Sentences with phrase «state taxpayer»

Sallie Mae, a prominent student loan provider, has ambitions to receive a $ 2.2 million state taxpayer grant that would greatly aid in the company's goal to expand and add 285 employees to its Delaware operation, according to a press release from the First State's official website.

If one factors in the federal and state taxpayer - funded incentives, the plug - ins and the battery - electric Ioniqs will also fall roughly into that range of prices, just as the Prius cars do (Prius does not offer an all - electric version - yet).

As these funds are from state taxpayer dollars, the public accounting should be consistent across all reporting forms and when it's not, clear steps advanced to remedy deficiencies.

Six for - profit charter schools made distributions valued at 12 % to 45 % of their 2014 - 2015 state taxpayer revenue.

While it remains unclear whether Governor Dannel Malloy's new education funding scheme includes a «money follows the child formula» that would force local districts to use local tax dollars to subsidize the privately owned and operated charter schools in their communities, the Governor's budget does shovel even more state taxpayer funds to the charter school industry.

Charter schools are public schools, thus they are funded with state taxpayer dollars in the form of «per - pupil operating revenue» or PPR.

Just last August, Superintendent Quesnel told the Middletown Patch news outlet that, «The East Hartford Public Schools are utilizing Alliance District funding [the extra state taxpayer funds his town was given] to support early literacy — particularly for getting needed materials for students in grades K - 2... These resources provide Common Core aligned instruction that help students reach grade level by Grade 3.»

BCSE seeks about $ 4 million in state taxpayer dollars to serve at most 392 children, from pre-K through fifth grade.

The State Board of Education voted to give Milner to Jumoke at their meeting in August 2012, but FUSE, the parent company that signed the contract to run Milner, wasn't even formed until October 2012 ---- more than six months AFTER Pryor and his team had decided to hand over millions of state taxpayer dollars to run Milner.

Phoenix — September 17, 2017 — A new policy report reveals that up to 77 percent of Arizona's charter school holders use their state taxpayer funds for potentially questionable financial transactions.

A policy report by the centrist think tank the Grand Canyon Institute (GCI) revealed that up to 77 percent of Arizona's charter school holders use their state taxpayer funds for potentially questionable related - party financial transactions.

In 2013 - 14, related - party financial commitments were worth half a billion dollars of state taxpayer funds, representing 48 percent of charter school expenditures for contracts, leases and rents.

A bill to prohibit state taxpayer dollars for painful dog and cat research recently passed the General Assembly.

State taxpayer money directed toward the Landmark Theatre, Upstate Medical University's Cord Blood Bank, and a recent bailout of Centro's bus services all come with his advocacy.

In exchange for the bribes, the complaint alleges, Senator Smith was to use his influence to steer half a billion dollars in state taxpayer funds to build a road in Rockland County to benefit a real estate developer's project.

«But a second problem that we've voiced concern about, which is sort of getting lost in the conversation, is that a lot of these are a bad investment of state taxpayer dollars.»

«It will stimulate manufacturing, create jobs and ensure that state taxpayer dollars are used first and foremost for the benefit of New York workers, as well as our state and national economy,» the AFL - CIO leader said.

Opponents argued the proposal would use state taxpayer money to help families not following immigration laws instead of helping struggling taxpayers afford college.

The New York State United Teachers union denounced the plan as a power grab by Cuomo to funnel state taxpayer money to political supporters of the governor.

That left room Thursday for Sen. Len Fasano, the Republican Senate leader, to say, wait a minute, if the tax changes weren't bad for GE and the company is bluffing, as Democrats claimed in June, «then why would Gov. Malloy offer them a lot of state taxpayer money in hopes they will stay?»

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is not a fan of using state taxpayer money to pay for a new Milwaukee sports stadium.

A source said AG Eric Schneiderman's office is probing Rivera's alleged misuse of state taxpayer money funneled to her crony - packed Bronx Council for Economic Development.

For the seventh straight year, state taxpayer - supported spending will be capped at 2 %, even while statewide education spending will grow by 4.4 %, or $ 1.1 billion — including $ 386 million for New York City.

«Silent Schneiderman approved the use of state taxpayer dollars to buy the silence of Mr. Lopez's victims.

He said he doesn't have enough information to say whether a new sports arena - used by Syracuse University and financed with as much as $ 200 million in state taxpayer money - would be a good idea for the community or the state.

Cuomo's budget would raise total spending by 2.3 %, though state taxpayer supported spending would grow by 1.9 %, the eighth straight year it has been under the governor's self - imposed 2 % cap.

Over the course of a two - week trial, prosecutors from the state attorney general's office made the case that Wills pocketed city and state taxpayer money.

They also created a new policy that uses state taxpayer money to reimburse businesses for the increase in wages for teen workers.

This is the ultimate Jack's power table, where a thousand deals were cut when Bruno ruled the Senate as one of «three men in a room» who carved up a budget north of a hundred billion of state taxpayer dollars.

=========== I posted earlier this week that NY will be getting close to $ 5 billion from big bank settlements / fines; and Cuomo, and Schneiderman could send out a $ 600 check to every State taxpayer just before election day.

Cuomo's plan reportedly would seek about $ 200 million from budget education funds, place them among other state taxpayer funds in the budget and then use them to implement his teacher evaluation program.

The average Empire State taxpayer saved $ 155 a year — hardly the radical tax code overhaul needed for New York to become truly competitive.

Cuomo also outlined anti-sexual harassment proposals, announced earlier, that would end secret settlements and state taxpayer - financed payouts to victims, as well as establishing a statewide whistleblower protection system for alleged victims of sexual harassment.

Every county taxpayer is a state taxpayer.

Unshackle Upstate's Brian Sampson says in a TU OpEd that state taxpayer dollars slated for a public campaign finance system would be better spent on repairing aging infrastructure, expediting ongoing storm recovery efforts, restoring the Gap Elimination Adjustment, or providing tax relief for struggling middle - class families.

Who cares if John (business as usual) Flanagan is in charged of the Senate, rules are rules, the law is the law, you can not, ON PAPER, make a claim on State taxpayer resources that are false, inaccurate, not true and wrong.

The new rules will end state taxpayer - financed settlements for state officials who are found to be abusers.

State pension funds, facing a potential multitrillion - dollar shortfall, find themselves in the center of a four - way battle: Employees and retirees expect to be paid their promised benefits; the pension systems have clear obligations but may not have the resources to pay them; politicians are looking for ways to resolve the underfunding and balance the burden among retirees and workers; and state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax load.

According to the filing, the John Doe summons requests records related to United States taxpayers who conducted virtual currency transactions through Coinbase from 2013 to 2015.

That's good news for millions of state taxpayers and the millions of investors...

«The fact that (those challenging the program) are state taxpayers does not give them standing to challenge the subsidies that (the program) provides to religious STOs.»

«My first job as state comptroller is to protect the one million members, and the rest of New York State taxpayers, from the irresponsibility that has left New Jersey, Illinois, California and dozens of other public pension funds across the nation dangerously under - funded, DiNapoli said.

Or, as government watchdog group Reclaim New York put it about shifting more college funding onto state taxpayers, «You don't need a college degree to know that nothing is free.»

The deal has already brought the company $ 75 million in work funded by state taxpayers, with the potential for more.

As a result, state taxpayers have effectively helped pay off Destiny's debts.

Cuomo held the legislation until New Year's Eve and then vetoed it, saying it would shift $ 800 million in costs to state taxpayers and that reform is needed first to bring the price down.

Unfortunately for state taxpayers, the costs continue to pile up.

Echoing support of the requirement, Student Association Vice President Colin Manchester said, «New York state taxpayers are bearing the cost of this.»

ALBANY - A job - creation program highly touted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration created just 408 jobs in its first two full years, despite an advertising campaign that cost state taxpayers more than $ 50 million.

A job - creation program highly touted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration created just 408 jobs in its first two full years, despite an advertising campaign that cost state taxpayers more than $ 50 million.