Sentences with phrase «from local and state governments»

According to Good Jobs First, a national policy resource center that tracks subsidies from local and state governments, New York leads the country in overall spending on megadeals — defined as corporate incentive packages that total more than $ 75 million.

Federal spending has been virtually flat since the recession, with almost all the new funding coming from local and state governments.

CMA deals mostly with information technology contracts from local and state governments, and hired former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno as its CEO after his retirement from the State Senate in 2008.

It seems fairly obvious that Make the Road, which receives millions of dollars from local and state government to provide social services, is siphoning some of that money to an ostensibly independent «Action Fund» in order to campaign for elected officials who will, lo and behold, allocate money to Make the Road.

Fortune 500 company not shy about pressing its advantage in seeking assistance from local and state government

Not exact matches

The money comes from Chinese - backed development banks, China's state - owned enterprises, and even local Chinese governments.

In a February address to Congress, Trump called for a $ 200 billion federal investment intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion in spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other projects.

Pai's plan also blocks state and local governments from imposing their own net neutrality rules.

More than 140 local health and medical research institutions are set to benefit from an $ 8 million grant provided by the state government.

It requires states and local governments with a history of racial and ethnic discrimination, mainly in the South, to get advance approval either from the Justice Department or the federal court in Washington before making any changes that affect elections.

The outcry is in response to Indiana's Republican Gov. Mike Pence signing into law a «religious freedom» bill that will free individuals and business owners from abiding by state and local laws that «substantially» burden their exercise of religion, unless the government can prove that it has a compelling interest and is doing so by the least restrictive means.

In Arkansas, the state government went as far as passing a law to prevent local governments from passing separate laws to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender orientation according to US News & World Report.

The White House has taken the side of traditional retailers in a Supreme Court case concerning the ability of state and local governments to collect sales taxes from online retailers.

The Trump administration is preparing to release an infrastructure plan in the coming weeks that reportedly includes at least $ 200 billion in federal spending that would jumpstart investment from the private sector, and state and local governments.

For one, federal spending cuts are also likely weighing on state and local government hiring — as about 25 % of their funding comes from Washington.

The NSA document — which the Justice Department says was stolen and leaked to The Intercept by a 25 - year - old government contractor from Georgia — concluded that «Russian intelligence obtained and maintained access to elements of multiple US state or local electoral boards» in the days leading up to the election.

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.

The study's authors say they used the same methods researchers developed in a 2009 report titled «State and Local Government Sales Tax Revenue Losses from Electronic Commerce,» compiled by business professors at the University of Tennessee.

Investing resources into a 10 year treasury note is often considered favorable due to federal government securities being exempt from state and local income tax.

Drugmakers have benefitted from the surge of opioid - related deaths in the U.S.; last year, Bloomberg reported that the drug's price had risen tenfold in recent years, with state and local governments shelling out to make the med more widely available.

Gun violence has torn up many communities across the country, mainly due to negligence on behalf of local and national government to properly regulate access to guns, ignorance to their constituents» varying situations, and willingness to take money from organizations that very clearly do not have the best intentions for the future of the United States.

debt obligations of the U.S. government that are issued at various intervals and with various maturities; revenue from these bonds is used to raise capital and / or refund outstanding debt; since Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are generally considered to be free from credit risk and thus typically carry lower yields than other securities; the interest paid by Treasuries is exempt from state and local tax, but is subject to federal taxes and may be subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); U.S. Treasury securities include Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury bonds, zero - coupon bonds, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and Treasury Auctions

«Under the last administration, 94 % of the OCS was off - limits to responsible development, despite interest from state and local governments and industry leaders.

The bill would also allow state and local governments to issue Build America Bonds that provide a direct payment from the federal government for a part of the interest paid on bonds that finance government works projects.

Meet with exhibitors from Federal, State and local governments, and Federal Government large business prime contractors who are looking for small, diverse suppliers, including minority, 8 (a), SDB, HUBZone participants, service - disabled veteran - owned, veteran - owned, and women - owned businesses.

Almost all revenue from taxes on property in the United States is collected by state and local governments.

Huge federal, state and local government unionization — much higher unionization rates than in the private sector, including manufacturing — makes it very hard to trim fat from the government.

From these locations, WA Limestone supplies over 30 different types of raw materials products to contractors, State government, Local government, and the wider Western Australian public.

America itself, facing an era where more and more citizens without adequate financial resources will seek assistance from local, state and federal governments (precisely at a time when such governments are already strained), needs the fiduciary standard.

The act requires requires state and local governments that want to qualify for funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to include animals in their disaster plans.

debt obligations of the U.S. Government with maturities of 10 years or longer; coupon interest for Treasury bonds is exempt from state and local taxes, but is federally taxable; interest income may also be subject to alternative minimum tax

It reduced the cap on borrowing subject to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) from $ 1 million to $ 750,000, and capped deductions for state and local taxes, including property taxes, at $ 10,000.1 These changes, in combination with a doubling of the standard deduction, mean that many homeowners will experience a loss of tax benefits associated with homeownership, and the changes represent a significant shift in the federal government's willingness to promote and subsidize homeownership.

Also exempted from the ban are cases when a bank underwrites a securities offering, and for trading in U.S. government, state and local bonds.

BOEM coordinates Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) renewable energy activities offshore New Jersey through its Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force, which is made up of representatives from federal, state, local and tribal governments.

They include value - added tax hikes, lower jobless benefits, wage cuts for state employees and billions of euros in savings from local government reforms.

Breaking the GDP report down, we see that in addition to overall modest strength in the economy (growth was still off from the fourth quarter's 2.9 %), the upturn was helped individually by positive contributions from nonresidential fixed investment, exports, private inventory investment, federal government spending, and state and local government spending.

Adam believes it is this visibility which will force accountability and responsibility from elected officials charged with the fiscal decisions of local, city, state and federal government offices.

«Investing in food producing farmland in the tax - friendly nation of the Republic of Vanuatu with our cluster concept in agriculture Malekula farm lets offers an investment that is out of reach from being diminished by most currency meltdowns and loss of value by state and local government seizure and also provides a cash return.

Track Down Information on Available Bonds -: There are over twenty thousand municipal bonds available each year; both from the state and local government.

Latest demand comes from local and southern state governments, including Louisiana and Mississippi, hit hard by pollution following 2010 blowout

Furthermore, under the general welfare provision of the Constitution, the Federal Government offers financial assistance to states and local communities for a variety of educational purposes, ranging from subsidies for school lunch programs to salaries for teachers of agriculture and loans for school building construction.

Still, the predominance of state and local responsibility for education does not exclude the Federal Government entirely from the sphere of education.

Some new and constructive responses are coming from local, state and national governments.

As a peaceful group set out to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demonstrate for redress of grievance against the state government for denying them the right to register to vote, they were brutally set upon and beaten by Alabama state troopers and local possemen.

Financing for the CBDOs» work comes not only from state and local governments, but from private financial intermediaries whose work has been characterized as a «curious blend of social investment and business discipline» and that have grown steadily in the «80s in numbers and sophistication.

The management, delivery and monitoring of Commonwealth environmental water relies on considerable advice and assistance from local organisations, state governments and others.

Our hope is to have the U.S. government, in partnership with the many stakeholders in the food system, including producers, manufacturers, retailers, non-profits and food advocacy groups, faith organizations as well as leaders from state, tribal, and local government, join in using the Call to Action as an opportunity to further individual and collective actions on preventing food waste.

Under HB142, state or local government buildings and schools throughout North Carolina are not allowed to enact any policies that prevent individuals from using facilities matching their gender identity.

If you are involved in a private youth sports program which plays on publicly - owned fields, diamonds, rinks, or courts, or are in local government, you have probably been hearing a lot lately about what is being dubbed the «power of the permit»: the authority municipalities and towns around the country are using to condition use of their athletic facilities by private programs on compliance with state concussion safety laws from which they would otherwise be exempt, or, in an increasing number of instances, to fill gaps in their state's law.

If schools want to offer competitive foods, the revenue from the sales of such food (and any non-federal revenues that state or local governments or school districts choose to provide) should cover the costs, without federal cross-subsidies.