Major issues during the 2014 legislative session
included public pension reform and liquor privatization.
Meanwhile, things that could address systemic problems and save the city and state real money,
including public pension reform, get shouldered off the road in favor of transient quick fixes like taxes on soda and cigarettes.
Not exact matches
The then Prime Minister's reformist agenda
included reforms to the national budget system, special
public corporations, medical insurance, national
pension systems, and...
The size of Illinois»
pension crisis requires even bolder
pension reform that
includes 401 (k)- style plans for
public employees.
This book explores the political economy of transition cost mitigation strategies in a wide variety of policy contexts
including public pensions, U.S. home mortgage interest deductions, immigration, trade liberalization, agricultural supply management, and climate change, providing tested examples and realistic strategies for genuine policy
reform.
Other proposals
include: measures to support families; a change in employment law;
reform to
public pensions; break - up of the banks; and a proposal to remove the UK from any liability for future EU bailouts.
But the governor's plan would effectively give him ownership of the state's massive
public school system, and would be among the most ambitious changes he's pursued in his governorship, a tenure that so far has
included legalizing same - sex marriage, strengthening gun control, creating a statewide property - tax cap and
reforming the state
pension system.
Cohen supports the Business Council's Enough Already NY campaign's Five to Survive economic
reform agenda which
includes: a property tax cap; a state spending cap; reducing the tax burden;
reforming public employee
pensions and limiting government borrowing.
The mailer in the Nassau County Senate district touts Cronin's proposals,
including term limits for state lawmakers, campaign finance
reform measures such as closing the LLC loophole, boosting penalties for corruption and support for stripping
public officials of their
pensions if they are convicted of corruption — the latter of which is now up for second passage in the Legislature next year as a constitutional amendment.
Key issues ASUU demands the federal government to address
includes: Non Payment of Salaries; Non Payment of Earned Academic Allowances; Non release of operational License of NUPEMCO; Non Implementation of the provisions of the 2014
Pension Reform Act with respect to Retired Professors; Removal of the University Staff School from government funding; funds for the revitalization of
Public Universities amongst others.
Assembly Democrats on Friday evening released a package of ethics and campaign finance
reform measures
including limits to outside income, while holding out for negotiations for a constitutional amendment for
pension forfeiture by
public officials convicted of corruption.
Dozens of workshops covered a range of issues,
including the impact of the State budget on counties,
pension funding, renewable energy, local Medicaid costs,
public safety, budgeting, pre-school special education
reforms, shared services, and local leadership.
He identified a number of
reforms that the Assembly would advance,
including closing the LLC campaign finance loophole, limiting the influence of big money in politics, and allowing for the
pension forfeiture of corrupt
public officials.
His aggressive, bare - knuckle style, cuts to
public spending, and well - publicized clashes with the New Jersey Education Association have made the governor a media sensation and shoved his education
reform ideas — which
include expanding school choice options for students and overhauling teacher tenure, compensation, and
pensions — into the national spotlight.
where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice
reform to reducing the costs of
public pensions (
including those held by veteran teachers).
Teach for America's major donors
include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Walton Family Foundation, run by the heirs to the Walmart fortune; the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, run by the real estate billionaire and Democratic donor; and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice
reform to reducing the costs of
public pensions (
including those held by veteran teachers).
For more than a decade, debate over
reform of
public pensions —
including teachers — has been in a rut.
As part of ongoing
public sector
pension scheme
reforms, members of both the firefighters» and judicial
pension schemes were compulsorily transferred into new arrangements with less favourable retirement benefits,
including a lower rate of accrual and a higher normal
pension age.