Sentences with phrase «seek taxpayer money»
Some political donors seek taxpayer money for their own charter schools.
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That essentially means the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction — the office that, for a decade, has sought to nail down what US taxpayers actually get for the money spent in Southwest Asia — can't do its job.
The Baltimore Sun filed a request under the Public Information Act seeking a copy of the proposal, which could reveal details on how much taxpayer money and other benefits the city and state were prepared to offer the Seattle company.
«As a public official spending taxpayer money, (Murdock has) learned a tremendous amount of information through his role as a public official, and now he's seeking to utilize that information to operate, to submit a bid, and I think he owes a huge explanation to the people of Wilmette,» said Beth Beucher, a Harbor Association member.
Following reports that the del Lago Casino & Resort in Seneca County is struggling with revenue and is seeking a bailout from the state, Sen. Joseph Griffo sent a letter to Cuomo and the state Budget director, indicating he doesn't believe a bailout is appropriate use of taxpayer money.
The House will have noted that, for the second time, the Secretary of State was unable to give my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouth (David T.C. Davies) the guarantee that he seeks that extremists have not got their hands on taxpayers» money.
The judge ruled last week in favor of Blake Morris, a lawyer and Senate candidate, who in February of last year was denied a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request seeking the Senate's mail guidelines, which determine how taxpayer - funded flyers, letters, and newsletters can be distributed, as well as how much money each member is allocated.
Besides seeking input from Town Board members and department heads, Stewart said he is also seeking similar input from town residents who may have ideas on how Orangetown can save money in its operations to reduce the cost to taxpayers while still maintaining a high level of service.
Deputy Town Supervisor Gregory Carman said Sunday the lawsuit was filed to protect taxpayers» rights and to seek money for repairs to the garage.
The donation proposal seeks to create a system whereby taxpayers, if they want, can donate money to one of the new local, for instance, school - run charities.
«This defendant allegedly sought to enrich himself with taxpayer money to which he was not entitled,» Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez said.
There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.
As the Trump administration seeks to expand school choice nationwide, the academy was thrust into the national spotlight last month as part of a heated debate over whether schools that receive money from taxpayer - funded vouchers can discriminate against certain groups of students, such as LGBT children or students with disabilities.
The Governor and the Legislature should be seeking answers to these questions before turning over any more of the taxpayers» money to these schools.
In direct opposition to the needs of children and taxpayers, Finch's ship has transported a cadre of greedy, self - serving and unwelcome enemies, people and corporations that are more interested in seeking ways to turn our public schools into private money - making ventures.
But with today's sophisticated technology coupled with the federal government aggressively seeking revenues for the nation's coffers, the CRA is ramping up its search, and going after tax money and taxpayers everywhere.
The serious money has always flowed to alarmists, guilt - ridden environmentalists and control - seeking regulators, whom the world's taxpayers are generously and unwittingly funding.
Cuccinelli is seeking years» worth of documents related to Mann's work at UVA, but his political attacks on climate science and efforts to waste Virginia taxpayers» money will have to return to the drawing board.
Watching Secretary of Energy Steven Chu face nearly five hours of grilling by a congressional committee seeking answers to the multi-billion dollar loss taxpayers have taken after the department dispensed their money in pursuit of its Green energy program was a reminder that ideology is not a substitute for reality.
Cuccinelli, who believes the jury is still out on whether climate change is caused by human activity, has said he is investigating whether Mann defrauded taxpayers when seeking state grant money for his research.
The group's critics in Congress, in an attempt to block any taxpayer money from going to Planned Parenthood, have sought for years to eliminate a federal family planning program.