Sentences with phrase «of local government spending»

At 11 a.m., Reclaim New York will host a press conference with Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos and Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel to announce the launch of New York's first searchable online database of local government spending, and a new government transparency scorecard, Nassau County Comptroller's Office, 240 Old Country Road, 2nd Floor, Mineola, Long Island.

At the same time, two major drivers of local government spending that officials on that level can't control, pension rates and Medicaid costs, are expected to decline and seen slower growth respectively.

Not exact matches

Spending on state and local government construction projects, which is the largest portion of the public sector segment, slipped 0.4 %.

Among the dozens of protest causes were transportation costs; Native Indian rights; government spending on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics; corruption in state and local governments; and a bill in the Brazilian congress that would authorize psychologists to try and «cure» homosexuals.

For one, federal spending cuts are also likely weighing on state and local government hiring — as about 25 % of their funding comes from Washington.

Moreover, they argue that federal subsidies are warranted because a significant portion of state and local government spending is for education, health, public welfare, and transportation, all of which have important spillovers that benefit the population in other jurisdictions as well.

AT&T has also spent decades building a national alliance of local government officials and nonprofit groups — particularly from black and Hispanic communities — that it will certainly be asking to weigh in again in Washington, as it tries to get the merger approved.

Going into the 2014 civic elections, the last until 2018, how open are local governments around southwestern British Columbia when it comes to the spending and meetings of their mayors?

[The above figure] shows the growth in per capita spending by federal, state, and local governments following the troughs of the four recessions.

The Asia Society's China Dashboard shows local governments are currently spending about 144 % of their revenues.

In response to these strains, state and local governments have cut infrastructure investment, slashed support for higher education, cut spending on K — 12 education, cut spending on social benefits other than Medicaid, reduced administrative staff and reduced most other areas of the budget.

While local governments were more important in terms of their spending shares before WWI, their role diminished significantly after WWII.

Spending by state and local governments, which account for a much larger portion of total construction expenditures, fell by 1.6 % to $ 247.69 billion last year.

The chart below shows just how local and municipal government operating spending and spending on employee compensation has changed over the past two decades as a share of the economy.

Finally, this session I spent considerable time debating the changes that the Christy Clark government was making to the legislation on the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) file — this office has a short two - year history that resulted in the waste of $ 5.government was making to the legislation on the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) file — this office has a short two - year history that resulted in the waste of $ 5.Government (AGLG) file — this office has a short two - year history that resulted in the waste of $ 5.2 million.

The plan calls for federal spending of $ 200 billion over the next 10 years and for state and local governments and the private sector to fund the remaining $ 1.3 trillion.

The party warned that half of local health bodies are tightening their purse strings when it comes to mental health and called on the Government to ring - fence spending for mental health.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

In this regard, the National Housing Task Force recommends that increased federal spending for housing be allocated through a program of entitlements to states and localities based on need as well as through a program of matching funds based on the willingness of local governments, businesses and nonprofits to provide land and financing.

Cuomo proposed using some of a $ 4 billion surplus, which he acknowledged was a «one - shot» revenue source from numerous financial settlements, on infrastructure spending, education and for helping local governments find ways to share services as part of an overall economic development boost for the upstate region.

The governor was said to be returning from Takum where he spent his Christmas when the accident occurred at Garba Chede area of Gasol local government area of Taraba state

The fundamental assumption is that power, in zero - sum terms, belongs to Whitehall and it may release some to a local elite if they are deemed to be responsible and can demonstrate they will behave well (i.e. not make too much fuss about the scale of cuts in local government spending).

First, government spending should be aligned with the priorities of the local business community.

The budget for the Department of Communities and Local Government is set to face severe spending constraints over the coming years.

Local government and the department of culture, media and sport are some of the biggest losers from the spending review, with 33 % and 24 % respectively by 2015.

Spend any time at political functions or summer peceptions, particularly in local government, and you will meet friendly, intelligent people who staff quangos you have never heard of.

This structural deficiency of what government spends its resources on and who are the real beneficiaries thereof, is worsened by another structural problem - the structure of Nigeria's pseudo-federation with one overwhelmingly large and not surprisingly wasteful and inefficient federal governments; 36 handicapped states; and 774 almost utterly useless local governments which are now de facto area offices of the handicapped states and therefore doubly - disabled and dysfunctional.

The data series in which we found serious discontinuities or complete breaks are not trivial or obscure, but are (or should be) of major importance to the evaluation of government of any political stripe, such as total public sector capital investment, local government spending (on which the Office for Budget Responsibility and the government differ whether it is rising or falling), how much the government costs to run, and how much the civil service costs to employ.

Eric Pickles has defended his decision to scrap the Audit Commission, telling the Commons the local government spending watchdog made «errors of judgement».

Without urgent and ambitious government intervention, NEA estimates that in the next 15 years the cumulative effect will be 125,000 premature deaths as a result of living in cold homes; # 950m of fuel debt which will not be spent in local economies; and # 22 billion spent by the NHS in treating cold - related conditions.

Secondly, and more importantly when it comes to the future of the party, we had spent decades building up a very local base of electoral support, from council to parliamentary levels, on the basis of populist, or indeed protest, issues that played well with disgruntled voters, but almost impossible to deliver in government.

Spending on lobbyists to sway New York state and local governments went down last year — but still reached nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.

Local authorities have been forced to face the biggest spending cuts by central government, with 26 % of their budget slashed.

He pledged to veto all unfunded mandates on local governments if he's elected, and also nix any bill — be it Democrat or Republican — that increases spending and throws the budget out of balance.

Sir Merrick Cockell, the Conservative chair of the Local Government Association, said in July spending cuts and increased demand for services would lead to a funding shortfall of # 14.4 billion by 2020.

At the lowest level of municipal government, the city is still managed by its medieval patchwork of contrade, neighbourhood - based collectives that raise money to be spent on local projects, including the lavish feasts that run for days after a contrada's horse has won the Palio.

President & CEO of the Long Island Association Kevin S. Law said, «Tough times calls for tough decisions and Governor Cuomo has shown courage and leadership with his proposed budget that lowers spending, does not propose new taxes and supports a property tax cap along with mandate relief to our schools and local governments.

«It is critically important, now more than ever, to make sure government controls spending in light of the federal cap on deductions for state and local taxes,» Law said, referring to the $ 10,000 limit on deductions of local property taxes and state income taxes on federal returns.

Justin has spent years working for local residents to cut through all the bureaucracy and red tape from within the halls of government.

In the major debates of the past two or three years, the Orange Book tendency has whittled away at broadly centre - left policies on, for example, public spending, income - tax rates and the role of local government in education.

The cap has already had a dramatic impact on the spending behavior of local governments, especially school districts.

Of this, $ 31.1 billion is Federal matching funding, $ 7.3 billion is the local government share and New York State will spend approximately $ 14.2 billion.

These are expected to include measures to give neighbourhoods control over local planning decisions and reducing local authorities» reliance on grants from central government - which are being cut back dramatically as a result of the spending review.

Senate Republicans are nudging de Blasio to release more information on how the city spends its education money; the Assembly on Monday passed an omnibus bill that packages a two - year extender with a continuation of local government tax measures.

Yesterday, the Local Government Association warned that councils would have to make up to 100,000 job reductions — equivalent to about one in ten local authority workers - in the wake of the spending Local Government Association warned that councils would have to make up to 100,000 job reductions — equivalent to about one in ten local authority workers - in the wake of the spending local authority workers - in the wake of the spending cuts.

The potential for substantial cuts in domestic spending poses gargantuan challenges for the state budget and budgets of local government entities throughout the state.

E.J. McMahon, president of the fiscally conservative Empire Center, called the spending «pork» from a «slush fund» and questioned why state taxpayers are footing the bill for things «local government ought to be doing.»

Unlike the gimmicks that preceded it, such as the state - subsidized School Tax Relief (STAR) program, the cap has slowed the growth of local property taxes across the board, putting a speed limit of sorts on local government and school district spending.

The governor linked the push to reduce property taxes and local government spending to the tax bill, which is expected to pass the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in the coming days.

Overall, the report points to the third of New York's all - funds budgeting coming from the federal government as well as the billions sent to local governments, schools and for transportation spending.