Sentences with phrase «continuing budget challenges»

The state's continuing budget challenges are expected to dominate much of the discussion during this year's short session, which runs until May 4.

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The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the challenges posed by the amount of federal debt held by the public — which has more than doubled relative to the size of the economy since 2007 — and the prospect of continued growth in that debt over the coming decades if the large annual budget deficits projected under current law come to pass.

This budget makes a substantial investment in upgrading away from diesel: $ 220 million (over 11 years) for communities south of the 60th parallel and $ 21.4 million (over four years, starting next year) for continuing an existing northern program, and a portion of a new $ 75 million «challenge» fund aimed at solving clean tech problems through innovation.

«We would be remiss in our duty to you and our students if we did not challenge your continuing misuse of Catholic teaching to defend a budget plan that decimates food programs for struggling families, radically weakens protections for the elderly and sick, and gives more tax breaks to the wealthiest few,» the group wrote in a letter to the lawmaker.

This week I shared about how we continue eating healthy on a tight budget and the challenges of doing this in a rural area.

'' The next two years will provide no shortage of challenges for our Conference, its partners in government and all New Yorkers: A multi-billion dollar budget deficit needing closure, a government that is still too big and spends too much, chronic unemployment, some of the nation's highest taxes and a continued lack of public confidence in state government,» Kolb said.

Lacking a formal budget and subsisting off of uncertain continuing resolutions for six years, usually followed by a «government shutdown,» the military is challenged to put major maintenance items on contract.

These items, an administration priority in 2012, will continue to be emphasized in 2013 despite a challenging budget situation.

«How do you continue to provide effective community services with ever more challenging budgets?»

The county legislature attempted to include $ 36 million in penalty revenue in this year's budget but Nassau's financial control board refused to allow the money to be counted because of the continuing legal challenge.

The 2011 Budget adopted by the Library Board on December 16, 2010 allows the Library to continue to offer open hours and services for our patrons at all locations in the face of an extremely challenging budget and fiscal enviroBudget adopted by the Library Board on December 16, 2010 allows the Library to continue to offer open hours and services for our patrons at all locations in the face of an extremely challenging budget and fiscal envirobudget and fiscal environment.

«The challenge now is to continue making progress despite the cumulative impact of devastating budget cuts.

The 2017 budget was to ensure confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:52 The cedi remains relatively stable against he major currencies — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:51 Interest rate in 2017 continue to decline — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:50 Inflation continue to decline in 2017 — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:48 We have returned to a robust growth after 2016 recorded the worst growth in three decades — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:47 The call to relieve our country and people from a wretched existence is urgent — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 The should not simply be a statement to share the national cake between different groups but it should capture how a nation comes together to meet the challenges of our time — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 We plan on providing opportunities as many Ghanaians as possible.

«Developing a budget that continues to meet the needs of this community presents a real challenge,» the supervisor said in his statement.

As a result of a decrease in energy costs and weakening of the Canadian dollar, sales tax revenue continues to decline which creates significant challenges for the county's budget.

Dutchess County government continues to face daunting fiscal challenges and crafting the 2013 county budget is certain to be a difficult process.

«City - funded spending will grow 5.8 percent and total head count is projected to increase to a record high... as the city continues to face challenges managing rising expenses related to homeless shelters and overtime,» the Citizens Budget Commission said in a statement.

Despite continued fiscal challenges facing the state, the governor was still looking at helping counties, whose budgeting woes are also considerable as local leaders deal with Cuomo's requirement that tax levy growth be held to the inflation rate or 2 percent, whatever is lower.

«This budget continues my administration's commitment to being both fiscally responsible as well as socially responsible and we have accomplished this in an era of complex fiscal stressors that have severely challenged all local governments.»

The National Academies recommended «that EPA continue to use STAR to respond to the nation's emerging environmental challenges,» but the Trump administration's budget requests have twice called for its elimination.

Bolden was challenged by Wolf and other lawmakers on several elements of the administration's 2015 budget proposal, including the decision to continue funding a controversial asteroid capture mission, and the decision to mothball the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) if NASA can't find more partners to share the cost.

As well as working on big budget Hollywood Movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Naomie Harris (Jane) continues to choose challenging and exciting roles in smaller and more diverse films such as THE FIRST GRADER.

States will continue to see fiscal challenges in the coming years, a prospect that does not bode well for increasing their K - 12 budgets, analysts from the National Conference of State Legislatures said at a post-election meeting here.

With the challenge of balancing the school budget becoming ever harder, Elaine Skates, chief executive of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC), explains why schools must continue to invest in outdoor learning and offers some advice on overcoming funding barriers

This continues to be a challenge given the many expanding demands on school district budgets.

This priority continues even through current budget challenges, and state legislators are once again leading their states to reforms that were not likely just a few years ago.

Consistent with cost drivers in current year school budgets, pension increases have continued to plague school budget makers in all districts, while rising special education and charter school costs are also contributing to the 2014 - 15 budget challenges.

However, until the State's funding discrimination against Chicago students ends, the budget will continue to face challenges.

Superintendent Cheryl Pruitt said the district faces two challenges: meeting academic standards for creating 21st century schools and continuing to operate efficiently on a limited budget.

It's much more challenging to be outstanding when there's a budget to adhere to, and that's where Mazda continues to impress.

In «Integrating and Balancing E & P: Big Picture Issues Made Real,» moderator Michael Santangelo, Electronic Resources Analyst in the Collection Development Department at the Brooklyn Public Library led panelists through a discussion covering several challenges that libraries face as demand for ebooks continues growing, even as collection budgets get cut or remain flat.

Illinois lawmakers passed a $ 36 billion budget and a $ 5 billion income tax increase in July, which are expected to stabilize state finances in the near term.2 The three major rating agencies affirmed Illinois» investment - grade status, but warned that the state's fiscal challenges, which include more than $ 250 million in unfunded pension obligations, could continue to affect the state's credit in the long run.3 — 4

The enormous increase in the magnitude of the challenge that has been caused by delay given the limited carbon budget can be seen from a recent statement of Jim Hansen who said that «the required rate of emissions reduction would have been about 3.5 % per year if reductions had started in 2005 and continued annually thereafter, while the required rate of reduction, if commenced in 2020, will be approximately 15 % per year.

Carbon budgets continue to be a popular approach to frame the challenge of keeping global warming to «acceptable» levels.

While Judge Solomon's challenge was pending, Kansas passed a judicial budget bill (HB 2005) conditioning all judicial funding on the continued viability of HB 2338, the law stripping the Kansas Supreme Court's administrative authority.

While some Android manufacturers continue to battle it out in in the budget and super-mid tiers of the market, the slowing global trend represents a different challenge to Apple.

As mobile technology continues to infiltrate the real estate industry, real estate professionals across the board are faced with a challenging dilemma: Cut back on print advertising and allocate more of their budget toward mobile marketing tools?

We also expect that companies will be challenged to think strategically about how they continue to invest in travel, to grow their business, in the face of flat travel budgets and rising prices.

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