Sentences with phrase «other budget reductions»

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Republican Presidents, including Trump, have promised to balance future budgets with gigantic reductions in discretionary spending, a category that includes both outlays for defense, and all other areas that are voted each year (as opposed to entitlements that provide benefits guided by a fixed formula).

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

The House budget, on the other hand, paves the way for more responsible, revenue - neutral tax reform accompanied by at least some mandatory spending reductions that are a down payment on fiscal responsibility.

The budget calls for tax reform that largely mirrors the House GOP's «Better Way» plan, though it does not mention much of the aspects that would pay for the changes in «Better Way» or other ways to make up for the revenue loss from the rate reductions it calls for.

This review is a summary of proposed reductions to SNAP and an overview of how other critical nutrition programs and other social safety net programs fare in the president's budget.

The SFY 2009 - 10 enacted budget, including the SFY 2008 - 09 Deficit Reduction Plan, will include $ 2.3 billion in Medicaid and other health - care «savings» and reimbursement and other reform initiatives.

Government plans set for April will cut # 220 million from the # 2 billion annual legal aid budget, predominantly through a 30 % reduction in fees for complex, high - cost cases and an 18 % cut in fees for other crown court work.

(For 2017 NYSOFA has tentatively awarded us $ 620,596 of III - C - 2 funding) Seniors determines the Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint proposal calls for a seventeen point nine percent (17.9 %) reduction in Health and Human Services funding; however the proposal does not provide detail, at this time, on the specific amount, if any, the III - C - 2 program, or any of our other four Title III grant programs may be reduced.

Specifically, our project assessed the in - state economic impact of key business tax reductions that we expected to be included in the Executive Budget, including a reduction of the Article 9A ENI rate from 7.1 to 6.5 % (and to zero for upstate manufacturers); a modernization and restructuring of the corporate franchise tax, including its merger with the bank tax and other reform and simplification measures; and the adoption of a 20 percent real property tax credit for manufacturers statewide.

To be discussed at the hearings are the Rockland County Deficit Reduction Act (RCDRA), a law which will allocate money toward eliminating the deficit, the legislature's decision to override the tax cap for 2013 and other budget information.

Due to the fact many services provided by the County of Erie, State of New York are fully or partially paid for by the federal government, on March 16, 2017 County Executive Mark Poloncarz ordered certain commissioners and heads of departments that rely on federal funding to review the Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint and provide a report on the expected impact of it on Erie County services, including, but not limited to, the identification of any programs impacted by the Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint (including the expected cut in funds received), possible reduction in direct county jobs as a result of any cut, impact on third parties that receive funds from Erie County that are received from the federal government, as well as any other known impact.

Stuart A. Klein served as the First Deputy Director of New York City's Office of Management and Budget where he was responsible for developing and reviewing strategies to manage long term budget imbalances including expense reduction programs, state and local legislative proposals, asset sales and other revenue soluBudget where he was responsible for developing and reviewing strategies to manage long term budget imbalances including expense reduction programs, state and local legislative proposals, asset sales and other revenue solubudget imbalances including expense reduction programs, state and local legislative proposals, asset sales and other revenue solutions.

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

Bearing signs saying «Don't balance the budget on the backs of the poor» and shouting «Hey hey, ho ho, the funding cuts have got to go,» the roughly 150 demonstrators, largely from New York City, represented progressive activist groups pushing for rent reductions for people with HIV, homeless services, low - income housing, health care and other issues.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and other local leaders slammed the city for recently asking the NYPD to submit a budget reduction plan — especially after Saturday morning's attack in TriBeCa and the brutal sexual assault of an elderly birdwatcher in Central Park earlier this month.

The tax on the rich is already financing other items in the budget, though, so there would still need to be billions of dollars in additional revenue or reductions.

The broad - based tax reductions and reforms included in the budget — the most significant New York has seen in decades — will improve our tax climate relative to other states and promote investment and jobs in key economic sectors throughout the state.

In his latest show County Legislator John Testa discusses the proposed budget with County Executive Astorino to highlight the spending reductions and other actions that enabled a proposed budget with a 1 % cut in the tax levy.

The reduction was achieved by eliminating a position, slashing the office supply budget line and reducing its rental costs, among other cuts.

Continues a Two - year Plan to Address County and State Budget Reductions: The County's budget addresses a significant fall off in sales tax revenue and other local revenue directly related to the financial and economic downturn in the U.S. and many other counBudget Reductions: The County's budget addresses a significant fall off in sales tax revenue and other local revenue directly related to the financial and economic downturn in the U.S. and many other counbudget addresses a significant fall off in sales tax revenue and other local revenue directly related to the financial and economic downturn in the U.S. and many other countries.

Overall, the budget claims $ 369 million in gap closing items within the states economic development program, including retrenchments in the Empire Zones program, significant staff reductions, and other program changes.

Others say the Pentagon is simply using the hearings to pressure Congress into rolling back the Budget Control Act of 2011, the law that set federal spending caps in order to achieve a $ 1.2 trillion deficit reduction over 10 years.

At a time when painful measures in October's Strategic Defence and Security Reviewv - such as scrapping the Harrier fleet, along with service personnel and civilian job losses and other efficiency gains - are reported to fall # 1 billion short of the MOD's # 8 billion budget reduction target, a public row over savings already assumed would be bad news for the department.

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Among other things, the proposed agency budget includes $ 171.8 million for senior centers and meals, a $ 24 million reduction from the 2017 adopted budget, and $ 35.9 million for case management services, an increase of $ 2.9 million.

Other agencies would also face reductions in the range of a quarter or more of their R&D budgets by FY 2002: Department of Agriculture, down 27.2 percent; Department of Energy nondefense R&D, down 24.9 percent; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, down 23.7 percent; Department of Transportation, down 23.5 percent.

These other departmental research budgets have not yet been revealed; Willetts says there may be a modest reduction in defense R&D but that health and environmental research are in good shape.

Including $ 156 million in transfers to other agencies and other adjustments to NIH's budget in the fiscal year 2013 continuing resolution, the overall reduction is $ 1.71 billion, or 5.5 %.

The automatic spending cuts and other reductions to the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) budget this year have caused slightly less damage than expected, NIH Director Francis Collins said yesterday.

In the meantime, budget reductions that the district has agreed upon with its two other employee unions will not take effect until the teachers» contract is settled.

Other key findings include: - Squeezed budgets mean many schools have been forced to shed staff, with further reductions to staff spending expected over the next two years - Teacher shortages seem to be getting worse - Schools that opt for academy status are not embracing the freedoms it brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgets bite

Because deeper and deeper annual budget cuts made it impossible for the district to pick up the costs of the program, the David Lynch Foundation, active proponents of TM and other scientifically - proven stress - reduction techniques, picked up the tab.

But while some districts can afford to aggressively recruit teachers, others are struggling with budget reductions.

Chile modified the teacher labor statute to allow mayors to dismiss teachers in the event of enrollment declines (and budget reductions) and permitted the lateral entry of teachers from other professions.

Considering other reductions for certain federal programs in President Trump's budget blue print, it might be tempting to breathe a sigh of relief that support for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act remained unscathed — not so fast!

In his budget proposal for 2017 — 19 biennium, Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal underscored the importance of investing in teachers, noting, «Student success from the state's increased investment in full - day kindergarten, K — 3 class size reduction, and other... basic education components depends on making significant changes in Washington's ability to attract and retain qualified teachers.»

Early approval will make it harder to include meaningful class size reduction, as well as other changes identified through community input, in the final budget.

The Senate budget also slashes other areas of education to pay for the steep raise, notably cutting the jobs of more than 7,000 teacher assistants and crippling the Department of Public Instruction with a 30 percent reduction.

In Wake, that may mean an increase in the property tax rate to increase revenue for the county government to pay for these additional teachers, but what is more likely to happen is a reduction in other parts of the school budget for teacher salaries.

The projected increases were offset by tax - rate reductions in the last two state budgets, forcing lawmakers to shift other state money into schools to boost funding.

Two of the other two items that got the most attention were budget related: The Five - Year Financial Outlook to include Projected Budget Gaps and Tax Impacts and MSCR Proposed Budget Reductions and Efficiencies for 2010 - 11; (the third is the Reorganization, which is also indirectly budget relbudget related: The Five - Year Financial Outlook to include Projected Budget Gaps and Tax Impacts and MSCR Proposed Budget Reductions and Efficiencies for 2010 - 11; (the third is the Reorganization, which is also indirectly budget relBudget Gaps and Tax Impacts and MSCR Proposed Budget Reductions and Efficiencies for 2010 - 11; (the third is the Reorganization, which is also indirectly budget relBudget Reductions and Efficiencies for 2010 - 11; (the third is the Reorganization, which is also indirectly budget relbudget related).

On the other hand this reduction in budget is made up with the need to hire an illustrator.

The tariff reductions introduced on sporting equipment as part of the last budget could be extended to consumer electronics and other products, it says.

When the unified budget is not in surplus, these payments are made through some combination of increased taxation, reductions in other government spending, or additional borrowing from the public.

In other words, the total amount budgeted for debt reduction, each month, was not reduced, throughout the process.

So far in this series our discussion on spending has revolved around the elimination of unnecessary spending and the reduction of needed spending by budgeting and other methods (e.g. lowering your electric bill by switching providers).

ANDY REVKIN received as email from Dr. Anthes, who administers operations at NCAR and wanted to clarify the full budgetary context of the eliminated program: It is important to note that, as mentioned by Eric, there have been many other reductions at NCAR over the past five years because of the subinflationary NSF base budgets for NCAR, and I talk about that in my 7/25 statement, which goes back to Administration and Congress failing to pass decent appropriation bills for NSF.

Analysis will include consideration of the following: energy reduction thresholds, the costs and feasibility of various options for credit issuance other than a reimbursement check, a SBC Budget to minimize the financial impact of the credit on other Clean Energy Programs, charging applicants an administrative fee to cover program administration costs, how the fee requirement would be administered, and other issues.

Short of leaning on this mechanism, the only other option the Coalition has is to increase the taxpayer - funded emissions reduction fund to a level that would make a mockery of any claims to budget responsibility.

The ethical basis for why national INDCs should specify; (a) the number of tons of ghg emissions that will be reduced by implementation of the INDC by a specific date, (b) the warming limit and associated carbon budget that the nation's INDC is seeking to achieve in cooperation with other nations, (c) the equity principles assumed by the nation in determining the fairness of its INDC, and (d) for Annex 1 nations, emissions reductions that will be achieved by the INDC from 1990, a common baseline year.