Sentences with phrase «reform plans like»

NAR has commissioned a study on the effect of tax reform plans like these on the housing sector and the entire economy.

Critics not pleased with reform plan Like other critics, Angermeyer is concerned that the reform plan touted by Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan replaces sticks with carrots without addressing fundamental issues raised by NCLB's failure, such as the appropriateness of using student tests to rate teachers.

Not exact matches

China's reform mantra sounds like a German - style plan that looks to combine growth with discipline, says this economist.

«When you look at the plan that's taking shape now, using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries that we have a trade deficit from, like Mexico,» he said.

«When you look at the plan that's taking shape now, using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries that we have a trade deficit from, like Mexico,» said Spicer.

Thus, reforms like stricter regulations on brokers, disclosure of 401 (k) fees, or requiring plan sponsors to offer more lower - cost index funds, would be band - aids; they wouldn't fix this fundamentally broken system.

Looking years out at the election calendar, Trudeau's strategists pushed early for federal - provincial initiatives like Canada Pension Plan reform, a health accord and the framework for fighting climate change.

Here is a sample of what this sounds like, taken from the recent organizational reform plan that aims to expand the Party's role in decision - making and management.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Like the Republican blueprint for tax reform, the President's plan would double the standard deduction while trimming itemized deductions.

The authors of studies with titles claiming to point to «the heart of the matter» recommend vague but important - sounding measures like «strategic planning groups and reform.»

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

20 years behind us southern states and NEW YORK, sad and scary... nobody denies freedoms like the south, nobody... the top ten incarcerators on the planet are southern states and more blacks are in prison then were slaves before the civil war... even if marijuana reforms did pass the republiCANTS in charge would deny you all your freedoms, centuries of practice... no matter though, we never planned on getting your backwards brethren from day one, half the country already but not one southern state, lol... not 1....

Like another one of TLT's favorite resources for school food reform, the website PEACHSF, Lunch Wars provides parents with step - by - step action plans, as opposed to flighty theories.

Like the welfare reform bill before it, the Housing and Planning bill appears to be based more on ideology than on actually seeking to tackle the country's social and economic problems.

Trump has long said he wants to reform the nation's immigration system, but any plan to do that seems like less of a priority for an administration that is now focused on healthcare, tax reform and a host of international issues.

Under the banner of «Advancing the Democracy Agenda,» the governor's 14 - point plan lays out a familiar suite of reforms, including ethics proposals that «close the LLC loophole» in political spending, procurement reform that would more closely monitor how state contracts are awarded and voting reforms like same - day voter registration and early voting.

Cuomo's budget includes non-spending measures such as his slate of ethics reforms, allowing ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City and a plan to encourage local governments sharing services to reduce property taxes.

Now that U.S. Senate Republicans have failed in their attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare and cut Medicaid, the House GOP is pushing a budget that aims to do all that and then some, which, like their health care reform plan, will negatively impact New York.

The Cuomo administration will consider scrapping its plan to delay promised Medicaid reform for children, telling advocates on a conference call Friday that the reform is one of the top items the governor would like to restore in final budget negotiations with legislators.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a package of tax reform plans that would, among other things, end the deduction of state and local taxes, which would impact high - tax states like New York, California and New Jersey.

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.

But Cuomo says he still wants the Senate to agree to the plan and for it to be approved along with the state budget, and he said previously that he will make the budget late if there's no three way deal on ethics, as well as other issues like education reform.

The state budget could end up in court under some scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Governor Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

«We have a plan to really serve the country to change and reform the country, but it is not easy to have those changes implemented like instant coffee.

The New York state budget might end up in court under some potential scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

Reforming the state's pension plan for new employees will put our costs in line with other states across the nation and preserve the invaluable services, like education and public safety, that make New York the best place to live, do business and raise a family.»

The state budget might end up in court under some scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Governor Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

We need repeal of union give - aways like the Triborough Amendment which rigs union contracts and benefits, repeal of the Wicks Law which raises public construction costs, reform of binding arbitration rules affecting police and fire contracts, and movement toward defined contribution pension plans for public employees.»

Plans to eliminated the federal historic tax credit as part the $ 1.5 trillion tax reform package being considered by Congress would end a key tool used to revitalize old structures in city's like Troy, officials warned.

There's still some leg to reveal: Cuomo is yet to outline his specific plans for education, detail what infrastructure projects he'd like to spend the remaining windfall surplus on, or unveil his proposals to reform the state's criminal justice system.

The New York Republican delegation met several times before the vote with House GOP leaders to express concerns about easing the path toward passage of a tax reform plan that they would like to change.

And it doesn't really have market - based solutions like tort reform, interstate competition and association health plans.»

Faso released his Jobs Plan earlier this year that calls for tax and regulatory reform as well as incentivizing investment in small businesses like Northern Eagle.

The business - backed group gave 100 percent scores to eight members of the Assembly GOP conference in a report that considered legislation ranging from the 2015 and 2016 budget plans to bills like universal health care (the group is opposed) to eliminating the wage board and regulatory reform (both supported by Unshackle).

The court papers reveal how business interests felt they «owned» Dean Skelos, with real - estate bigwigs discussing Gov. Cuomo's plan to enact campaign - finance reform, with statements like, «We better make sure Dean keeps his word, AC [Andrew Cuomo] is a wild card,» according to the court documents.

The statement: From David Morris of Portland, Maine: «I'd like to know if under Obama's insurance reform plan, if students like me who turn 25 and can't be on their parents» insurance anymore while they're full - time students will be covered.»

The Republican says this year was different because Gov. Andrew Cuomo added legislation like education and ethics reform to the state spending plan.

I like his ethics reform plan, he is for education reform, and he wants to make growing Louisiana's economy a priority.

New Jersey lawmakers have moved forward with legislation that will allow New Jerseyans to keep their property tax breaks vis - à - vis a charitable deduction in an effort to counter President Donald Trump's tax reform plan that targets high - tax states like New Jersey.

McKinney said he likes Malloy's education reform plan, but is concerned about continued spending increases.

But the current coalition's reform plans failed in 2012 — like so many others before them — and large - scale changes are now off the agenda, at least for a while.

On bail, the administration says its proposal aligns with its previous bail reform work, pointing to bail alternative programs like the Bail Lab, launched last month, and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's bail fund plan, which it supports.

Race to the Top asked states to create their own unique blueprints for education reform — and then, by publicly posting everyone's plans and the judges» scores, got the nation involved in a conversation about what high - quality education systems look like.

Fueled by a confluence of interests among urban parents, progressive educators, and school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).

In an ironic twist, reforming teacher pension plans would help companies like Vanguard that offer cheap, mass - market index funds, and it would seriously harm hedge funds and private equity firms.

I sympathize with the desire to make larger structural reforms, but for those of us who have a strong interest in thinking carefully and rationally about the structure of benefits, this seemed like more of a political down - payment to some members who have an ideological attachment to DC plans more than it was a carefully designed solution to a real problem.

Levesque said she planned to sponsor a series of statewide reforms, like allowing taxpayer dollars to go to religious schools by overturning the so - called Blaine Amendment, «even if it doesn't pass... to keep them busy on that front.»

Indeed, RttT competition proved so politically successful the Department of Education built on it by allowing all states to seek a waiver of most NCLB requirements by submitting RttT - like reform plans, including test - based teacher evaluations and the setting of standards similar to the Common Core State Standards.

If a camel is a horse designed by committee, the mayor's plan for reforming L.A.'s schools is more like a horse designed in the dark.