Sentences with phrase «like local government funding»

There are proposals for a national funding formula although this, like Local Government Funding reform, are the stuff of very lengthy and difficult consultation processes.

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1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

«In a time when the American government is failing to do its job, responsible governments like New York State have to step up and find creative local funding sources to take care of basic tasks like running our subways and buses,» Raskin said.

Like the rest of local government, counties have felt the effect of public sector funding reductions.

«No other state in the country abuses its local governments and taxpayers quite like Albany to fund an expansive Medicaid program,» Tenney said at a press conference today.

John Redwood as Local Government Spokesman with a broader QUANGO slashing brief could deliver the savings needed to fund essential tax cuts for those like me who can not afford to live in Labour Britain.

Baynes notesthat rather than declaring bankruptcy or submitting to a state takeover by a financial control board, cities would like to see state government restore funding to local governments that has been cut in recent years.

«Individual country's governments are not funding individual scientists like they used to, and people like me, who are multidisciplinary, don't fit with local country funding programs,» she says.

Stamper would like to see the federal government put out requests for proposals and provide grants to develop best practices curriculum at the national level, although given the way our police forces are organized, he says, local agencies would still have to pick up the tab for actual training, which means fund appropriations from city or state politicians and taxpayers.

Because states like Illinois have constitutional protections that lock in benefits for existing workers, the only way for state and local governments to address funding problems is to target new workers.

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

While the government wants new groups to come forward to set up schools, it also wants all good existing schools to become academies - and like the free schools, these will be funded directly by Westminster and be outside of local authority control.

They operate as academies, and like them, do not have to follow the national curriculum, can vary the pay and conditions of teachers, are directly funded by central government and are outside of local authority control.

The capitulation of local publications like this one to the travesty of releasing public funds to private institutions without public oversight to perform government services that are suppose to be available equally to EVERYONE, as said publications, like this one, seek the favor of the powers that be is equavalent to how the national media rolled over and played dead during the lead up to the Iraq war.

County governments are primarily responsible for providing buildings and infrastructure, but local appropriations totaled $ 2.7 billion in operating funds for things like teacher salaries during 2014 - 15.

It is the first law enacted in over ten years that provides long - term funding certainty for surface transportation, meaning States and local governments can move forward with critical transportation projects, like new highways and transit lines, with the confidence that they will have a Federal partner over the long term.

I would most compare it to a business like private prisons and utilities, in that it is very capital intensive like a utility, but it also relies on the inability of local governments to fund their own investment into infrastructure (such as what you see in private prisons.)

Institutions like the Federal Government, private companies and local governments, issue bonds as a type of «IOU» to borrow money to fund projects.

We do not receive local or federal government funding and are truly reliant on the generosity of supporters like you.

The attention surrounding it has encouraged developers and local government to launch and fund new museums and cultural institutions, like the Perez Art Museum Miami, a modern and contemporary art museum opened in 2002, and The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Florida's largest performing arts center opened in 2006.

Lastly, the government's proposal to fund only state adaptation projects is blind - sighted to the need to encourage local mitigation efforts that offer strong development co-benefits like energy efficiency gains, energy security, and clean air.

Before the Stoneman Douglas massacre, the charter review board had hashed out 11 proposed charter amendments, covering items like creating an affordable housing trust fund, requiring local governments to post meeting agendas and materials online at least 48 hours before a scheduled meeting and establishing new rules for redistricting county commission seats.

The Queensland Government has advised the Aurukun and Mornington Island Shire Councils and the native title holders for the land comprising those shire leases that it would like to amend the Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) Act 1978 (Cth) in order to comply with the Australian Government's funding requirements and rules in relation to secure tenure for housing and long - term leasing.

Those taxes are the primary source of revenue for local governments, and fund local services like schools, water systems and law enforcement.