Sentences with phrase «local and state governments nationwide»

Not exact matches

Today, federal, state and local governments, land - grant universities and other organizations nationwide are pursuing organic agriculture research and education programs.

There is already a nationwide foundation in place that includes charitable organizations, faith - based organizations, businesses, grocery stores, restaurants, food producers, local, state and federal government agencies and other stakeholders that are committed to addressing this issue through prevention, donation, composting and other practices.

A recent report by my organization, the Rockefeller Institute of Government found that, nationwide, state and local government revenue this quarter was weaker than the previous fourGovernment found that, nationwide, state and local government revenue this quarter was weaker than the previous fourgovernment revenue this quarter was weaker than the previous four quarters.

As shown in Figure 3, for more than two decades Medicaid spending in New York and nationwide rose at a pace well above the general cost indicator for state and local governments; the near doubling of the price index between 1991 and 2011 was more than matched by the greater than quadrupling of national Medicaid costs and an approximately 350 percent increase in New York's Medicaid expenses.7 (The more rapid growth in other states likely reflected their expansion of eligibility, which New York had already implemented.)

Nationwide, state and local governments owe more for retirement benefits, when liabilities are conservatively valued, than for bonded debt issued for capital purposes.

He declared unconstitutional and «irrational» the way Connecticut funds and oversees local public schools; he found that the state government has the enforceable responsibility under Connecticut's constitution to provide all students an adequate education — not just the wealthy suburban kids who rank first nationwide in reading scores, but also the many «functionally illiterate» high - school graduates from the 30 poorest Connecticut school districts, which rank below Mississippi and 39 other states in those same scores.

Today, federal, state and local governments, land - grant universities and other organizations nationwide are pursuing organic agriculture research and education programs.

There is considerable potential for the actions of state and local government, the private sector and individual citizens to contribute to the nationwide response to climate change, but better information and coordination with federal policies would make these decisions more effective.