Sentences with phrase «get federal work»

If you're enrolled at least half time in a program to obtain a professional credential or certification required by a state for employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher, you can get Federal Work - Study, a Federal Perkins Loan, a Federal Direct Loan, or your parents can get a PLUS Loan, while you're enrolled in that program.

Not exact matches

SEVERAL key issues and concerns with the Fair Work Act have come to light as a review of the federal legislation gets under way.

He periodically briefs state politicians on his work, and this year he got a federal grant to study prescription drug monitoring programs.

Getting sanctioned by federal regulators, being banned from the business, having to shutter labs and void two years - worth of blood testing, and being sued by Walgreens, investors and customers, is not how entrepreneurship is supposed to work.

Trump and Sessions have also pledged to crack down on «sanctuary cities» — typically localities that limit how local authorities can work with federal immigration agents — as a way of getting at drug traffickers and gangs.

A job that entails fundraising and strategizing for a political party is very different from a job that entails managing the vast federal bureaucracy to enact policy, or working with Congress to get bills passed.

Alberta and Saskatchewan announced targets to increase the production of renewable power late in 2015, and the new federal government is working toward getting more clean energy onto Canada's grid.

Both programs were designed to provide faith - based charity organizations with a clear avenue to get federal funding for their work.

Getting a restaurant operational requires working closely with various federal and local agencies, so Waffle House's response team keeps in close contact with FEMA and others.

When environmental groups succeeded in getting a federal judge to grant a February 24 order that temporarily halted work in the Atchafalaya Basin while a permit for the pipeline is being challenged, Rosinski wondered whether construction could still legally move forward on her land.

«I've not seen as strong a reply or a position taken by either Alberta or the federal government,» Williams said, but added a caveat: «We've got to see these plans roll out that they've been working on, and I think we see that over the next few weeks.»

The inverted yield curve indicator worked very well the last two recessions; but now, with the Federal Reserve holding interest rates at the zero bound, it is simply impossible to get a negative yield curve.

At the Tim Hortons in Corner Brook a long time mill worker simply asked that I work to get rid of a federal government that does not understand Newfoundland.

He's got a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota, he's a CFA charterholder, and he's worked at the Federal Reserve bank in Atlanta, and he currently works in the research department of a large investment manager here in San Francisco.

If you have Federal Perkins loans and work as a full - time nurse, you may qualify to get up to 100 percent of your loans discharged.

Before getting a private student loan, complete the FAFSA so you're eligible for federal loans, grants and work - study.

Powell recognizes the limits of monetary policy when he notes that «ultimately, the only way to get sustainably higher interest rates is to improve the broader environment for growth, by adopting policies designed to increase productivity and potential output over the long term — policies that are mainly outside the scope of our work at the Federal Reserve.»

While this debate has provided fodder for policy wonks, it has not had much influence on Capitol Hill which seems poised to allow federal unemployment benefits to lapse without much of an alternative strategy for getting the long term jobless working again.

He says that there are jobs enough for people if they are willing to work, and he would like the federal government to get rid of «welfare,» leaving that to the states and private charity.

If the woman works directly for the Catholic church, then I understand, but a hospital is a place of business that gets federal dollars to provide care for All people, therefore they should provide access for all employees.

A Maryland town hall attendee who works for Secular Coalition for America asked Obama about statements he made as a candidate in 2008 when he said, «If you get a federal grant, you can't use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help, and you can't discriminate against them - or against the people you hire - on the basis of their religion.»

That's why we're regularly working with elected officials, federal and state agencies, and state guilds to ensure you get a fair shake.

It just plain got out of the way and let federal agencies do its work for it.

For specialty products like the Vermont popcorn company Yolo Snacks, Vermont Smoke & Cure, Vermont Bean Crafters and Vermont Village applesauce, Davis and Clifford work with the company to contract for the product and get it in compliance with federal regulations.

RACHEL JACKSON: Yes, actually I found out about the federal bill and they knew about Mikael's bill on the assembly floor and so I drafted a mirror bill and gave it to senator Kennedy, New York State Senator Kennedy and he really ran with it and introduced it to the senate and so together where Tim and Kennedy have been working with him to get approval for that, so I was lobbying in Albany and that's where I got to meet Mikael and spoke with a lot of the assembly members, a lot of the senators and there was real overwhelming support for it.

«We are hopeful that this report will get favorable response from the Federal Government especially given the fact that the Honourable Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) was a passionate advocate of this issue during his tenure as the Governor of Lagos State and is also now a representative of Lagos State in the Federal Cabinet.»

Both officials need a strong working relationship with the federal government and with each suffering from low job approval ratings, they should get back to working on behalf of New York's citizens, not their own political ambitions.»

The state Department of Taxation and Finance is working on an unincorporated business tax that might allow partners at law firms and investment banks and similar high - paying places to get around the federal limitation on deducting state and local taxes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to change the state tax code to get around the loss of deductions under the new federal law is «the work of a mind severed from reason and reality,» GOP gubernatorial candidate John DeFrancisco, the deputy state Senate majority leader, said.

«I applaud our federal delegation for working hard to get Westchester County this much needed money to replace our aging bus fleet.

It worked out beautifully: the Mayor won and Mr. Linares, who was term - limited out of his Council seat in 2001, got a plum sinecure that enabled him to make fact - finding trips to the Caribbean as often as he liked, to walk in parades, and to speak sonorously about Federal immigration policies that he had no power over.

«It is shocking that Grinch Andrew Cuomo is advocating for a shutdown of the federal government because he didn't get his way on denying New York's working families a tax cut of $ 100 or more in their monthly paychecks,» Collins said in a statement.

In a press conference following the tour, Schumer said he and Lowey are working hard to get as much federal aid to New York for storm recovery as possible.

Mr. Katz cited the example of transportation funding in Los Angeles, where former mayor Antonio Villaraigosa worked with mayors of nearby cities to get Washington to vastly expand federal transportation loans to cities like his, and then supplemented that federal funding with a sales tax hike devoted to funding regional transit.

He also is a central figure in a case involving Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who pleaded not guilty in October to federal charges that he got bribes and kickbacks from Singh in return for county work.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

They include working to get a federal study of whether or not to build big storm - surge barriers.

The Empire Center broke the news this week that the state Department of Taxation and Finance is working on an unincorporated business tax that might allow partners at law firms and investment banks and similar high - paying places to get around the federal limitation on deducting state and local taxes.

«The way I always look at it is... until you get results, you're just working hard every day,» said Scott when asked whether he thought his discussions with federal lawmakers were productive.

Back in 2012, I worked with volunteer firefighters and the Firefighters Association of the State of New York, known as FASNY, to get Erie County included in the HELP (Higher Education Learning Plan) grant, which was paid for with federal dollars.

Pennsylvania's Republican - controlled House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would stop the state from getting waivers that allow food stamp recipients to continue receiving the federal benefit if they don't meet a work requirement.

Paterson thanked the president and congress for the funds the state has received but also called on Congress for more federal funding to «provide us with the resources to help New Yorkers get back to work.»

Recognizing a role for the federal government in helping Lyme sufferers like Kaleigh and their advocates like Holly, Chris worked across party lines to get meaningful legislation through the House of Representatives.

«Getting people to work is the mission of our Office of Workforce Development and it is also the goal of the federal stimulus package,» Picente said.

He was videotaped by NY 1 the other day, outside Brooklyn Federal Court, praising the great work of Pedro Espada and saying all Espada is guilty of is getting paid for his «hard work».

«I know I speak for lake - shore residents, small businesses, and local governments when I thank Congressman Collins for his hard work to ensure New York gets the federal resources it desperately needs for flood recovery.

On his part, Udoma said that the Federal Government had been working to get the 2018 Budget to the Senate before the end of October.

Cuomo said New York sends $ 48 billion more to the federal government than it gets back, and suggested that Stefanik work to get that money back for New Yorkers.

Federal prosecutors say Howe was working for both SUNY Poly and Cor when they allegedly rigged a request for proposals in September 2013 to make sure Cor would get the deal.

Nigerians are expecting the Federal Government to use the funds saved from increasing fuel price to fix the refineries and get them to work optimally, not a return of fuel scarcity.»