Sentences with phrase «by state governments on»

«I just want to remind Lagosians that prior to my becoming Governor, the Federal Ministry of Works has been owing Lagos State a total of N51billion as reimbursement for reconstruction that was carried out by the State Government on federal roads in the State.
The mandate relief team, also created via executive order, is tasked with reviewing existing unfunded and underfunded mandates imposed by state government on school districts, local governments, and other local taxing districts.

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«If a timely agreement can not be reached on a common regulator, the government will propose legislation to carry out its regulatory responsibilities consistent with the decision rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada,» the budget states.
The coup attempt failed within a day, and Erdogan was quick to use the opportunity to solidify his already increasingly authoritarian rule by implementing a three - month state of emergency, temporarily suspending the European Convention on Human Rights, and removing tens of thousands of employees from military and government positions.
By paying workers as independent contractors when they should be paid as employees, federal, state and local governments potentially miss out on tax revenue they would otherwise collect; this tax gap was the focus of a special report to Congress in 2011 and continues to be an area of focus today.
A few days ago I was listening to a caller on an AM radio show promote the government's economic record by stating that there are more Canadians with a job today than at any point in Canada's history.
The City of Cockburn has continued its attack on the interim report by the state government's Major Stadia Taskforce, flagging the possibility of legal action as part of its next move.
Instead, the winning group will have a public - private partnership contract with the government which will allow it use of some state infrastructure, such as sites to build towers on and a fiber optic network owned by the state electricity firm.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, on the other hand, determines emergency procedures for its hundred - odd facilities on its own without standards set by state or local governments, and evacuated about 6,000 people due to Hurricane Harvey.
April 16 - The United States and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking equipment used by government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators around the globe.
Although both appellants and the government argue that the ACA, read in its totality, evinces clear congressional intent, they dispute what that intent actually is... We conclude that the appellants have the better of the argument: a federal Exchange is not an «Exchange established by the State,» and section 36B does not authorize the IRS to provide tax credits for insurance purchased on federal Exchanges.
THE State Government has responded to the Laing Report on Occupational Safety and Health by drafting legislation aimed at imposing harsher penalties on those who neglect their OSH responsibilities.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott flew into Perth today to announce $ 500 million of extra Commonwealth funding for WA roads, while his finance minister Mathias Cormann kept up pressure on the state government to reciprocate by privatising more state - owned assets.
Foreign investors hit the brakes last December, shortly after the Harper government approved the Nexen and Progress deals and the prime minister warned that future takeovers in the oilsands by state - owned enterprises (SOEs) would be approved on only an exceptional basis.
The environmental group trying to stop work on the state government's Roe 8 project has been refused an interim injunction on construction by the Federal Court, but has vowed to keep fighting.
The state government will spend $ 4.7 million on re-sealing parts of the Kwinana Freeway and Forrest Highway, with work to be carried out by a subsidiary of Boral.
As he states on his official website: «By bringing technology to government and government to people.»
The British government on Friday announced that it would drop the color burgundy, favored by most European Union states, in favor of blue, the color once seen on British travel documents.
The development could bring an abrupt end to the high - stakes legal showdown which has become a lightning rod for a broader debate on data privacy in the United States, which was inflamed by revelations in 2013 from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden about the U.S. government's massive surveillance programs.
I wasn't aware that the sitting government was elected on a platform of selling state assets - i.e. held for the people and by the people.
Some zeroed in on the cost, calling it a «drone tax,» while others argued that local and state governments might complicate matters by creating their own regulations.
He built a statue of John Lennon on his front lawn and raised eyebrows by buying the state government a modern airplane as a gift.
Furthermore, the spending requirements placed on a national government are far more extensive than those faced by a state legislature.
They have said it is involved in state - sponsored hacking, used by the Pyongyang government to spy on or sabotage its enemies.
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos» Blue Origin company in Washington state received NASA funding in the early rounds of competition, then said it would continue working on its own, unfunded by the government.
Recent scrutiny has focused on state - owned enterprises buying Canadian, but such entities have bought PrimeWest, PetroKazakhstan and UraMin in recent years — without roadblocks put up by government.
«The data makes it clear that ending the War on Drugs will not alone end mass incarceration, but that the federal government and some states have effectively reduced their incarcerated populations by turning to drug policy reform,» the report says.
A tax plan approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday would sharply curtail a federal deduction that millions of Americans can now claim for tax payments to state, county, city and town governments.
«So what my co-author and I wanted to explore was exactly what the impact was of this introduction of withholding that happened from 1948 - 1976 at the state level on income tax collections, and the kinds of revenues that are being raised by state governments as a result.»
Lastly, the team examined the connection between character and swearing on a larger, cultural level by comparing the 2012 Integrity Analyses of 48 U.S. states from the Center for Public Integrity, which measured the level of transparency and accountability of local governments, to how frequently residents of that state swore in their Facebook posts.
Meanwhile, right - wingers in Israel see this as an opportunity to put a nail in the coffin of the two - state solution by pushing for legislation to annex parts of the West Bank or creating political hurdles that will make it impossible for any future government to negotiate on the final status of Jerusalem.
The information did not include highly sensitive information like Social Security numbers, and much of it was publicly available voter - registration data provided by state government officials, a company spokesman told Business Insider on Tuesday.
However, one of the primary ways the public evaluates its governmenton the local, state, and federal levels — is by the availability of good jobs.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
China on Saturday urged the United States to assess the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) by foreign governments including the Chinese in an objective, fair manner, and a spirit of goodwill.
He justified his decision to replace his deputy Yassin by stating that «I must have a solid and unified team moving in the same direction,» adding that he hoped the new Cabinet «ensures that the Government has the strength and unity to focus on my development plans.»
Such a move by the Trudeau government to draw more revenue into federal coffers would take Canada in the opposite direction as the United States, Mr. Rosenberg said, noting that «the implications for the Canadian dollar is decisively negative, not to mention the deflating effect on asset values.»
The method by which Kenney proposes to wage his equalization battle is based on the Supreme Court's 1998 Quebec secession reference, which states the federal government must negotiate with the province if there's a «clear answer on a clear question.»
Almost all revenue from taxes on property in the United States is collected by state and local governments.
«Solar import tariffs imposed by the U.S. government in January are likely to have only a limited impact on solar energy development in the country, but are likely to tip the scales toward wind projects at the utility scale,» the RECAI stated.
But closing down unnecessary capacity can pay for itself, even if unemployed workers are temporarily put on the government payroll (causing debt to rise, but usually by less than it had before), but only temporarily as Beijing takes other measures to boost household income through wealth transfers from the state and so to boost consumption, a form of demand which is likely to be more labor intensive than the demand created in the process of over-capacity.
In the United States, most consumption taxes are levied by states and local governments (as retail sales taxes), although the federal government does levy some selective consumption taxes, called «excise taxes,» on items such as alcohol, tobacco products, and gasStates, most consumption taxes are levied by states and local governments (as retail sales taxes), although the federal government does levy some selective consumption taxes, called «excise taxes,» on items such as alcohol, tobacco products, and gasstates and local governments (as retail sales taxes), although the federal government does levy some selective consumption taxes, called «excise taxes,» on items such as alcohol, tobacco products, and gasoline.
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.
Even without that law, the federal government and states can continue to help lessen the burden on consumers by prioritizing energy efficiency and renewable energy investments.
Just 16 states and the District of Columbia have set up their own health insurance marketplaces, which left millions of residents in the 34 states that rely on exchanges run by the federal government vulnerable to the Supreme Court's ruling.
He said the government would closely monitor trade tariffs imposed by the United States and China on each other's goods.
Supervised by the federal government, the state - run programs are funded by payroll taxes states impose on employers.
The Greek Minister of State for Coordinating Government Operations, Alekos Flaburaris, on Thursday proposed to request the IMF to postpone the payments owed by Athens for two months, an event analysts deemed unlikely.
By John Manley The Canadian Council of Chief Executives has supported efforts by successive Canadian governments to build on our historic defence and economic partnership with the United States and to improve our mutual security and competitivenesBy John Manley The Canadian Council of Chief Executives has supported efforts by successive Canadian governments to build on our historic defence and economic partnership with the United States and to improve our mutual security and competitivenesby successive Canadian governments to build on our historic defence and economic partnership with the United States and to improve our mutual security and competitiveness.
The law CLOUD (Clarifying the Legitimate Use Overseas Data Act)-- the controversial additions to the Federal law on costs in the amount of $ 1.3 billion that will allow the us government greater access to Americans data to law enforcement authorities, was signed by the President of the United States Donald trump, according to GeekWire.
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