Sentences with phrase «massive budget shortfalls»

The unions want teacher raises and no changes to pensions, but the city is broke and facing massive budget shortfalls.

In Mesa County, Colorado, we have experienced massive budget shortfalls during the past five years.

Paterson, whose approval stood at 53 percent last December, has been beset by a series of criticisms over his handling of Caroline Kennedy earlier this year and more recently the state's massive budget shortfall.

After a year in which the Baltimore city school district was forced to lay off 115 people to fill a massive budget shortfall — including the first classroom teachers to lose their jobs in a decade — this year's $ 1.3 billion proposed budget includes no layoffs.

In the midst of a massive budget shortfall, the Baltimore Teachers Union partnered with local businesses and nonprofits to stem the tide.

But according to an article in Germany's leading news magazine, Der Spiegel, the country is facing a massive budget shortfall for renewable projects, and is now planning to cancel some key subsidies aimed at increasing reliance on Green power.

Not exact matches

The University of Missouri (MU) is losing about 1500 students and is facing a huge $ 32 million budget shortfall four months after it attracted national attention as the site of massive race - based campus protests.

California is just now starting to recover from a massive budget deficit that forced new taxes, tax increases, and austerity measures to make up the shortfall and prevent a statewide government collapse.

Both Fiorina and GOP gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman emphasized they were the outsiders running against Democratic veterans and said their business experience as former CEOs best equipped them to fix the state's massive economic problems: a $ 19 billion budget shortfall and a 12.6 percent unemployment rate.

On May 6, 2003, for example, the Governor issued a press release with the following lead paragraph: «Governor George E. Pataki today announced that the fiscally irresponsible budget passed by the State Legislature will harm New Yorkers by imposing the largest tax increase in the history of the State — a tax increase that will lead to massive job losses and a projected $ 13 billion budget shortfall in the upcoming two years.»

Nineteen governors facing massive cutbacks and major budget shortfalls — including four Republicans — released a joint letter last week urging Congress to pass stimulus legislation.

This year's budget season was largely drama - free compared to last year, when schools CEO Sonja Santelises revealed that the school system faced a massive shortfall and the threat of up to 1,000 layoffs.

The vote was unanimous, with absolutely no discussion of how to make existing charter schools accountable for their activities or the fact that Connecticut's public schools are underfunded and additional funding will not be forthcoming anytime soon since Malloy's fiscal strategies have left the state facing a large budget deficit this year and a massive $ 1.4 billion budget shortfall next year.

The CEA's endorsement means that the leadership of all of the major public employee unions in Connecticut have thrown their support behind the candidate who has pledged that he will not propose or accept any tax increase during this second term, despite the fact that Connecticut is facing a $ 4.8 billion budget shortfall over the next three years.While Connecticut's millionaires continue to celebrate the fact that they have been spared the need to «sacrifice» by being required to pay their fair share in taxes, Malloy's policies will ensure massive increases in local property taxes for the middle class and widespread cuts in local education budgets.