Sentences with phrase «nonpartisan fiscal»

The presentations, led by members of the nonpartisan Fiscal Research Division, have historically offered members an incredibly detailed and thorough look at agency budgets.

According to statistics from the nonpartisan Fiscal Research staff at the General Assembly, teachers saw an average 8 percent pay raise in 2006 - 07, an average 5 percent raise in 2007 - 08, and an average 3 percent raise in 2008 - 09.

«The governor has a fair amount of latitude in insisting that certain spending take place,» said James Parrott, chief economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute, a nonpartisan fiscal research organization based in New York.

The General Assembly's nonpartisan fiscal experts were also involved in the discussions, but Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wasn't.

Carol Kellermann, the president of nonpartisan fiscal watchdog Citizens Budget Commission, was equally outraged, telling The Observer, «Funds paid in settlement of litigation with the state, unless intended to compensate for specific losses, should be used as determined through the normal budget and appropriation process.

«It's a step forward,» said Carol Kellermann, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonpartisan fiscal monitoring group, which had been pushing the mayor to institute a regular cost - cutting measure similar to those used by his predecessors.

Despite the increased tax revenue, the «consensus revenue» forecast prepared by Malloy's budget office and the legislature's nonpartisan fiscal office on Monday shows a growing state deficit that has reached $ 381.8 million for fiscal year 2018.

The changes were a surprise because they came soon after the consensus revenue estimates were released last week by the governor's budget office and the legislature's nonpartisan fiscal office.

A report from the nonpartisan Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Center, for instance, looked at data from the Survey of Business Owners and the American Community Survey and determined that though immigrants make up 13 percent of the U.S. population in general, they make up 18 percent of small business owners, and that immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector employment.

Not exact matches

A civic coalition seeking to improve how Albany governs is asking incumbents and candidates for state office this year to pledge publicly to back strict fiscal controls on state spending, stronger ethics and financial disclosure regulations, and a nonpartisan system for drawing legislative and Congressional districts.

Ronald Deutsch, executive director of the Latham - based Fiscal Policy Institute, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education organization committed to improving public policies and private practices to better the economic and social conditions of all New Yorkers, is equally dissatisfied with the status quo.

Muoio and the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services predicted a combined $ 180 million difference in revenues over the current and next fiscal years.

«It's a near certainty they will try to get out from under it,» Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group advocating fiscal discipline, said of the automatic cuts.

The net total surplus of $ 977 million was fueled by $ 893 million in tax collections above earlier projections, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau reported Thursday.

The nonpartisan, professional staffs that analyze the state budget proposals had not had enough time to complete their fiscal analysis, which will be available in the coming days.

An analysis by Citizens Budget Commission, the nonpartisan nonprofit budget watchdog, showed that $ 189 million of the nearly $ 1 billion in savings proposed just for fiscal 2017 comes from agency efficiencies.

Speakers lauded Day's experience with county government as a legislator, his plan to bring Rockland out of its fiscal imbalance and his nonpartisan, community - based governing model which Day referred to as a «people over politics» approach.

New York is spending more than ever in the name of economic development — $ 8.6 billion last fiscal year alone, according to an estimate by the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonpartisan group that tracks state spending.

«Although there is additional revenue available to fund these costs in the coming fiscal year,» notes the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission, «the additions are an added risk to the city's fiscal health in future years, when budget gaps are already projected and when an inevitable economic downturn will erode the revenue required to pay for recurring expenses.»

The reason for these mid-season emergency meetings is a hole in the current - year budget, which Malloy's budget office and Comptroller Kevin Lembo peg at about $ 120 million, and the legislature's nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis pegs at $ 254 million.

He says he will «flat fund» discretionary state spending to balance the budget, a plan that experts in the state Office of Policy and Management and the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis agree doesn't work.

According to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB), the voucher program is estimated to cost Wisconsin taxpayers over $ 1.1 billion between 2011 and the end of the current two - year budget cycle in 2017.

A: According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the bill doesn't define specific policies or actions that would be off limits.

Taxpayers would see the price tag for school vouchers triple under the Senate budget plan, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau has discovered.

At the same time, the amount of money the state spends on each public school student has decreased by about 4 percent, according to a memo released this week by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau at the request of Sen. Janet Bewley, D - Ashland.

The change is expected to add 200 students next year and 400 students the following year at a cost of $ 4.2 million, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

A new report (PDF) from the Congressional Research Service, Congress's nonpartisan investigative arm, explores these changes in six areas: accountability for student achievement; distribution of Title I grants; fiscal accountability; educator quality, equity, and effectiveness; grants to support teachers and school leaders; and targeted support versus block grants.

Applauding the best fiscal outlook for state government in more than a decade, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst reported Wednesday the minimum funding guarantee for schools next year is likely to be $ 8 billion higher than current spending.

According to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the voucher program will cost Wisconsin taxpayers over $ 1.1 billion from 2011 through the end of the 2015 - 17 budget cycle.

(Calif.) Gov. Jerry Brown's cautious revenue projections for the next fiscal year are likely well below what the state will actually collect, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's office reported late last week.

A projection released last year by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau showed a $ 210 million deficit looming.