Sentences with phrase «cost taxpayers at»

Teen childbearing in Indiana cost taxpayers at least $ 227 million in 2010.

It also adds to the ever - mounting costs of the torture scandal involving Burge and his «midnight crew» of detectives, which has stained the city's reputation and so far cost taxpayers at least $ 115 million in lawsuit settlements, judgments and other compensation to victims.

Decommissioning Sellafield nuclear power station in the UK will cost taxpayers at least # 70 billion as costs hit «astonishing levels,» senior MPs said yesterday.

Department investigators are reviewing Mnuchin's flight from New York City to Washington D.C., which cost taxpayers at least $ 25,000.

NYC's School Construction Authority is over budget on more than half its current major projects — costing taxpayers at least $ 300 million more than planned, city data show.

The city's School Construction Authority is over budget on more than half its current major projects — costing taxpayers at least $ 300 million more than planned, city data show.

That incident contaminated 21 workers and closed WIPP for nearly three years, costing taxpayers at least $ 1.5 billion to reopen.

Presently, more than 1,000 teachers remain in the ATR, costing taxpayers at least $ 100 million.

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Whether it's a politician, organizer or corporate sponsor, each entity has something at stake and needs to spin the event's benefits for taxpayers, who typically fund the majority of costs.

The IG's report accused Shulkin's chief of staff, Vivieca Wright Simpson, of potential criminal conduct by making false statements and altering a document so that the VA could «improperly» pay for Shulkin's wife to travel to with him, at a cost to taxpayers of $ 4,312.

According to Washington watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Mnuchin has frequently opted for using military aircraft for his travel instead of taking commercial planes, which would come at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.

Now it is a hammock, a permanent way to receive compensation, at the cost of taxpayers who often walk that same wire, spinning plates and juggling balls along the way, to support themselves.

Expansion states have seen a marked reduction in unpaid bills at their hospitals, which in turn reduces the need for hospitals to pass along some of their costs to taxpayers and people with health coverage.

Almost $ 3 billion was deployed last year to growing companies at no cost to taxpayers.

«For decades, the failed War on Drugs has locked up millions of nonviolent drug offenders — especially for marijuana - related offenses — at an incredible cost of lost human potential, torn apart families and communities, and taxpayer dollars,» Booker wrote in a Facebook post.

This time, the president reinforced his assessment that Amazon's business is costing taxpayers «many billions of dollars» through subsidized rates at the United States Post Office.

So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that might actually pay for itself through higher productivity and higher income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

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So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that could pay for itself through higher productivity and earned income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

It would cost taxpayers an additional $ 3 to $ 5 billion to avoid an election at this time.

While the program has many supporters who argue it attracts foreign capital and creates jobs at no U.S. taxpayer cost, congressional overseers and Homeland Security have raised sharp concerns.

In 2013, about 21 million taxpayers took advantage of RACs at a cost of about $ 630 million.

You paid for the right to received Social Security and Medicare, at whatever the current cost, partly funded by taxpayers of the future.

At the same time, the introduction of an integrated Canada-U.S. entry - exit system will improve mobility — and reduce costs to taxpayers — by eliminating the need for separate systems to track the comings and goings of citizens and other travelers.

In a crisis, banks might pull the lenders» credit lines, crippling them at precisely the wrong time for the broader economy — and that could leave taxpayers to bear the costs of any bad loans.

Canadian Taxpayers Federation research reveals electricity costs at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital have increased 75 percent since 2013; Woodstock Hospital has seen a 60 per cent increase in the same time.

Their interactive platform brings citizens and governments closer together, which allows for enhanced citizen engagement, modern user experience at a reduced cost to taxpayers.

Housing is becoming increasingly expensive to build due to government fees and regulations on building in most cities, and government programs merely subsidize this process at a cost to the taxpayers; and rent control has been a disaster because that immediately kills off any new construction and reduces the incentive for land owners and landlords to maintain their property because their income is fixed.

And the European Central Bank's support of the largest banks and bondholders at the cost of domestic taxpayers has imposed monetary deflation on Eurozone countries, reminiscent of America's 19th - century deflation before and after the Civil War.

But the taxpayer picked up the bill for security at the event, including the 5,000 police officers, and the clear - up operation on the streets afterwards, with reports suggesting the total cost to the taxpayer came to between # 10 million and # 20 million.

In 2006 the sugar industry was deregulated at a cost of $ 440 million to Australian taxpayers.

The projects at issue involve at least $ 54 million in construction work, and some of those costs would be forced onto the shoulders of taxpayers if the work can not begin almost immediately, according to Park District officials.

One district might have a gleaming, well - equipped central food preparation facility like Houston's (at the cost of $ 51 million to taxpayers) and another might have school «kitchens» that look a lot more like a janitor's closet.

Residents were divided on what should be done about the error, but all were upset at the additional cost to taxpayers.

Though Daley and other officials who spoke at the news conference repeated the «no new taxes» mantra, there would be a cost to taxpayers.

In 2010, teen pregnancy and childbirth accounted for at least $ 9.4 billion in costs to U.S. taxpayers for increased health care and foster care, increased incarceration rates among children of teen parents, and lost tax revenue because of lower educational attainment and income among teen mothers.

But Park District officials said the field represents a partnership between private and public organizations that improves Chicago parks at minimum cost to taxpayers.

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They believe CEP unfairly subsidizes the meals of kids who could afford to pay full price, at enormous cost to taxpayers, and have advocated for a 60 - percent threshold to determine a school or district's eligibility.

That formula, which is provided to WIC at a discount, cost taxpayers an estimated $ 627 million in 2008, the most recent figure available (equivalent to a $ 2 billion value on the retail market).

While full reimbursement is clearly preferable, tax relief on employment expenses at least returns a fraction (20 per cent, 40 per cent or 45 per cent, depending on whether the employee is a basic, higher or additional rate taxpayer) of the cost of the expense to the employee.

The «rise and fall» of the surveillance drone has also come at a cost of half a billion euros to the German taxpayers.

«If the Department for Transport can not build (a lorry park) they should allow the private sector to build it at a fraction of the cost to the taxpayer.

The city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»

For example, in the early 1990s, Lloyd Williams, a political and business associate of Inez Dickens and her father dating back at least to the 1970s, and head of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and its development arm the Greater Harlem Housing Development Corporation, presided over a disastrous sweetheart real - estate deal with the City that wound up costing the taxpayers almost $ 4 million.

At a typical cost of $ 400 per square foot, we estimate that the City spent roughly $ 400 million taxpayer dollars to acquire the one million square feet (23 acres) of Willets Point Phase One property, which the Bloomberg administration intended to gift to QDG for $ 1 (one dollar).

We are concerned that by allowing the IDC to remain an independent conference, the IDC would continue to earn extra stipends at cost to taxpayers for positions they often do not even hold.

The mayor's presumptive Republican challenger, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, demanded that he «come clean with the taxpayers» about the cost of bringing his NYPD bodyguards to Germany for his big speech at a G20 protest rally.

Despite these and legitimate concerns that the regulations were unenforceable, raised during their passage by Tom Harris MP, they were passed and the regime came into force in January of this year at a reported cost of around # 300,000 to the taxpayer.

Despite signing papers saying he would voluntarily return - and Home Office acknowledgements that he could not be returned due to his stateless status - he continued to be detained without justification, at massive cost to the taxpayer.