Sentences with phrase «spent on public funding»

Like many education reformers, Trump argues an estimated $ 620 billion spent on public funding has not translated to educational success, but for the Republican nominee it shows «obviously Common Core doesn't work.»

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The hospitals are funded by tax dollars, and clearly they don't want to be seen spending those dollars on things the public is likely to find dubious.

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, which has more than $ 224 billion in assets, spent about $ 54 billion on investments last yfund, the Public Investment Fund, which has more than $ 224 billion in assets, spent about $ 54 billion on investments last yFund, which has more than $ 224 billion in assets, spent about $ 54 billion on investments last year.

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

Without the inflow of Chinese funds and the trade deficit, we could finance more public spending from the higher taxes on higher GDP.

Recent estimates by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicate sizeable and long - lasting impacts of public infrastructure spending on private investment and output.

Whatever agencies oversee non-profits, or other kinds of corporations and companies, and can respond to complaints when non-profits especially are allegedly not functioning within the public interest, or there are other issues with governance, conflicts of interest, inurement (use of a tax - exempt non-profit for the private benefit or excessive benefit of someone with insider relationships), misuse of funds that were solicited to be spent on a specific designation project, etc..

I do not «agree to disagree» (i.e., shut up and just let you have your way) when it comes to the spending of public funds on expressions of religious faith.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

«What is amazing about this prosecution is a lot of public funds have been expended by the Crown Prosecution Service... why should public money be spent on something like this?»

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

The opposition isn't simply to spending money on art and culture and news, it is to spending public funds on liberal art and culture and news, and there is something to that given the track record of how the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which sends some money to PBS and National Public Radio, have chosen to use their public funds on liberal art and culture and news, and there is something to that given the track record of how the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which sends some money to PBS and National Public Radio, have chosen to use their Public Broadcasting, which sends some money to PBS and National Public Radio, have chosen to use their Public Radio, have chosen to use their funds.

On Thursday, 3 December 2015, Mr James Klutse Avedzi, the chairman of parliament's Finance Committee said President John Kufuor's government spent $ 4 billion of HIPC relief funds on just public toiletOn Thursday, 3 December 2015, Mr James Klutse Avedzi, the chairman of parliament's Finance Committee said President John Kufuor's government spent $ 4 billion of HIPC relief funds on just public toileton just public toilets.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan nudged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to provide more information on how the city spends $ 9 billion in state funding for education as a precursor to considering an extension of mayoral control of public schools.

These revelations were uncovered by the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption as part of a broad investigation into the spending of campaign funds by state lawmakers that was shut down when Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly disbanded the Commission last month.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers» union PAC, spent $ 28,471 on support for Ceretto and $ 26,803 on advertising against Morinello.

Public funds totalling # 500 million a year are being spent on an army of at least 29,000 professional politicians in the UK — which compares with the British electorate of more than 44 million.

Nixon, an actress known for her role in the HBO series «Sex and the City» is a prominent advocate for public education funding and has often pushed Albany to spend more money on schools, criticizing Cuomo's stance on funding issues.

Between January and February alone, the Public Campaign Action Fund spent $ 450,000 on a television ad buy.

Paterson slammed the Legislature's decision to include a «poison pill» formula change that would require an additional $ 600 million in school funding along with other spending measures he would otherwise approve in a veto message signed Wednesday but released to the public on Thursday.

In 1997, Gordon Brown launched a tax raid on private pensions to fund part of his public spending spree.

Mayor de Blasio spent more than $ 10 million — including $ 3.5 million in public matching funds — on his re-election, a race he led handily from the get - go.

Wooden alleged that the Coleman campaign is intentionally hiding how much money it has on hand, how much is being spent and the specific activities in which it is spending the public funding.

After his re-election in 2014, Cuomo reinvented himself as a full - throated economic populist, pushing through a minimum wage hike and a paid family leave program, and unveiling massive infrastructure spending plans and a proposal for free public college tuition — though he has been light on details about funding.

One guess would be that the governor simply wants to spend less on public college and instead fund other projects.

With just four months till the September primary, candidates have begun to step up their fundraising efforts in order to pose a strong challenge to a mayor who is enjoying relatively comfortable polling numbers and is now able forge ahead with fundraising for the general election, having hit the maximum he can spend on the primary, with anticipated public matching funds.

The PAC, Fund For Great Public Schools, is spending $ 259,308 on the purchase and production, along with $ 40,834 in anti-Larkin mailers.

For example Germany has no limits on campaign spending, but also has strict rules on transparency, and generous public funding of political parties in order to level the playing field.

A coalition of the state's top nonprofit social - service providers presented Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday with a plan for protecting funds for their neediest clients while reducing public spending, and asked for seats on his transition committee.

The conference has spent the last month pushing back on the claims of advocates for public financing and debated the cost of the system, pointing to more pressing needs for the use of public funds.

Public officials in New York would be prohibited from spending political campaign funds on personal expenses like clothing and country club dues under the two - way ethics reform deal, but paying for criminal defense attorneys and meals with political cash would still be allowed.

Funds meant for tackling long - term health problems are being spent on filling gaps elsewhere in the NHS, public health experts have warned.

Sen. Kathy Marchione questioned whether the money for public financing would be better spent on gap elimination aid for education, while Sen. Greg Ball threw a pointed jab at Democratic Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, wondering out loud about independent expenditure groups funded by «Soros.»

NYC Public Advocate Letitia James burned through nearly all of the more than $ 750,000 in taxpayer matching funds in a lopsided race against a poorly funded opponent — spending $ 500,000 on a single Election Day expenditure, public recordsPublic Advocate Letitia James burned through nearly all of the more than $ 750,000 in taxpayer matching funds in a lopsided race against a poorly funded opponent — spending $ 500,000 on a single Election Day expenditure, public recordspublic records show.

De Blasio spent more than $ 10 million — including $ 3.5 million in public matching funds — on his re-election, a race he led handily from the get - go.

Redistributing public money already spent on helping political parties could prove the key to ending Westminster's deadlock over party funding, Nick Clegg hopes.

The opposition wants to spend the cash from the City on tax credits, cutting the deficit, spending on public services, the bits of the regional growth fund Miliband likes, and even turning empty shops into cultural community centres.

Ghana's finance minister has vowed to crack down on corruption and wasteful public spending as the government attempts to plug a financing gap and keep its International Monetary Fund programme on track.

He insisted Labour's plans for extra spending on police and other public services, to be funded by an estimated # 2.7 bn in savings from reversing capital gains tax cuts, were «fully costed».

Erie County Legislature Chairman John J. Mills and Legislator Edward A. Rath, III are once again asking the Department of Public Works to provide an update on its road work plans for this summer and how it plans to spend an influx of state funding.

One such change in 2013 doubled the amounts that contributors could give to state political parties, and permitted the parties to spend as much as they want on candidates receiving public funding for their campaigns.

But those Republicans say that spending public funds on political campaigns is a waste of taxpayer money.

Trump, who accepted the state Conservative Party's endorsement, slammed the tens of millions of dollars in public funds the governor has spent on TV ads program promoting his Start - UP NY jobs program.

At a time when the public purse is under pressure, these funds could be better spent on «diversion» programmes where offenders are helped to access community support programmes rather than locked up in overcrowded prisons.

By ensuring that no additional public funds are spent to complete the Memorial and Museum, today's agreement puts in place a critical and long overdue safeguard to finally protect toll payers and taxpayers from bearing further costs, and, at the same time, put the project on a path for completion.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign was fined $ 47,778 Thursday amid allegations it spent public campaign funds on plane tickets for his son, a makeup...

Pleas for funding for a literacy program, and concerns about public safety spending rounded out comments at last night's public hearing on the city of Syracuse's proposed 2014 - 2015 budget.

«SERAP believes that rather than serving the common interest of the public, spending over N1 billion possibly of public funds on Zuma and Johnson - Sirleaf in the context of their participation in the opening of the Rochas Okorocha Foundation would seem to put Governor Okorocha in a conflict of interest situation.»

Stringer can only spend about $ 4 million on his campaign because he's accepting public matching funds.

Both candidates this year chose to participate in the state's public financing program, meaning that they are limited in what they can spend on their own races to the $ 6.2 million taxpayer - funded grant they received through the Citizens Election Program.