Sentences with phrase «local government spending on»

He said a recent report shows that local government spending on infrastructure has dropped dramatically.

Sports events, they argue, increase local government spending on public safety and traffic control.

The funding local government spends on tackling anti-social behaviour should be protected, a poll has indicated.

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In a February address to Congress, Trump called for a $ 200 billion federal investment intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion in spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other projects.

Spending on state and local government construction projects, which is the largest portion of the public sector segment, slipped 0.4 %.

Among the dozens of protest causes were transportation costs; Native Indian rights; government spending on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics; corruption in state and local governments; and a bill in the Brazilian congress that would authorize psychologists to try and «cure» homosexuals.

For one, federal spending cuts are also likely weighing on state and local government hiring — as about 25 % of their funding comes from Washington.

Yet the effect could be muted given a reliance on local governments to implement spending plans.

In response to these strains, state and local governments have cut infrastructure investment, slashed support for higher education, cut spending on K — 12 education, cut spending on social benefits other than Medicaid, reduced administrative staff and reduced most other areas of the budget.

China could allow local government to issue more special bonds to support government spending on urban redevelopment and infrastructure investment to shore up domestic demand, said Xing from Morgan Stanley.

The chart below shows just how local and municipal government operating spending and spending on employee compensation has changed over the past two decades as a share of the economy.

They blame this increase in spending on local government compensation for municipal employees which they claim is significantly higher than for comparable jobs in the private sector.

Finally, this session I spent considerable time debating the changes that the Christy Clark government was making to the legislation on the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) file — this office has a short two - year history that resulted in the waste of $ 5.government was making to the legislation on the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) file — this office has a short two - year history that resulted in the waste of $ 5.Government (AGLG) file — this office has a short two - year history that resulted in the waste of $ 5.2 million.

Many Democrats say Trump's plan puts too much pressure on state and local government budgets and are calling for $ 1 trillion in federal spending.

The party warned that half of local health bodies are tightening their purse strings when it comes to mental health and called on the Government to ring - fence spending for mental health.

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 this regard, the National Housing Task Force recommends that increased federal spending for housing be allocated through a program of entitlements to states and localities based on need as well as through a program of matching funds based on the willingness of local governments, businesses and nonprofits to provide land and financing.

On issues like property taxes, Astorino wants to simply double - down on what Cuomo and the Legislature already have in place: Making the current property - tax cap permanent while also going after mandated spending, a perennial concern for local governmentOn issues like property taxes, Astorino wants to simply double - down on what Cuomo and the Legislature already have in place: Making the current property - tax cap permanent while also going after mandated spending, a perennial concern for local governmenton what Cuomo and the Legislature already have in place: Making the current property - tax cap permanent while also going after mandated spending, a perennial concern for local governments.

Cuomo proposed using some of a $ 4 billion surplus, which he acknowledged was a «one - shot» revenue source from numerous financial settlements, on infrastructure spending, education and for helping local governments find ways to share services as part of an overall economic development boost for the upstate region.

If all departments reduced their spending on administration in line with the best performing departments like Education and Communities and Local Government, then another # 1bn could be saved.

This structural deficiency of what government spends its resources on and who are the real beneficiaries thereof, is worsened by another structural problem - the structure of Nigeria's pseudo-federation with one overwhelmingly large and not surprisingly wasteful and inefficient federal governments; 36 handicapped states; and 774 almost utterly useless local governments which are now de facto area offices of the handicapped states and therefore doubly - disabled and dysfunctional.

The data series in which we found serious discontinuities or complete breaks are not trivial or obscure, but are (or should be) of major importance to the evaluation of government of any political stripe, such as total public sector capital investment, local government spending (on which the Office for Budget Responsibility and the government differ whether it is rising or falling), how much the government costs to run, and how much the civil service costs to employ.

And the lawmakers want Cuomo to put some spending commitments on the table as well, especially for election reform, seeking $ 3.1 million for aiding local governments to adopt early voting and ease the transition process.

Secondly, and more importantly when it comes to the future of the party, we had spent decades building up a very local base of electoral support, from council to parliamentary levels, on the basis of populist, or indeed protest, issues that played well with disgruntled voters, but almost impossible to deliver in government.

They do get up to # 20,000 a year on «allowances», but the Local Government Association argues this is not a proper income because they're being compensated for the time they spend on the job.

Spending on lobbyists to sway New York state and local governments went down last year — but still reached nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.

Only spending on schools, the NHS, local government and aid were spared.

A record $ 243 million was spent on lobbying state and local governments in 2015, an annual report from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found.

He pledged to veto all unfunded mandates on local governments if he's elected, and also nix any bill — be it Democrat or Republican — that increases spending and throws the budget out of balance.

Moreover some have already spent funds on the local government elections in May or the Northern Ireland Assembly elections, without knowledge that a future snap election would bring that spend under regulation and within a future cap.

Yet another Conservative council chief has spoken out against the deep spending cuts imposed on local authorities by the government.

At the lowest level of municipal government, the city is still managed by its medieval patchwork of contrade, neighbourhood - based collectives that raise money to be spent on local projects, including the lavish feasts that run for days after a contrada's horse has won the Palio.

«It is critically important, now more than ever, to make sure government controls spending in light of the federal cap on deductions for state and local taxes,» Law said, referring to the $ 10,000 limit on deductions of local property taxes and state income taxes on federal returns.

In addition, the Sanders campaign said TPC assumed state and local governments would stop spending on health care and just hand over their obligations to the federal government.

In the major debates of the past two or three years, the Orange Book tendency has whittled away at broadly centre - left policies on, for example, public spending, income - tax rates and the role of local government in education.

The cap has already had a dramatic impact on the spending behavior of local governments, especially school districts.

These are expected to include measures to give neighbourhoods control over local planning decisions and reducing local authorities» reliance on grants from central government - which are being cut back dramatically as a result of the spending review.

Senate Republicans are nudging de Blasio to release more information on how the city spends its education money; the Assembly on Monday passed an omnibus bill that packages a two - year extender with a continuation of local government tax measures.

Despite capping cost increases in recent years, local governments in New York spend more on Medicaid than localities in the other 49 states combined.

Their exhaustively - documented series lays out in excruciating detail how the roughly $ 8B a year New York State and local government spend subsidizing businesses, and on -LSB-...]

He highlighted a plan announced earlier in the week to cut the corporate tax rate, and property taxes, in a scheme that would hinge on local governments freezing spending, and consolidating.

Unlike the gimmicks that preceded it, such as the state - subsidized School Tax Relief (STAR) program, the cap has slowed the growth of local property taxes across the board, putting a speed limit of sorts on local government and school district spending.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer also criticized the move, which would cut money used by state and local governments spent to help maintain records on those who are ineligible to purchase firearms.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo raises the possibility of an «extender» budget blamed on federal government - level uncertainty over potential cuts in spending to the state, the Fiscal Policy Institute has released a report examining the impact of D.C. aid to New York state and local governments.

It would result in a two year property tax freeze, if local governments and schools hold the line on spending.

New Yorkers making up to half a million dollars a year would get a credit on their income taxes if their local governments and schools hold spending to below two percent a year.

And most important of all, I am for reducing state government spending: this includes ending «leadership stipends» and «member items» for legislators, and for ending the practice of state government imposing «unfunded mandates» on local governments.

The measure was among the proposals in Cuomo's $ 142.6 billion budget proposal designed to ease the cost of required spending on local governments, which some critics said offers too little to struggling local governments.

Collins knocked the state for not doing enough to control the required spending on local governments.

The LGA wants the Government to give councils two pence per litre of existing fuel duty to spend on local roads maintenance.