Sentences with phrase «public financing for»

In order to attract Faraday Future, the State of Nevada voted in favor of offering the company $ 215 million in tax credits and $ 120 million in public financing for infrastructure improvements for the factory in North Las Vegas, which may bring up to 4,500 jobs to the area according to AutoGuide.

As per the World Bank estimates, India's public financing for healthcare is less than 1 per cent of the world's total health expenditure, even though it is home to over 16 per cent of the world's population.

To the extent that Palmer suggests a generally applicable proposition that legislative purpose is irrelevant in constitutional adjudication, our prior cases — as indicated in the text — are to the contrary; and, very shortly after Palmer, all Members of the Court majority in that case joined the Court's opinion in Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U. S. 602 (1971), which dealt with the issue of public financing for private schools and which announced, as the Court had several times before, that the validity of public aid to church - related schools includes close inquiry into the purpose of the challenged statute.

Opponents of court reform have targeted ethical rules aimed at promoting the integrity and independence of the judiciary; public financing for judicial elections; and the use of nonpartisan merit commissions to screen judicial nominees.

Arizona: plan calls for public financing of Superior Court races in counties not using merit selection system, however bill would eliminate public financing for all other races

Representation of government authorities in challenges to nearly $ 600 million in public financing for the construction of new professional sports stadiums for the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Falcons

The North Carolina legislature sent to Governor McCrory for approval a bill that would revamp the state's elections, including eliminating public financing for appellate judicial elections.

It is the form, location, process and degree of public financing for the memorialization that is at issue.

The report shows that public financing for fossil fuels has a three - pronged effect on efforts to address climate change.

The Natural Resources Defense Council, in partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Oil Change International (OCI), Kiko Network, Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), and Friends of the Earth Japan released a new report entitled, Swept Under the Rug: How G7 Nations Conceal Public Financing for Coal Around the World.

Export credit agencies — including Ex-Im Bank — are collectively the largest source of public financing for coal and other fossil fuel projects abroad.

Today, China — one of the largest providers of public financing for infrastructure worldwide — agreed to work towards strictly controlling public investment flowing into projects with high pollution and carbon emissions both domestically and internationally.

Public financing for energy alternatives should be focused on fostering innovation and achieving the largest possible reduction in heat - trapping emissions per dollar invested — not on promoting the growth of an industry that has repeatedly shown itself to be a highly risky investment.

As part of his climate change initiative announced in June, President Obama declared, «Today I'm calling for an end of public financing for new coal plants overseas unless they deploy carbon capture technologies, or there's no other viable way for the poorest countries to generate electricity.»

Lowering these costs is necessary and can be done through policy frameworks, such as attractive financial / loan schemes for USC power plants or through strong political institutions that can provide public financing for CCTs to emerging Asia, and international cooperation frameworks to ensure the deployment of CCTs, as they are crucially important for abating greenhouse gas emissions.

That's particularly important for those concerned about the impacts the global coal industry has on our health and environment because Germany is currently the third largest source of international public financing for coal.

The reform amounts to a substantial increase in public financing for private K - 12 schooling, while doing little to meaningfully increase school choice.

«We need more physician referrals, public financing for vaccine programs and educational interventions to improve HPV vaccine uptake if we want to lower rates of HPV - related diseases,» said Berenson.

That's exactly the kind of anonymous corporate donor Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature tried to avoid when they decided to experiment with public financing for just one race this year.

Lawmakers were also unable to reach agreement on proposals to raise the state's minimum wage and to create a system of public financing for elections.

In his budget proposal, the governor again included ethics and campaign fund - raising changes, including putting in place a system of public financing for state political campaigns modeled after the one used in New York City, where small donations are matched with public funds.

During approval of the state budget in March, Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed to create an option for candidates to obtain public financing for running for state Comptroller.

Counterterrorism experts, vendors and emergency responders around the country look at the annual event as a way to plug in to the latest national security threats, public financing for safety and to catch up with others those whose job is connected to public safety and disaster preparedness.

The reason Trump is able to tap into his campaign funds for legal expenses is because for the past decade, presidential candidates have abandoned public financing for their campaigns.

In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Kennedy pushed campaign finance reform; he was a leading force behind passage of the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, which set contribution limits and established public financing for presidential elections.

Legislators now need to go back to the drawing board to create a comprehensive reform proposal that includes public financing for all state races and adequate funds for enforcement.

They will be committed to electoral reforms such as Instant Runoff Voting, public financing for campaigns or other local campaign and electoral reforms.

And the most crucial reform is public financing for campaigns — the best way to inject competition into legislative races now almost controlled entirely by incumbents.

Governor Cuomo's crowing over his agreement to establish a voluntary program of public financing for the campaign for state Comptroller hid a fatal flaw — the program is designed to fail.

Meanwhile, the system of public financing for presidential candidates that came into being after the Watergate scandal and that once was universally accepted and respected by those seeking the presidency has been systematically shredded over the course of the last four presidential campaigns.

BOLTON LANDING — The Democratic governor who has promised to raise the minimum wage, create public financing for campaigns and drive Republicans from their last perch of state power in the Senate will spend Friday asking for the endorsement of the state's largest business group.

The BHO pledge to seek an accommodation with the R candidate on public financing for the GE is a different matter.

He also ruled out for the first time the option of taking public financing for his campaign, money that would have saved him the time - consuming task of raising vast sums but would have dramatically limited the amount he would have been able to raise.

Though every politician complains about the burdens of fundraising — like «putting bamboo shoots under my fingernails,» Rep. John Larson told the Huffington Post — Congress could, if it wanted, move to a system of real public financing for elections.

The talking points attack the Democratic platform of public financing for elections, changes to state abortion law that opponents say would open the door to regulations that could greatly expand the practice's surgical parameters, as well as the Dream Act, which would allow undocumented immigrants to utilize state tuition assistance programs.

Albany's lawmakers should also adopt public financing for comptroller campaigns, rather than forcing candidates to troll for money from lawyers or financial interests.

The alternative to public financing for all races — a limited measure for the state comptroller election in 2014 — was too little and too late, given the election year.

The outcome is surprising considering that most legislators, as well as the governor, claimed to support full public financing for all races.

This isn't a substitute for actually changing the campaign finance system, as Teachout understands well; her lead proposal is public financing for all elections.

The governor, as well as Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Independent Democratic Conference Senate Co-leader Jeff Klein, have all come out in favor of public financing for election campaigns.

Ganim is currently seeking a waiver from the State Elections Enforcement Commission because convicted felons can not receive public financing for political campaigns.

And, because Baldacci is the lone candidate not accepting public financing for the general election campaign, if he spends more than $ 400,000, the state provides dollar for dollar matching funds for Woodcock, as well as the Green and Independent party candidates.

The New York Public Interest Research Group released its own recommendations to the commission on Monday, arguing in favor of public financing for campaigns.

Just when momentum seemed to be building for Edwards, he announced late yesterday that he would accept public financing for both the primary and the general election — a potentially self - defeating move.

A New York legislative leader plans to propose a bill next week to overhaul campaign - finance laws and introduce a system of public financing for state elections, making him the third of Albany's four «men in a room,» including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to push for sweeping revisions in this area.

One of the candidates on the GOP statewide ticket, comptroller candidate Bob Antonacci, is participating in public financing for his campaign under a pilot program approved in the state budget and limited to that race only.

Collect Cash: Even though McCain is apparently accepting public financing for the general election, that doesn't remove the onus of collecting cash.

«We crossed the ideological Rubicon and the world did not stop spinning - now it's time to finish what we started and pass a full - fledged program of public financing for state campaigns.

The groups have criticized the influence of big contributors in state politics and are seeking public financing for all statewide and legislative races.

Bill Lipton, the party's state director, said the party decided to stick with Mr. Cuomo because he promised to support some of its top goals, such as raising the minimum wage and providing public financing for state political campaigns.