Sentences with phrase «pared back state»

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This, he said, was to «pare back the welfare state to the barest safety net full of holes in order to further undermine it as part of the drive for a small state».

But he lashed out at the governor's proposal to slash funding for state programs aimed at helping struggling families remain in their apartments, a paring back that would apply only to New York City.

State Board Gets Authority to Pare Back 8th Grade Math Standards Gov. Jerry Brown evidently agrees that California's math standards should align more closely with the national Common Core standards.

Lawmakers and state education officials need to take a close look at the burden and see what can be pared back.

The initiative may also pare back the number of standards teachers in some states are trying to meet by making sure those that remain are truly relevant.

But Harrison made one thing extremely clear in her testimony: Realtors will oppose any effort to reduce the importance of homeownership in our nation's tax code, by paring back itemized deductions, including state and local property tax deductions, even if the mortgage interest deduction is left intact.

In all four states, practitioners and association staff say they're confident that the proposals, if they ever reach a vote, will be defeated or at least pared back.

House and Senate lawmakers replaced an $ 80 billion House tax reform bill with a pared - down bill that retains versions of two NAR - backed provisions: 100 percent deduction of health insurance premiums for self - employed persons, and an increase in the amount of tax - exempt private - activity bonds that states and localities issue annually.