Sentences with phrase «other budget priorities»

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Modelled on the Alternative Federal Budget, the NS Alternative Budget (NSAB) publications forefront how provincial budgets, like other policy documents, are about priorities and government choices.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the U.S. is presently facing a funding gap of $ 1.7 trillion on roads, bridges and transit alone — to say nothing of electricity, schools, airports and other needs.

«The budget also sets aside infrastructure dollars for clean energy, smart grids, energy storage and electric vehicle infrastructure — making sure those essential clean energy investments don't get lost among other priorities.

The good news is that the budget zeroed in on three sectors as innovation priorities, and clean tech got top billing (digital industries and agri - food are the other sectors selected as near - term innovation priorities).

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities said experience in other states shows that competitive bidding - choosing the formula company that gives the largest rebate - could save Illinois as much as $ 24 million a year.

I have had repeated conversations and pleaded with our mayor in Salem (who is a mother herself) where I live to help volunteer, write grants, and work on upgrading the school lunch program, and even though she cares, it is not a priority — especially when budgets are tight for good teachers and other necessary school supplies.

Mayor Dan McLaughlin said last year's budgeting process helped him and other officials see how a facilitator would help streamline different priorities within village departments.

So yesterday the SNA went to Capitol Hill for a «national day of action» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy groups.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new paper, Budget Cuts vs. Tax Increases at the State Level: Is One More Counter-Productive than the Other During a Recession?

«The federal budget is a reflection of our values and priorities and it would be irresponsible and disastrous for Congress to implement budget cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Social Security, and other social and safety net programs.

Yesterday during a brief news conference at the Capitol, Cuomo said he plans to push for ethics reform right away, at the same time that he works on the budget, and other priorities like a property tax cap.

Governor Cuomo, at an end of the year cabinet meeting, said he still considers campaign finance reform and the other recommendations of the Moreland Act Commission a «top tier» priority, but says he will first focus on the state budget and a tax cutting plan.

Each capital project request shall show: recommended priority; development; time schedule; estimated costs for planning, site of right of way, construction, equipment and other features; status of plans and land acquisition; anticipated effect of project on annual operating budget; possible sources of financial aid; recommended expenditures by years; and such other information as the Budget Director and Commissioner of Environment and Planning may deem advibudget; possible sources of financial aid; recommended expenditures by years; and such other information as the Budget Director and Commissioner of Environment and Planning may deem adviBudget Director and Commissioner of Environment and Planning may deem advisable.

But the budget does include several other priorities sought by the city: It grants design - build authority for the rehabilitation of the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway and the potential reconstruction of the Rikers Island jail.

Six hundred county and town highway superintendents, public works commissioners and other highway industry professionals are expected to swarm the halls of the Capitol and Legislative Office Building in Albany March 3rd & 4th to urge the Governor and state lawmakers to make the maintenance and repair of local roads and bridges a top priority in the state budget.

«If the project is funded by skimming property tax revenue that would have been collected anyway, that's a plain old subsidy that comes at the cost of other public priorities in the city budget.»

Now that the state budget is done, the focus at the Capitol is shifting to other priorities, including whether to allow medical marijuana.

In its one - house budget, the state Senate Republican majority stripped out the entire $ 200 million in funding for the trail «to allow for other funding priorities.»

ALBANY, NY (03/04/2015)(readMedia)-- ALBANY, NY - Six hundred county and town highway superintendents, public works commissioners and other highway industry professionals swarmed the halls of the Capitol and Legislative Office Building in Albany March 3rd & 4th to urge the Governor and state lawmakers to make the maintenance and repair of local roads and bridges a top priority in the state budget.

But on President Trump's 99th day in office, lawmakers were leaving the Capitol until next week without acting on two of the president's other main priorities — a GOP health care overhaul and a budget financing government for the entire year.

The governor identified other issues as priorities for being included within the budget, including increasing the minimum wage to $ 10.50 statewide and to $ 11.50 in New York City, a series of tax cuts, and a set of economic and infrastructural revitalization proposals aimed at upstate New York.

The budget included gubernatorial priorities including an expanded system of college tuition subsidies, funding for several infrastructure projects and the legalization of ride - hailing outside New York City — among other things.

It is good to see that the Governor and many in the legislature are finally making this and other sensible reforms a priority in this year's budget.

Corey Johnson, the City Council speaker, and Daniel Dromm, the Council's finance chairman, said in a statement that they were «disappointed» that no money for Fair Fares and the other City Council priorities was in the executive budget, though they believed there was enough money from additional revenue and potential savings to fund the proposals.

The City Council is in the midst of weeks of hearings on de Blasio's executive budget, while Johnson and others continue to push their top priorities — the property tax rebate, reduced price MetroCards for people living in poverty, and an added $ 500 million into reserves — for inclusion in the adopted budget, which the two sides must agree on by the July 1 start to the new fiscal year.

But the Senate and Assembly in their respective budget resolutions to be unveiled this week outlining their budget priorities reject the proposals and others they believe would give Cuomo more power.

In a Monday address in Albany highlighting his 2018 budget proposals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state's spending priorities had been shaped by federal tax reform and other potential threats from Washington, D.C.

Budget deals could hypothetically include additional funding for charters bartered for flexibility on teacher evaluations, sources say, or for myriad other non-education related priorities for members of the Senate and Assembly.

The Democratic coalition that sent Obama to the oval office did so to achieve these things, or at least try, not to dial them back for other lower - priority goals like the discretionary budget, where science happens to live.

Australia's other main grant funding body, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), invests its A$ 700 million yearly budget in fields that cover the government's health priorities, such as dementia, obesity and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's health.

«The president's proposed FY18 budget is an imbalanced, heavy - handed approach to bolstering national defense at the expense of other American priorities, including the research and innovation crucial to national security,» said Mary Woolley, president and CEO of Research!America in Arlington, Virgnia.

The beefier budget, however, has not solved a long - standing challenge faced by CG centers: Donors earmark money for specific projects, so the centers» hands are tied to some extent when it comes to investing in other priorities.

Notably, the budget promises «a major reorganization of NIH's Institutes and Centers to help focus resources on the highest priority research and training activities,» including elimination of the Fogarty International Center, which specializes in international research programs, and consolidation of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) within NIH, among other unspecified changes.

Both the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearings raised questions about other priorities in the NASA budget request — especially funding for robotic Mars exploration — but the focus was firmly on commercial crew versus the Space Launch System (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) space capsule (called Orion) Congress directed NASA to build in the 2010 NASA authorization act.

Moreover, the federal government's huge budget deficit and other pressing priorities — including the Iraq war, homeland security, tax changes, and Social Security — could take a big bite...

Allocate at least five cents of every dollar in the federal budget to education in order to reflect a level of commitment commensurate with other important national priorities and to meet the educational needs of all students effectively

The new version keeps the current system, with two years as the standard period, but would allow a third year of probation if the district develops an improvement plan to address deficiencies that a teacher's evaluation identified and then makes training and other help for teachers a budget priority.

Once the school board passes the budget, each school then needs to revisit its School Improvement Plan — adjusting and finalizing all goals and activities based on the now - approved district and school priorities, and the funds and other resources provided.

The fate of a pilot study abroad program launched this year in Oakland Unified to help low - income students learn firsthand about other cultures is up in the air as the district grapples with its budget priorities for next year.

Florida and 28 other states are spending less on education now than they were before the 2008 recession after an adjustment for inflation, according to a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Current levels of spending on education, training, employment services and other programs would be reduced by an average of 20 percent between 2013 and 2022 under Ryan's blueprint, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).

The health insurance program for low - income people consumes 17.6 percent of Utah's budget, hurting the state's ability to fund other priorities such as public schools, said Herbert, sounding a theme popular among conservatives.

Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, Majority Leader Flanagan, IDC Leader Klein, Assemblyman Crespo and Others Draw Statewide Crowd to 12th Annual Charter Advocacy Day In Support of Governor Cuomo's Charter Budget Priorities

They both worry that schools are looking at this new subject with some scepticism and deciding that there are other priorities when budgets are tight.

On the other hand, quad - core chips are not a top priority for Texas Instruments, which argues that software hasn't yet been designed to take advantage of four processing cores, and that it will bring those chips to market only when they fit in a device and meet the thermal budget.

«If they have a healthy budget, then other priorities come into play like proximity to work.»

Your budget will give you a clear indication of the total amount of debt that is owed to others and from there you can set your priority list where you can start working with the people you owe money to and sort out payment plans with your creditors and your own steps to clear your debt.

My TFSA and other retirement accounts will become my new F * CK YES Budget priority when my student loans are finished.

Placing too high of a priority on carat size and then having to sacrificing in other areas to stay within budget, resulting in a dull, poor quality diamond.

A little expensive, and requiring frequent reapplication to stay effective, you may want to look at other options if finding a budget friendly option is your top priority.