Sentences with phrase «on federal figures»

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«Instead of pecking themselves to death trying to figure out how to comply with all the state and federal regulations,» says Breslin, «we help our clients get ahead of the legal issues — such as vacation time, workers compensation and insurance, and they can focus on what they do best.»

Gold got a boost Friday on weaker - than - expected inflation and retail sales figures, casting doubt on the Federal Reserve's ability to continue normalizing interest rates this year.

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that the Alabama Legislature and the federal court that ruled on the plan had taken a «mechanically numerical» view, instead of trying to figure out what percentage of black voters were needed to elect a candidate of their choice.

Fighting wildfires on federal land costs the United States $ 1.7 billion a year, according to figures cited in the paper.

«State attorneys general told five of the nation's largest banks on Tuesday they face a potential liability of at least $ 17 billion in civil lawsuits if a settlement isn't reached to address improper foreclosure practices» a «figure [that] doesn't cover additional billions of dollars in potential claims from federal agencies,» the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Income tax bills include both state and federal taxes and are based on 2016 Census Bureau American Community Survey median household income figures.

About one - third of tax filers opt to itemize deductions on their federal income tax returns (figure 1), and virtually all who do itemize claim a deduction for state and local taxes paid.

Many lenders in the federal funds and Eurodollar markets with access to the ON RRP facility responded to these low rates by increasing their use of the facility, as shown in Figure 10.

If you're ready to reap the rewards of your hard work, don't try to go it alone and figure out bookkeeping, payroll, taxes, marketing, vendor negotiation, industry trends, and local and federal regulations on your own.

The disappointing job figures were met with initial market weakness on Friday, but enthusiasm later in the day on expectations that the Federal Reserve will be unable to raise interest rates from zero.

Figure 3 also plots these federal cash transfers in real per capita terms using a GDP deflator based on work by Mac Urquhart for the period 1870 to 1980 and then Statistics Canada (v62788999) for the period since.

The issue figures to feature prominently in the next federal election, with Liberal Leader Stà © phane Dion arguing the benefits of a carbon tax, while NDP Leader Jack Layton makes the case that cap - and - trade would do a better job of putting the costs on big polluters rather than on low - income families.

To calculate income for a self - employed borrower, mortgage lenders will typically add the adjusted gross income as shown on the two most recent years» federal tax returns, then add certain claimed depreciation to that bottom - line figure.

Alberta's two conservative parties are determined to go their own way, but a key figure in uniting the right on the federal level says they are ignoring the...

Beginning with Columbine 19 years ago, more than 150,000 students attending at least 170 primary or secondary schools have experienced a shooting on campus, according to a Washington Post analysis of online archives, state and federal enrollment figures, and news stories.

Everyone else lives pretty much in a perpetual state of misery, trying to figure out how they can possibly serve good food on the few scheckels the federal government provides in its subsidized meal programs.

The candidates, which also include Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, former federal prosecutor Sean Coffey and former state insurance superintendent Eric Dinallo, were also given the chance to weigh in on two of the parties most contentious figures: embattled Congressman Charles Rangel and disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

Mr. Farrell revealed the news district lines at a town hall meeting on 147th Street last night where he said the rest of New York's federal legislative lines have been held up as the State Assembly tried to figure out a way to create a district that would set up Mr. Rangel to win a 22nd term in the House of Representatives.

The lawmakers are «obstructing common - sense protections on the federal level,» according to the state Democratic Party, which is bankrolling the six - figure effort.

NEW YORK (AP)-- For the second time in a month, one of New York State's biggest political figures is going on trial in a case brought by a federal prosecutor crusading against corrupt elected officials.

Alain Kaloyeros, CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, is also reportedly a figure of interest in the federal inquiry that has centered on Cuomo's signature «Buffalo Billion» project.

Over the past few years, various members of that team have figured in federal investigations stretching from Newark in the north, to Asbury Park on the Jersey shore, to Camden at the state's southern tip, and across the Delaware River into the sullied administration of Philadelphia Mayor John Street.

Previous Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin remains in jail on federal corruption charges stemming from the «Corridor of Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures in prison.

Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who endured for decades as one of the most powerful figures in state government, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted in November on multiple corruption charges.

Virginia is relying on the federal exchange, for which no enrollment figures were yet available.

But now, he's one of the figures at the center of federal and state investigations into alleged pay - to - play schemes for economic development projects and is increasingly on the outs with the administration.

The cooperation with investigators of Rechnitz, a central figure in one of the half - dozen continuing federal corruption investigations focused on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's fund - raising, could have wide - ranging consequences for the mayor.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the presumptive GOP gubernatorial nominee and a rising national figure on the right, told an Iowa - based radio show Wednesday night that opponents of a federal mandate for contraception coverage should be willing to «go to jail» to fight the law.

Federal figures from earlier this year showed that 190,900 Erie County residents were on Medicare, and that figure would grow as the population ages.

The latest federal figures showed that 280,477 county residents were on Medicaid or some other federally backed health plan — which amounts to 30 percent of the county population.

A key developer connected to one of Connecticut's most important transportation projects and the son of one of the state's most influential Democratic political figures were among nine people indicted Monday in a long - running federal corruption investigation in New York that has focused on senior...

«Based on the findings and observations enumerated in paragraph (5)- (viii) as well as series of facts and figures available to this Honurable House, the sum of N34, 988,990,000.00, which was approved and released as bailout loan to the State Government of Osun by the Federal Government of Nigeria in the year 2015, was judiciously utilized.»

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $ 5.1 million over the same time period and has $ 27.3 million cash - on - hand, according to figures it will report to the Federal Election Commission.

The Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm over what it called the commencement of a vicious Federal Government induced clampdown on opposition figures.

UPDATED, 5:00 p.m., May 3: Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday, after his conviction on federal corruption charges related to his dealings with several prominent real estate figures.

At the end of their first week of witnesses, federal prosecutors sought to refocus attention on Silver as they continued to create a portrait of a powerful political figure whose greed they allege led to multiple corruption schemes.

One note on this figure: It's possible Harris spent down her state campaign account because she can't directly transfer those funds to an account for a potential federal campaign.

The party said investigations have shown that the Federal Government has been lying to Nigerians on oil - related issues while using the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to bandy figures with intentions to arrive at government» s predetermined agenda to increase the price of fuel.

Given the foregoing, complete and final figures can only be released and published after each state and the Federal Government have reconciled and agreed on the sums due.»

The new federal figure is about a quarter of the baseline that state Department of Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said the state would use on Wednesday evening.

U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, D - Syracuse (left) has $ 1.1 million cash on hand in his campaign bank account, according to new figures released by his campaign, widening his advantage over Republican John Katko, right, who plans to tell the Federal Election Commission that he raised about $ 100,000 in the first quarter.

Figure 2 shows «average» proposed year - over-year changes to the federal R&D budget by major spending category in the eight Obama - submitted budgets (FY 2010 through FY 2017), based mostly on historical estimates compiled by AAAS, alongside the same data for President Bush (FY 2001 through FY 2009) for comparison.

For postdocs dependent on federal dollars, therefore, the figures in the Bush budget proposal are largely a matter of read»em and weep.

In an April interview in a Bosnian magazine, Osmanagich called on the government to devote $ 100 million to the pyramid project, pointing out that this figure is «only 5 percent of the federal budget.»

The nation spent 2.5 percent of GDP on R&D, a figure comfortably above the EU average of 1.9 percent, and the federal government pledged to boost R&D spending to 3 percent of GDP by 2010.

Return on federal investment in genomics is big, but updated estimate is smaller than figure that Obama cited in State of the Union

«I, Tonia» also takes on the themes of a psychological thriller, a crime story, one that involves Tonya Harding, a top - flight, Olympic - level figure skater who was banned from skating for life by a federal judge who found her guilty of interfering with a prosecution.

Districts, of course, can also seek operating levies from local taxpayers to boost revenues beyond what the state affords them, while charters depend entirely on state and federal per - pupil allocations and whatever they can raise from philanthropy (see Figure 1 for current spending estimates).

However, Figure 5 shows that opinion on the roles of both the federal and local governments has shifted noticeably on all three items.

If government invested a similar percentage of public K - 12 education spending, it would be spending $ 17 billion per year on education research and development, rather than the $ 770 million the federal government now spends (see figure).