Sentences with phrase «less state regulation»

This campaign season, the Business Council is hoping its calls for lower taxes and less state regulation will finally resonate — both with candidates and voters.

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Something a bit less sexy than its flashy name suggests: it's the set of regulations that will govern digital currency businesses operating in New York State.

The rebounding economy, low interest rates, less expensive technology and the state of regulation are all fair winds blowing in favor of new small - business owners.

Lauren Michaels, legislative affairs manager for the California Police Chiefs Association, which donated $ 20,000 to the campaign against Prop 64, noted that her organization supports medical marijuana in the state but opposes the proposed recreational system because «there's much less oversight and accountability for complying with state regulations.»

More specifically, Uber must follow particular EU states» transportation regulations and can no longer claim that its peer - to - peer ride - hailing services fall under less restrictive e-commerce rules in the EU.

And while some states and counties are fairly lax in their building regulations, others are more restrictive and notably less progressive.

Mountain Pure water contains less than 5 milligrams of sodium per eight - fluid - ounce serving and meets all state and federal regulations.

The regulation states that drinks that contain more than 11g of sugar per 100 ml of drink should have a red label, drinks that contain 2 — 11g per 100 ml should have an amber label and drinks containing less than 2g per 100 ml should have a green label.

For the new study, they compared the gap in obesity prevalence between students in states with strict lunch standards in 2006 and 2007 - before the new regulations took place - to states with less restrictive regulations.

But, 95 % + of the lawyers in the state use less than 10 % of the statutes by page length, on any regular basis, and I probably use only 10 % of the tax code and 5 % of the tax regulations despite having an extremely broad tax practice in terms of the variety of subjects I deal with compared to the average lawyer who does tax work.

In order for New York State to keep residents from moving to states with lesser taxes and more economic growth, New York must reconsider its financial structure to lower its debt, provide mandate relief, reconsider regulations that strangle businesses, end the wasteful spending on programs that are doomed to fail and cut spending across the board.

-LSB-...] Empowering New York City to set its own laws with less interference from state government (also called «home rule»), especially important for rent regulation and affordable housing.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

Since the U.S. Department of Education has waived many NCLB regulations in exchange for states» engaging in alternative reform strategies, states are under less pressure to keep their proficiency standards at a low level.

The United States, for example, has more open and competitive markets and less intrusive government regulation than do the economies of many other industrialized societies.

Much as we might wish otherwise, state empowerment is more likely, not less, with the ironclad certainty of formal federal regulation.

It pleases almost no one and does less than most state and city school - lunch regulations are trying to do about sugar and fat.)

Moreover, schools wishing to admit students selectively rather than accepting all comers may participate in a donation rebate program that generates less revenue than vouchers while also involving less regulation and less interaction with the state.

Pete Hall: Less Is More Weve got district initiatives, government regulations, grant stipulations, contracted obligations, state mandates Heck, our plates are full!

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

These examples, and the list below, provide just a sample of how the regulations serve to provide states and districts with more options for ESSA implementation — options that are less clear after a CRA repeal.

These flexibilities can not be found in the statutory text, and in the absence of regulations, states may default back to the status quo and take the less risky path by hewing closely to the statute, rather than pushing for more creative solutions that work better in their local contexts.

«State legislators created rules governing charter schools including financial regulations that are substantially less stringent than public schools.

The schools receive less money than traditional schools but do not have to follow most state regulations and are able to explore a variety of approaches to learning.

BY SCOTT ANDRON [email protected] Miami Herald July 15th http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1142158.html Florida's economy needs less onerous regulation of international banking and more investment in education, local business leaders told the state economic development agency Tuesday morning.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, whose department has called on districts and states to use student data in teacher evaluations in return for grants and less federal regulation, said last week that he believes states should definitely use data to drive instruction and in evaluations.

Prohibits states from prescribing or enforcing a regulation that imposes a vehicle length limitation of less than 80 feet on a stinger - steered automobile transporter with a front overhang of less than 4 feet and a rear overhang of less than 6 feet.

Contrast that with a state that has a Rate Bureau maintaining an iron grip on renters insurance rates in the state, and you'll see how different types of regulation can lead to not only different rates, but also to greater or lesser availability of coverage in the state.

When it comes to the US, specialty insurance companies are non-admitted, which means they don't participate in the state guaranty fund and have overall less regulations.

These considerations include changes in exchange rates and exchange control regulations, political and social instability, expropriation, imposition of foreign taxes, less liquid markets and less available information than is generally the case in the United States, higher transaction costs, foreign government restrictions, less government supervision of exchanges, brokers and issuers, greater risks associated with counterparties and settlement, difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations, lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards and greater price volatility.

Enter Treasury Regulation 1.469 - 1T (e)(3)(ii)(A), which states that a rental activity is not a rental activity if «The average period of customer use for such property is seven days or less.»

«Most of the states near the bottom have very strict regulation for either auto or homeowners insurance, which gives carriers less flexibility and thus little ability to offer savings,» Lehrer says.

In addition, foreign issuers are, generally speaking, subject to less government supervision and regulation and different accounting treatment than are those in the United States.

Additionally in New York, a bill passed allowing municipalities to regulate pet dealers as long as those regulations are not less stringent than state law.

The provisions of paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply to any person who lawfully imports a live dog into the State of Hawaii from the British Isles, Australia, Guam, or New Zealand in compliance with the applicable regulations of the State of Hawaii, provided that the dog is not transported out of the State of Hawaii for purposes of resale at less than 6 months of age.

The rule includes limited exceptions for (1) dogs imported for certain research studies or veterinary treatment, and (2) dogs lawfully imported into the State of Hawaii from the British Isles, Australia, Guam, or New Zealand in compliance with applicable regulations of the State of Hawaii, provided the dogs are not transported out of the State of Hawaii for resale at less than 6 months of age.

The CCF, for those of you not in the know, lobbies on behalf of the fast food, meat, alcohol, and tobacco industries for less regulations at both the state and federal levels of government.

Setting up state - by - state regulations on commodities which trade between states makes our market less efficient and acts as a tax on everybody.

Power generators are turning away from coal for a host of reasons: In some instances natural gas is cheaper; many states are requiring utilities to generate a certain portion of electricity from renewable resources; individual cities (and even an entire Canadian province) have decided to stop purchasing electricity created by burning coal; and new Environmental Protection Agency regulations are making it more expensive and less economical to use coal plants.

He stood up, in front of a group of business leaders no less, and stated that Canada's current greenhouse gas emissions policies would not be sufficient to meet our targets, and that we needed much broader regulation.

GHG emissions are required by no less than 3 regulations and all three are tabulated: a. GHG emission reporting CDX; b. Annual emissions reports for large discharges required by state SIP's, Title V and CAA, and c. monthly / quarterly / annual fuel use reporting requirements.

Yet this final argument turns the entire body of prior claims upon its head by arguing that the states actually «want more regulation, not less, and that they wanted regulation sooner rather than later.»

Their citizens will be forced to pay greatly increased rates for less reliable electricity, probably three to four times higher in current prices under the new EPA «Clean Power Plan» (CPP) regulations (much more accurately described as the Skyrocketing Rates Power Plan or SRPP), and their manufacturing industries may be forced to move to states that do not succumb to the intimidation or to foreign countries in order to survive economically.

Many states and companies have said they don't think they are able to comply with the EPA emissions regulations as they are proposed — much less deeper and faster carbon cuts.

Luckily, coal - fired plants are closing down throughout the U.S. as the fuel becomes less profitable due to state and federal regulations, an aging fleet, and competition from other sectors such as natural gas, wind, and solar (3).

Regulation of the industry has been less than reliable, basic environmental protections like the Clean Air and Safe Drinking Water Acts haven't helped much because the oil and gas industry is exempt from these laws, and operators have been allowed by most states to keep secret the chemicals they inject into the ground as proprietary information.

It's three times lower than the passive house threshold, and no less than thirty - five times tighter than the backstop of 7 m3 / hr / m2 under Irish building regulation, making a mockery of the state's targets.

The Recast Brussels Regulation in particular creates an enforcement procedure which is less time consuming, less costly and enables parties to enforce judgments across the EU regardless of the origin member state in which the dispute arose.

It is essential that the new professional knows that, increasingly, clients require from lawyer's influence of the Judiciary Branch in the regulation of the contracts, to the contrary of other countries where the freedom to contract is wider and less supervised by the State.

Ruling that «regulation of speech must be a last resort,» U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said the state should have tried less invasive options, like beefing up existing discrimination rules, rather than «censor a source of truthful information.»