In a state in the midst
of a budget crisis that would be a tough sell.
Anyone want to join me in buying a bunch of defense - related stocks in the face
of a budget crisis and potential sequester?
Instead, out
of that budget crisis they saw — and realized — the opportunity to improve their school districts.
Before Deb discovered Achieve3000, she found herself in the middle
of a budget crisis, and with a school that failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP.
«This historic settlement ends the bad old days, when only some students bore the brunt
of the budget crisis, and instead recommits Los Angeles to offer educational opportunity on an equal basis.»
Trenton's Special Education Secret (and one piece
of its budget crisis): 900 Children Bussed Away Each Day to Other Schools
«The way out
of the budget crisis is to prepare the state for a bright economic future by supporting the educational programs that are in - demand and are getting results.»
And right now, with the federal government in the midst
of a budget crisis, there doesn't seem to be a lot of extra cash on the...
Short - term actions in a time
of budget crisis and financial austerity might become the triggers of long - term underinvestment in the ultimate fuel of economic growth, basic research in science.
Some have expressed skepticism that SuperB will ever get built — with Italy remaining close to bankruptcy — and may take this as an early sign
of a budget crisis.
Environmentalists slammed the decision as one that would deprive New Jersey of millions of dollars in funds for clean - energy programs at a time
of a budget crisis.
Laura Curran (D - Baldwin), who intends to run for Nassau County executive next year, said of the mailer: «Spending taxpayer money is bad enough but doing it in the middle
of a budget crisis is the height of arrogance.
«The proposals that have been put forth to date by the governor have fallen painfully short of this standard, putting the full brunt
of the budget crisis on the backs of working and middle - class families.
«We can't just cut our way out
of this budget crisis,» said Easton of Advocates for Quality Education.
Now, in the midst
of a budget crisis of its own making, Albany wants to buy short - term budget relief by raiding the pension fund.
Welcome them, starting today with Mr. Sampson and Mr. Silver, to the New York Hall of Shame, where we'll take a glance at what the leaders and all this region's legislators are doing in the middle
of a budget crisis — by their own account on their taxpayer - funded websites.
Officials said they had no idea what it will cost to restore the ceilings, but figure it won't be easy to find money to do the work, with the city in the midst
of a budget crisis.
In focusing on who should be laid off in times
of budget crises, he omits the larger problem at play: full and fair funding of our schools so all kids have access to the classes — like music, art and physical education — and opportunities they need.
Some are in place in California, but others have been phased out in recent years, victims of the state's succession
of budget crises.
Our goal with this is for the educational leadership of Oakland across all sectors to share a common understanding of the problems so that we can be the generation that breaks the decades - long cycle
of budget crises.
Not exact matches
«I think that the type
of budget agreement that was put together by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles is the type
of budget that will be passed by Congress... The only question is, will it be before or after the bond - market
crisis.»
Schultz and the President discussed Schultz's «concerns for the country,» the
budget predicaments facing 42 states, and «the profound
crisis of confidence in America.»
We've seen that before: The bill that averted a debt - ceiling
crisis earlier this year — by temporarily suspending the borrowing limit — would have frozen Congressional pay if the House or Senate had failed to pass a
budget by April 15 (lawmakers would have received their salaries anyway at the end
of the current legislature).
All levels
of government, hurting from the toll the public health
crisis has had on
budgets, are taking action, from municipalities (Kermit, WV; Chicago, Il, Everett, WA) to counties (Mingo in WV; Nassau in NY; Orange in California) to states (Mississippi, Ohio, New Mexico).
The cliff is the default outcome
of the
Budget Control Act
of 2011, a federal statute that helped bring the U.S. debt - ceiling
crisis to an end.
The state is also suffering a major fiscal
crisis that is impacting its
budget, pension fund and tax revenue — and the capital city
of Hartford is teetering on the brink
of bankruptcy.
If you listen to the latest buzz, House Republicans are now thinking
of triggering a
crisis over the debt - ceiling debate, likely coming up in late October, rather than the federal
budget.
It will require balanced
budgets during normal economic times, and concrete timelines for returning to balance in the event
of an economic
crisis.
The amount
of debt that is projected under the extended baseline would reduce national saving and income in the long term; increase the government's interest costs, putting more pressure on the rest
of the
budget; limit lawmakers» ability to respond to unforeseen events; and increase the likelihood
of a fiscal
crisis, an occurrence in which investors become unwilling to finance a government's borrowing unless they are compensated with very high interest rates.
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The massive and multifaceted policy responses to the financial
crisis and Great Recession — ranging from traditional fiscal stimulus to tools that policymakers invented on the fly — dramatically reduced the severity and length
of the meltdown that began in 2008; its effects on jobs, unemployment, and
budget deficits; and its lasting impact on today's economy.
«As another
of the government's self - imposed deadlines for securing a deal slipped away, disagreements between the two sides on
budget targets persisted,» is another one
of those sentences about the Greek
crisis that could have been written almost any Monday over the past few months, and that you'll probably read again next Monday.
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Canada's economy will not fully recover until 2013 and the federal government will carry a structural budgetary deficit
of C$ 19 billion ($ 17.6 billion) after the
crisis, a report by the parliamentary
budget officer said on Monday... «PBO calculations continue to suggest that the
budget is not structurally balanced over the medium term,» the report said.
How will the government respond in the
budget to the uncertainty created by the short - and long - term fiscal
crisis in the U.S., the on - going uncertainty over the recession in the EU and the continuing uncertainty over the future
of the EURO area?
However, at the time
of the 2007
Budget, no one foresaw the oncoming
of the 2008 financial
crisis, certainly not Minister Flaherty, who denied the existence
of an economic slowdown as late as the November 2008 Economic and Fiscal Update.
With Aetna Inc. looking to move its headquarters from Hartford, on the heels
of General Electric Co.'s shift to Boston, Connecticut's economic development strategy may now turn inward, boosting its cities to attract high - tech workers and fixing state government's
crisis - prone
budgeting.
The legislation would require balanced
budgets during «normal» economic times and concrete timelines for returning to balance in the event
of an economic
crisis.
Based on the March 2013
Budget forecast, it will have taken the Government eight years to offset the fiscal impact
of the 2008 — 2009 financial
crisis (an increase in the federal debt
of $ 172 billion).
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of government.
The
budget highlights the huge imbalances created by five years
of economic
crisis: Spain will set aside $ 36.6 billion ($ 49.5 billion) to service its fast - rising pile
of public debt, $ 2 billion more than it will spend on the 13 government ministries.
Because
of the heavy borrowing that led to Greece's financial
crisis, running a
budget surplus was one
of the conditions
of the European rescue program in 2010.
This is what plagued East Asia in the 1998 currency
crisis, and what wrecked the
budgets of Canadian municipalities in the 1970s.
Forecasters tended to overestimate the drag from federal
budgets deficits during the late 1980s, the banking
crisis in the early 1990s, and most
of the subsequent
crises that we faced during the past two decades.
I want to make my point carefully: whatever else we make
of defense, defense spending and the like, the
budget crisis is coming from elsewhere, namely Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.
The breakdown
of the separation
of powers has generated a low - intensity constitutional
crisis in which the President is effectively deprived
of command over the executive branch and the federal
budget.
Marking 60 years
of Christian Aid Week, Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron covered in their write - ups their view on Britain's role in the world covering issues including the aid
budget, the refugee
crisis and helping to eradicate global poverty.
In Bahrain, when a
budget crisis ended its subsidy program, live imports ended and were replaced by imports
of Australian meat.
The Spanish club are currently suffering a financial
crisis after revealing that they are almost # 15million in debt, and facing years
of budget cuts after gambles by the club's owners.
The combined population
of more - developed countries other than the U.S. is projected to decline beginning in 2016, raising the prospect
of prolonged
budget crises as the number
of working - age citizens diminish, pension costs rise and tax revenues fall.