Sentences with phrase «more local governments find»

As more local governments find themselves unable to meet the increasing costs, particularly related to pensions and retiree health benefits, municipalities have begun to more seriously consider debt restructuring under the bankruptcy code as an option for right - sizing their budgets.

Not exact matches

Confronted with the committee's findings, and facing more than 100 pieces of legislation by state and local governments, the comics industry opted to self - regulate.

The Lords, however, found that swaps were «more akin to gambling than insurance,» and local governments are not authorized to gamble.

To find out more about the events in your area, check with your local La Leche groups, health care organizations, or government programs such as WIC.

We use individual - level and municipality - level data from Croatia and find that both individuals and communities that were more exposed to war violence tend to demand greater economic security and fiscally expansionary policies from their local governments.

The reality is that you're more likely to find a swan and unicorn pasty in your local Greggs shop than see the attitude of Cameron's government be anything other than sly and vindictive when it comes to people on low incomes.

Forty per cent of ex-council flats sold through right to buy are being rented out more expensively by private landlords, the Commons communities and local government select committee has found.

That's why the Governor said he wants local governments to do more to find savings and ease the burden on local taxpayers.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office on Friday released a report assessing the impact of federal aid on New York's local governments and schools districts, finding they rely on more than $ 11 billion combined in 2015.

The goal appears to make it so that individual tax savings will in theory become more apparent for homeowners if local governments find ways to merge or share.

But the vast sums of cash REBNY and its associates invest on the political scene — which according to good - government group Common Cause New York has totaled more than $ 44 million in state and local races since 2005 — should help Spinola's successor quickly find his footing with Cuomo.

Taking corrective measures could boost revenues for some local governments by more than $ 400,000, auditors found.

A new report from the Counting Women In campaign has found that representation of women in local government remains stagnant after May elections, that at the current rate of change we face another 150 years before women have an equal say, and that political parties are key to getting more women into town halls.

This sort of complaint, however, is endemic to the centre - local relationship, and is found more widely within local government and the NHS.

Legislative leaders were back at the state Capitol on Columbus Day for more closed - door talks to find some way out of the nine - month - long budget stalemate that has left state and local governments in fiscal limbo.

Local governments have been more likely to embrace green infrastructure and incorporate it into public buildings.One of the best examples can be found in Chicago, Beckman said.

We found a lot of concern among government actors about unregulated, possibly ideologically motivated, schools operating under the radar, while local communities found these schools more open and accessible because they were close and taught lessons in Arabic, rather than in English and French, which are used in public Lebanese schools.

«Parents who find out on Monday which primary school their child will attend can be reassured that the government is doing more than any before to ensure all parents have the choice of a good local school.

Last week's annual Gallup poll on education repeated a frequent finding: Comfortable majorities of Americans agree local school boards should have far more control over what schools teach than state or federal governments.

She has also asked for more information about the government's plans to find savings by using more local authority - owned land.

Maddie's Fund is piloting the subsidy program to give local shelters and rescues the means to find more homes for vulnerable shelter pets, strengthen the relationship between animal control shelters and adoption guarantee groups, and shift some of the burden of responsibility for these pets away from cash - strapped government agencies.

While animal shelters are doing their part to make the pet adoption process easier and more streamlined than ever, Vision is proud to contribute to the cause through our work with local government agencies to make pet adoption information easier to find and access on their websites.

You may wonder why the government finds the need to pursue such action since 1) U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have already topped out and have generally been on the decline for the past 7 - 8 years or so (from technological advances in natural gas extraction and a slow economy more so than from already - enacted government regulations and subsidies); 2) greenhouse gases from the rest of the world (primarily driven by China) have been sky - rocketing over the same period, which lessens any impacts that our emissions reduction have); and 3) even in their totality, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have a negligible influence on local / regional / global climate change (even a immediate and permanent cessation of all our carbon dioxide emissions would likely result in a mitigation of global temperature rise of less than one - quarter of a degree C by the end of the century).

Hectare - for - hectare, they found that tropical forest under local management stored more carbon than government - owned forests.

There's a lot more that residents of this New England area can do to find realistic East Hartford insurance quotes for their policy needs, including checking out news releases from the local government and finding out more about how local fire and police services might affect some kinds of insurance policies.

Bird has some unique hurdles to overcome — including pushback from local businesses that find the scooters to be more nuisance than last - mile transportation savior; local governments worried about both the traffic and safety risks that scooters may pose on streets and sidewalks; and competition from other services like LimeBike, which has rolled out a scooter service of its own.

More important: Its theory may be one better carried out by city governments than by the state; certainly any such plan should find a way to give mayors and municipal officials the flexibility to respond to local conditions.

Calling local government agencies can also be a good idea to find out more about programs that might be available to you.

One more possibility is to find a home buyer program established by your state or local government that provides some down payment assistance for buyers that meet income and other requirements.