But there are some striking parallels between the impacts
of the budget impasse and the impacts of a family without Aurora, IL Renters Insurance who suffers a significant loss.
Jersey City fireworks, JCI file photo by Steve Gold As we all know, the New Jersey state government had a partial shutdown this weekend because
of a budget impasse closing state run offices, courts, parks and beaches.
But there are some striking parallels between the impacts
of the budget impasse and the impacts of a family without Aurora, IL Renters Insurance who suffers a significant loss.
In all the months
of budget impasse this is the first mention of the provision.
The Illinois House on Sunday approved a major income tax increase as more than a dozen Republicans broke ranks with Gov. Bruce Rauner amid the intense pressure
of a budget impasse that's entered its third year.
Not exact matches
Mostly it poses the question
of what do you do with a country where we simply just can't get along — where we are at a political
impasse so profound that we can't agree on simple questions, much less passing a
budget?
The current
impasse between the Parliamentary
Budget Officer and the Government is the result
of a clash between the Government's business model, based on a lack
of transparency, and accountability; non-evidenced based decision - making; and hostility to public debate and discussion; and, a Parliamentary
Budget Officer business model with the exact opposite principles.
The state is still digging itself out
of the financial disarray that accumulated during the
budget impasse.
The Republican - led Senate approved
budget extender legislation on Monday following a legislative
impasse on key issues, including raising the age
of criminal responsibility to 18 in New York.
Congress is expected this week to pass yet another short - term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, prompting a bipartisan pair
of senators to introduce a narrow bill on immigration aimed at ending the
impasse that has hindered a two - year
budget deal.
«Given the prior
impasse with the nation, the city should have reduced the amount
of casino revenue used routinely for appropriations instead
of increasing its reliance on it to balance the
budget» state auditors concluded, further noting the city will lose its ability to even attempt to balance its
budget with casino revenue if the current dispute is not resolved.
With New York State
budget negotiations at an
impasse, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked legislative leaders to extend last year's
budget through the end
of May while Democrats and Republicans continue working to settle their differences.
The move came amid a legislative
impasse this weekend over raising the age
of criminal responsibility in New York to 18 — a measure that stymied the Legislature to reaching a broader agreement on the final 2017 - 18
budget.
This year, the state
budget impasse, the proposed $ 1.4 billion cut in school aid and the lack
of a state
budget forced school districts and taxpayers to absorb cost increases alone.
Connecticut's
budget impasse is putting the state medical examiner's office at risk
of losing national accreditation.
Excitement about Cuomo's announcement has been building in Democratic circles as the
impasse over a new state
budget worsens and as the attorney general moves to wrap up several high - profile investigations, including the state pension - fund scandal and a probe
of embattled Bronx Democratic Sen. Pedro Espada.
When the New York Senate and Assembly hit an
impasse over
budget negotiations earlier this month, Melissa DeRosa, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief
of staff, headed late in the evening to the Senate office to try to work it out.
A veto
of the bipartisan
budget, which would extend the state's
budget impasse, would only serve to make the governor more unpopular, Kurantowicz argued.
Assembly Democrats want to restore half the cut, at a cost
of $ 600 million — one
of the reasons for the current state
budget impasse.
The speaker
of the New York state Assembly says a deal may be close that could resolve the ongoing state
budget impasse.
North Country New York Democratic Congressman Bill Owens, in a conference call with reporters hours after the federal government shut down over a
budget impasse, said Congress has forgotten the importance
of civilian workers.
«After enduring the threat
of funding cuts during the
impasse, cities and school districts will receive funding at similar levels to the last
budget and will benefit from improved oversight mechanisms for fiscally distressed municipalities,» the report states.
Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to give up on $ 200 million in proposed income tax cuts and instead use the money to help pay for roads won approval from Assembly Republicans on Thursday, a breakthrough that could lead to the adoption
of a state
budget following a three - week
impasse.
The issue is not strictly fiscal, though, and could fall out
of the
budget if lawmakers remain at
impasse.
Speaker
of the House John Boehner responds to reporters about the
impasse over passing the Homeland Security
budget on Friday.
He served as an honest broker among the politicians, and an agreement was reached that created the new scholarship as part
of a compromise that broke the
budget impasse.
Pennsylvania earned the distinction in 2009
of being the state with the longest
budget impasse.
Pennsylvania has the largest funding gap between wealthy and low - income school districts
of any state in the country, a problem exacerbated by the current
impasse in the state
budget fight.
Even as Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders continue to negotiate over the current
budget impasse, the work
of processing new laws continues and on Wednesday the education committees in both houses will be in session.
Assembly and Senate Republican caucuses have hit an apparent
impasse on major unresolved pieces remaining in the
budget, including pre-K-12 funding, transportation and taxes, according to the offices
of the JFC co-chairs and reported by Wispolitics.com in an email to subscribers.
The Labor Day weekend is over but there's no sign that lawmakers are ready to deal on the
budget impasse now two month old — but
of more immediate concern to schools, there's evidence that $ 1.2 billion in federal jobs money might get caught up in the spending debate.
CAS President Dr. Rosie Vojtek chats with the new executive director
of the Connecticut Association
of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) about the state's
budget impasse; CAPSS» ambitious plan for transforming CT's education system; the importance
of high quality early learning programs; how technology has revolutionized education; and, the ideal relationship between the superintendent and the building principal.
Recent issues
of Capitol Connection have reported on the potentially devastating effects
of sequestration, the across - the - board cuts to education and other federal programs set in motion by the congressional
budget impasse last fall.
Reining in overpayments could help resolve state
budget impasse State Rep. James Roebuck, D - Phila., today released a report on Pennsylvania charter schools that spotlights what he called the «Wild West» spending or borrowing practices
of some, as well as a...
A state
budget impasse means the Chester Upland School District has run out
of money.
As a result, the district's Office
of State and Federal Grants has been instructed to
budget accordingly, until the federal
budget impasse is resolved.
The Chester Upland School District (CUSD) has struggled with economic and academic problems for years, but now a
budget impasse in the state capital, combined with the explosive growth
of public charter schools in the district, have conspired to put it on the brink
of insolvency.
«Unlike the debt ceiling standoff, with its competing claims
of trillions in cuts, the FAA
impasse involves only a tiny slice
of the federal
budget.
An epic
budget impasse in Illinois has stalled progress on legislation that is critical to several aspects
of the state's energy economy.
We support better alignment
of health and human services with cradle to career education initiatives, but the
budget impasse is threatening programs foundational to a comprehensive system.
October readings
of consumer sentiment, as well as homebuilder confidence, were lower than they had been in many months, reflecting uncertainty about the
budget impasse and its effect on the economy, according to Freddie Mac chief economist Frank Nothaft.