Sentences with phrase «by stimulus money»

Las Vegas city officials just announced a new plan to install solar panels on dozens of carports throughout the city as part of a solar initiative funded by stimulus money.

A case in point is Sam Dillon's New York Times piece, «Schools Aided by Stimulus Money Still Facing Cuts,» which appeared on Labor Day.

«It falls to NCI to carefully and thoughtfully assume the risks of initially funding» these projects, knowing they won't be supported by the stimulus money through their lifetime, Niederhuber admitted.

Not exact matches

For deflation to seriously happen, not only the current extreme credit expansion by the central banks and states (through «quantitative easing», stimulus packages, monetising and then spending national debt etc.) but also the money that was released into the economy PRIOR to the collapse would have to be «mopped up» again.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

In addition to cutting the Department of Education's budget by $ 350 million, the plan replaces $ 853 million of expiring Federal stimulus funding with city money.

Rob Trotta (R - Fort Salonga), whose district includes the hamlet, says the grant — part of a $ 7.5 million countywide economic stimulus package proposed by County Executive Steve Bellone and approved by the county legislature — is a waste of money at a time when the county has precious little to spend.

According to the mayor, the state budget reduced education spending next year by $ 1.2 billion, while the city also lost $ 850 million in federal stimulus money that's used to support teachers» salaries.

By Sean Ryan The president of a sewer construction company near Milwaukee wants the city to spend more federal stimulus money on sewer construction.

The Obama administration's report, which will be followed by similar quarterly updates, touted the stimulus money flowing to the states to bolster education.

Some of the proposals being floated by the caucus include: redirecting existing stimulus and TARP money to jobs programs and pressing for a new jobs bill, which they're careful not to call a «stimulus.»

«As the 2nd most conservative member of the New York State Assembly in rankings by the New York State Conservative Party and the # 1 Legislator in scoring by Unshackle Upstate, a New York reform organization, I know we need to slash federal spending, balance the budget, end the bailouts, take leftover money from the Obama stimulus package to pay down the deficit and support repealing Obamacare.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / LeventKonuk Four years ago the Obama administration offered up $ 19 billion in stimulus funds to help get health care IT (including electronic health records, or EHRs) in the pink — or at least in the black.Better information technology throughout the health care system would save money, improve care and bring the health care industry into the 21st century, proponents argued.But, as is obvious by the continuance of paper records, isolated institutional networks and clunky interfaces, health care IT is still in critical condition.A new report, assembled by the RAND Corporation, a non-profit, non-partisan research group, suggests that health care IT is not a hopeless case, however.

At today's hearing, the overarching concern of the chair, Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA), was the «cliff» edge NIH may soon face — that is, how the agency will support scientists after it spends the stimulus money, which the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 says must be done by October 2010.

The landing could also be softened if investigators get more time to spend their stimulus money, which NIH can do to some degree by giving them 1 - year, no - cost extensions, Lively said.

The Washington - based center took at look at how school districts have spent money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the economic - stimulus law passed by Congress last year.

As a result of this legislation, over 350,000 education - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers Association.

The current Race to the Top program is funded by $ 4 billion in one - time money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the economic - stimulus package passed by Congress last year.

The poll, which is conducted annually by Phi Delta Kappa International (PDK) in conjunction with Gallup, asked Americans about using stimulus money to save teachers» jobs, investing in early childhood education, and other public education issues.

These new tests are funded by $ 330 million in stimulus money through the federal Race to the Top competition and are intended to measure critical thinking, particularly the critical skills emphasized by the Common Core State Standards, the set of educational standards most states have agreed to adopt.

Federal stimulus funds helped plug in gaps primarily by saving as many educators» jobs as possible — but it was still not enough money to keep pace with the growing numbers of schoolchildren coming into North Carolina classrooms, in particular with regard to classroom supplies.

Obama, the candidate, spoke strongly for the need to fix a seriously flawed law, but changed the game by attaching policy strings to the $ 70 billion plus in stimulus money directed to education, paving the way for a $ 4 billion competition whose central focus is to fix failing schools and incentivize innovation.

The California Department of Education announced Thursday preliminary calculations for the amount of money each local educational agency will receive from the latest federal school stimulus appropriation approved by Congress last month.

Here's why: even after receiving a share of the stimulus money, Hartford Public Schools faces a $ 21 million deficit, because Connecticut's governor, M. Jodi Rell, proposes to drop state education spending by the same amount Connecticut gets from Washington.

In many cases, the Race to the Top money would expand or build upon existing programs funded by the state or by stimulus funds.

Without the stimulus money the state has already received, Wisconsin would have cut the state's education budget by 10 percent, he said.

In fiscal 2010, schools actually received more in state aid, helped by an additional $ 1 billion in federal stimulus money.

The immediate impact of stimulus spending also tends to be muted in open economies like Canada's, where money easily flows across borders — an uptick in GDP is likely to be offset by a corresponding rise in the value of the loonie, which, in turn, weighs down exports.

The market has been propped up recently by governmental stimulus (especially at the retail level), but it has been driven for years by some bigger institutional factors (eg, more and more pension fund money chasing fewer and fewer opportunities).

Since I generally believe stocks are overvalued and are being held up entirely by government stimulus and central bank money printing, I am inclined to keep my modest investments «safe» in CDs, money markets and -LSB-...]

That rout was triggered by the prospect of less Federal Reserve stimulus and, while a withdrawal of easy - money policies still weighs on investors» minds, that's not the full story now.

The report committee, led by Norman R. Augustine, the lead author of the original report and retired chairman of Lockheed Martin Corp., specifically notes, among many issues, that money for innovation initiatives from the economic stimulus package is a one - time blast when what is needed is sustained growth.

He said that in many cases the initial money would come from the stimulus package, noting that some $ 24 billion is available for schools, and mostly untapped so far, through bonds issued by school districts, cities or states.

The Stimulus Green by the Numbers: Where the Money Will Go And here's what's got everyone so excited: (from NRDC)

In order to support the commercialization of renewable energy, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized loan guarantees, supplemented by President Obama with additional money from the economic stimulus program.

Indeed, a recent study by McGraw Hill predicts that the green - building market, both residential and commercial will double from $ 36 - $ 49 billion to $ 96 - $ 140 billion by 2013, with some of that money flowing from the $ 83 billion targeted for green jobs in the stimulus bill.

Crypto is decentralized money, controlled by the people, who will choose to use it in ways that will start providing economic stimulus.