last - minute hang - ups delay budget talks into Friday.

If an agreement can not be reached — and» [t] he window of opportunity in which to reach an association agreement is small and closing fast (we are talking about days, not weeks),» a European Commission official tells ScienceInsider in an email — Swiss scientists may not be eligible for funding from, among other programs, the European Research Council, which saw it's research budget increase dramatically in the Horizon 2020 program.

The House had passed a stopgap spending bill late Thursday that would have kept the government running for four weeks if it had been echoed by the Senate, after talks on reaching a budget deal stalled.

The school system is facing a budget shortfall of $ 600 million to $ 700 million and remains in protracted talks with the Chicago Teachers Union, whose members have voted to authorize a strike if a deal can not be reached.

«After all - day talks at the state Capitol, legislators reached a tentative deal with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on a two - year, $ 40 billion budget early Sunday morning that hikes corporate taxes, raises the personal income tax on the wealthy and legalizes keno gambling.

When SAG - AFTRA first reached out to me to talk about the Low Budget Contract, it had been negotiating the «main» contract for a year.

While Bertasi won't talk about actual technology budgets, he will say that annual spending has reached seven figures.