Sentences with phrase «now federal officials»

But now federal officials are allowing states to keep that small business definition the way it is currently, up to 50 workers.

Not exact matches

That's important because the ECB's liquidity is one of the biggest remaining supporting factors behind the global stock market rally, now that the Federal Reserve has ended its own «quantitative easing» program and has started to raise official U.S. interest rates.

Minutes of meetings from the Federal Open Market Committee and speeches by Fed officials suggest that the Federal Reserve has been itching to «normalize» policy for some time now.

«His common sense approach to monetary policy and financial regulation are exactly what the Federal Reserve needs right now and we look forward to his confirmation» a senior Fed official told reporters in a conference call following the appointment.

Between 2010 and 2012, taxpayers in the Peach State claimed about 36 % of all federal tax deductions for easements — despite having only 2.5 % of the nation's land under easement, according to a May 2017 report that Looney, the former Treasury official, published for the Brookings Institution, where he's now a senior fellow in economic studies.

Federal officials who once mainly prosecuted consumers of illegal pornography now hunt for clues in photos and videos posted online to find the victims — and their abusers.

Right now, there is a meeting of the minds among Federal Reserve officials.

Thus far in 2005, the dollar has risen back to around 1.30 against the euro, in part reflecting the fact that the US federal funds rate has now risen above the monetary policy rate in the euro area, as well as comments from European officials expressing concerns about the extent of the appreciation of the euro.

Between now and the 2019 campaign, it seems Canada's leader of the official Opposition will have his work cut out for him trying to come across as something more than the puppet of the two strong men of the still - recent Conservative federal era.

Manafort is now facing federal charges for allegedly laundering millions of dollars through real estate and other luxury items as prosecutors pick over his ties with Russian officials.

«While we have not seen the type of large credit expansions that would be most worrisome for [Federal Reserve] officials concerned about financial imbalances, there are now some signs of speculative behavior in financial markets, e.g. the cryptocurrency boom.»

The «immigration fugitives» are now on «order of supervision,» which means the six men and two women — who said they fled persecution for their faith in Indonesia — must check in with federal agents regularly but won't be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

A Costco wholesale store in South San Francisco, Calif., is recalling nearly 40,000 pounds of rotisserie chicken products because the food may be linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that now has sickened more than 300 people in 20 states, federal health officials said early Saturday.

Durbin said he hoped that government officials would reduce the amount of paperwork with federal child nutrition programs, which are now under review for reauthorization.

Alabama marriage officials find themselves in a very confusing position right now, because a federal court declared the state's marriage ban unconstitutional, but then the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the gay marriage ban was still just great and legal, and now all the probate judges are like, «Wait, who do we listen to?»

Our elected officials on the Federal level are arguing over a «Millionaire's Tax» and now the elected officials on the State level want to do the same?

Local and state officials have come out strongly against a federal tax bill that has passed the Senate and is now in committee in the House of Representatives, which has its own version of the bill.

Mr. Peralta's reputation took a slight hit when it was revealed in May he was one of the elected officials federal prosecutors recorded while meeting with ex-State Senator Shirley Huntley, who is now serving a year in prison on embezzlement charges.

Local, state and federal officials would have a much clearer picture of the park's economic cycles and demographic changes than we do now.

After handily defeating seven candidates, the Democrat said he now wants to work with federal, state and local officials to improve quality of life in the state's largest city.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - New York taxpayers stand to lose about $ 68 billion that they now deduct from their federal taxes if President - elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan move forward with their tax reform plans next year, according to state officials and tax experts.

Also in the political area, federal investigators are looking into Spota's investigations into a number of political officials, including Stricoff, the Babylon Democratic chairman; Rodgers, the former county information technology commissioner, and Meyers, former spokesman for Bellone, who is now the spokesman for the police department.

Former Bronx borough president and federal housing official Adolfo Carrion, a former Democrat who is now unaffiliated, is running on the Independence Party line and seeking Republican backing.

Our communities and our state and federal elected officials need to work together now to make sure we take this opportunity to successfully move ahead.»

Now that word has leaked that convicted former lobbyist Richard Lipsky is cooperating with federal authorities in hopes of reducing his jail sentence, «no - good» elected officials wringing their hands, looking over their shoulders, and treating their cellphones like «live» grenades.

Randall Eliason, a former prosecutor who specialized in public corruption and government fraud, said an elected official could now demand $ 10,000 for arranging a meeting for a constituent and not run afoul of federal bribery law.

At 9 a.m., immigrant communities, elected officials, and community supporters and allies will gather to stand in support of Riaz Talukder, a Bangladeshi immigrant who was brought to this country as a minor and has lived and worked here for 36 years, and now faces deportation, 26 Federal Plaza, Federal Building steps, Lafayette Street side, Manhattan.

New York, New Jersey, the Port Authority and federal officials are reportedly now hammering out a framework for a new entity dedicated solely to building a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey commuters to their jobs in midtown Manhattan.

Now Syracuse officials have gone further, saying Cor's agreement with the city to develop the 32 - acre harbor should be ignored because the company might not survive the federal case against two of its four principals.

DNAinfo New York reported last week that the federal probe is now eyeing the mayor's entire fundraising apparatus as a potential criminal enterprise — with many of the same advisers, campaign officials or lobbyists acting in a «conspiracy» to circumvent election laws.

Owners of the cart, called the Wandering Dago, sued the state and are now asking a federal judge to sanction the state for «spoliation» of emails sent by former Cuomo adviser Bennet Liebman to officials in the executive chamber.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won't be facing federal or state criminal charges for fundraising activities tied to his now defunct Campaign for One New York, officials announced on Thursday.

New York officials say two more counties that sustained extensive shoreline damage from Lake Ontario flooding last year are now eligible for federal recovery aid.

What happens now after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been charged by federal authorities with bribery and mail fraud in connection with his official duties?

Yesterday's events in New York will surely go down as yet another marker in the state's history of political corruption as six officials, including former New York State Senate Majority Leader, State Senator Malcolm Smith, are now facing federal charges.

City managers, health officials, and the federal government need to implement strategies to reduce our exposure to heat stress, air pollution, and natural disasters, Knowlton says, «and we must start now.»

«We now have better information sharing between federal agencies and systems to track whether students and researchers have changed their fields of study,» says C. Stewart Verdery, outgoing assistant secretary for Border / Transportation Security Policy at the Department of Homeland Security and one of the officials who worked on the extension.

Federal agencies now fund only a relative handful of projects in this area, the official added, and most local districts don't have the money to purchase those found to be effective.

The performance last night also intersects with an eruption in Congress over the federal plan, which became official last Friday and is now open to legislative attempts at rolling it back.

Federal officials are now in a position to make decisions that would have been unimaginable even two years ago.

Now the law remains a work in progress, as states, districts, and a shifting cast of federal officials work furiously to prepare for its full rollout this fall.

The statistic not only showed the growing strength of the «opt out» movement against standardized testing, but also put immediate pressure on state and federal officials, who must now decide whether to penalize schools and districts with low participation rates.

For now, federal officials have not said how many applications would be funded in the first round, but with 30 applicants, «it will be a very tight competition,» a senior administration official said.

Unfortunately, since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2001 — 02, the levers of power now are in the hands of federal officials.

«I'm concerned that states, with a combination of state politics and inertia, will not... do aggressive interventions for students in struggling schools,» said Chad Aldeman, a former federal education official who is now with Bellwether Education Partners, a Boston - based consulting firm.

It is now both Republicans and Democrats who are questioning the Core, though the Republican voice is louder and more official: The Republican National Committee just passed an anti-Common Core resolution, saying that the initiative is a federal intrusion on states» rights, and Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa just started a bid to to eliminate federal funding for the core effort.

«Foundations have moved in considerable measure from adding to what schools do, to trying to transform schools and what they're doing,» says Chester Finn Jr., a former federal education official who is now president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

For instance, the top two officials in the now - disbanded curriculum division now work on the network schools and federal programs teams, with the same salary.

«Technology is an accelerator,» said Richard Culatta, a former federal education technology official who now heads ISTE.

He also served as Counsel to the then - Chairman (now Vice President) Joseph R. Biden of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, where he had lead staff responsibility for matters related to the confirmation of federal judges and Department of Justice officials as well as for legislation affecting the administration of justice.