Sentences with phrase «dollars states spend»

They simply can't get wait to get their hands on the $ 800 billion dollars states spend annually on public schools.

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One measure is «return on investment» (ROI), which tries to determine how much return taxpayers are getting for each dollar the state spends.

Michigan's economy won't be competitive until its schools improve their graduation rates and the performance of students, and get more results from the considerable education dollars the state spends.

Not exact matches

Over the past 30 years, policymakers from around the United States have spent countless hours and numerous dollars on programs, policies, and incentives to create venture - capital clusters and to stimulate investments in their cities and regions.

The measure keeps domestic spending largely flat, while providing billions of dollars in additional funds to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Between 2009 and 2014, Colorado state mining officials spent $ 12.3 million taxpayer dollars on mine - reclamation work.

«In a market the size of the United States the idea of buying a spot for $ 4 million dollars and spending another million to produce it might somehow be justifiable when you divide it into the number of people who are going to see it.

The United States has only 4 % of the world's population, but spends more than half of its research and development dollars, much of which is tied to the military.

State and local governments aren't the only ones that spend public dollars to build private sports stadiums — the federal government does, too.

Every dollar we refuse to spend on Medicaid expansion is one dollar less that we have to borrow from China, not one dollar more that goes to another state.

Today, the United States spends nearly $ 3 trillion dollars on healthcare.

Of the $ 48.3 billion spent in the U.S. on venture capital in 2014, 80 percent of those dollars went to companies in just five states, with California receiving a whopping 56 percent.

With billions of dollars of construction spend spread across a few years, along with the promise of strong jobs creation in the tune of thousands of jobs being created, the state hosting a Gigafactory - scale facility is primed for an economic boom.

Since 2001 the silver and gold markets have gone up substantially as a reaction to the 20 year precious metals bear market from 1980 — 2000, massive increases in military spending, weakening global economies that REQUIRE Quantitative Easing to avoid deflation, the rise of competing currencies that weaken the dollar's trading status, excessive debts in Europe, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and so much more.

While still widely considered the most talented group of state - sponsored hackers in the world, the N.S.A. is still recovering from Mr. Snowden's disclosures; it has spent hundreds of millions of dollars reconfiguring and locking down its systems.

But states such as North Dakota, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana get more than two dollars back in federal spending for every dollar in taxes.

When a board of directors authorizes a share repurchase program, it typically states either the number of shares the company is interested in buying back or a dollar amount it will spend on its stock buyback.

The United States Government spends billions of dollars every year awarding different types of contracts to meet the needs of the US military and other government...

Andrew Beckman began by stating that the first marketing dollar needs to be spent on getting back to basics.

State - sponsored securities firms spent hundreds of billions of dollars buying China shares July and August before the country's Central Bank took the drastic move to devalue its currency.

Personal income is the dollar value of income from all sources by individuals in the U.S., and is reported monthly along with personal spending (or personal outlays) by the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

But as cities, counties and states compete for economic development, spending on such programs nationwide has climbed into the billions of dollars, even in an era of fiscal austerity.

Studies have shown that every dollar increase for a minimum - wage worker results in $ 2,800 in new consumer spending by household, and of the 13 states that have increased the minimum wage since 2014, including New York, all but one experienced employment growth.»

I, for one, agree that I do not want my tax dollars spent on a clear violation of seperation of church and state.

What an irrational, lunatic world we live in where millions of dollars are spent in Mitch McConnell's home state of Kentucky to build and promote a CREATIONIST MUSEUM!!!! How stupid is that?

The fact that poverty remains a serious problem in the United States after the federal government has spent $ 22 trillion dollars on social welfare programs over the past fifty years should have taught us all something about the complex problems of empowering the poor.

Many of those teachers of whom you speak are not fired, but are kept on and PAID to do nothing, costing the State of NY taxpayers millions of dollars that could be better spent elsewhere or actually SAVED!!

The Bureau of Justice Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics in 1998 reported that the United States spends approximately $ 34.18 billion dollars per year on incarceration.

Funny, how do you think Mitt will cut the defecit as he stated he will cut taxes by 5 trillion dollars and increase military spending by 2 trillion over 4 years?

Arsenal fans can complain all they want about the state of the club but things will never change when they still spend top dollar on tickets and merchandise making those greedy pigs board money if you want change you have to act.

While the chart above illustrates current annual spending in dollar terms, the United States has historically devoted a larger share of its economy to defense than many of its key allies.

A healthy baby saves state tax dollars: for every $ 1 spent on preventing an unhealthy birth, $ 6 is saved in neonatal intensive care costs, recurrent hospital and medical expenses paid by Medicaid, exceptional and remedial education, child abuse and neglect investigations, and disability and dependency costs.

'' 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.

Back in 2003, for example, the Assembly and Senate overrode the governor's budget vetoes for the first time in two decades, increasing state taxes over Pataki's opposition to restore billions of dollars in spending on schools, hospitals, nursing homes and localities.

At issue were comments O'Luck made on the Times» City Room blog in February 2009, in which he said that if government programs that benefit businesses owned by women and minorities weren't around «white men and the connected would have access to nearly 100 % of all city, state, and federal government dollars spent.»

Spending on lobbyists to sway New York state and local governments went down last year — but still reached nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.

At 12:30 p.m., Reclaim New York Initiative hosts a rally and press conference with residents and lawmakers to urge the removal of $ 1 billion in taxes and fees included in the governor's budget, and urge savings and oversight for economic development spending, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

After years of review in the case of former Niagara Falls Sen. George Maziarz, and no charges brought, a question remains: What happened to hundreds of thousands of dollars of questionable spending flagged by the state Board of Elections for prosecutors to review?

The same will be true in the struggle for control of Congress next year, as state parties, individual campaigns and outside groups spend tens of millions of dollars targeting their voters and working to get them to the polls.

«I think we should be very, very careful in exposing the constitution to the whims of someone from outside of the state who can decide to spend millions of dollars to put forward their position,» Heastie said.

«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said the spokesman, Scott Reif.

Opening up the state's treasure trove of digital information will spur innovation and job growth, help deliver better and more efficient government services, and save tax dollars so they can be spent where they are really needed.

The Campaign Finance Institute estimates the state would need to spend $ 140 million dollars over a four year election cycle.

State Sen. Patrick Gallivan was found to have about $ 80,000 in unreported campaign credit card expenses, including hundreds of dollars spent on cigars, tanning, and at salons and casinos.

A City Hall spokeswoman said, «The truth is NYCHA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year to fill the hole left by state and federal underinvestment.

A bill that passed the state Senate and Assembly this year would have secured Medicaid dollars for mothers who can't nurse their premature infants and choose to feed their babies donor breast milk; the legislation argues it will save New York taxpayers the money Medicaid currently spends on the complications that arise during neonatal care.

This weekend, they revealed how state legislators spend millions of taxpayer dollars on...

Among her concerns is that with neighboring states and Province of Ontario about to welcome legalized pot, many would - be tourists would spend more time and dollars outside of the state.

Governor Cuomo closes this year's budget gap by reducing spending at state agencies by $ 1.3 billion dollars, and reducing aid to local governments by another $ 756 million dollars.