Sentences with phrase «taxpayer dollars spent»

Despite the billions of taxpayer dollars spent on both the global warming research and associated IPCC reports, the «consensus expert» climate change predictions have been spectacularly wrong.

A review of taxpayer dollars spent getting the ISD up and running over in its first year of operation reflects efforts to overcome the negative public perception that's played out ever since lawmakers enacted the reform model back in 2016.

The state also has some policies that promote better use of resources, but could improve fiscal transparency by linking student outcomes and taxpayer dollars spent and provide greater staffing flexibility to school leaders.

«It's essential to fix the one - size - fits - all Washington - based mandates that don't fit our state's unique needs — in order to make sure not only that every Alaskan child has access to an excellent education, but that there is accountability for taxpayer dollars spent in our schools,» Murkowski said in a statement.

Get the most out of taxpayer dollars spent on education by eliminating redundant bureaucracies.

Legislator Dixon also has requested the County Attorney release detailed year - by - year information on the amount of taxpayer dollars spent in the last five years to settle harassment claims, sexual or otherwise, against the county or its employees.

Reducing recidivism means less crime, it means safer communities, it means fewer taxpayer dollars spent on incarceration.

This amounted to a return of more than $ 2 for every taxpayer dollar spent and a social return of nearly $ 4 for every dollar spent.13 The social return included benefits such as improved skills and human capital, greater lifetime civic engagement, lower delinquency and criminal activity, and even improved health status for volunteers.14 Cost - benefit analyses of more than 50 individual AmeriCorps programs have yielded similar results.15

Not exact matches

Between 2009 and 2014, Colorado state mining officials spent $ 12.3 million taxpayer dollars on mine - reclamation work.

FORTUNE — U.S. and UK taxpayers looking to spend some extra dollars on behalf of corporations during the holidays (and into next year) will be pleased to know that Hewlett - Packard's bungled acquisition of software firm Autonomy has made that possible.

As secretary, Price criticized the Medicaid health program for low - income people, saying it doesn't deliver results commensurate with the hundreds of billions of dollars taxpayers spend on it.

Basically, Mr. Flaherty is looking for suggestions on how to «strengthen our economy in the face of global economic threats»; with «cost - neutral or low cost measures», focusing on «more efficient and effective spending» that builds on the «government's belief of respecting taxpayers» dollars» and «encourages private sector growth and leadership».

If her government had spent the last three years negotiating on aboriginal title with First Nations — rather than spending millions of taxpayers» dollars fighting a losing battle against the Tsilhqot» in — there would today be more opportunity and benefits for First Nations and greater certainty for investors and workers on where and how LNG related pipelines and plants will proceed.

Let's all congratulate Reality, because his taxpayer dollar was spent in Joplin... * clapping my hands *...

When the process is over, no doubt, millions of taxpayer dollars will be spent, as they so often are on boondoggles such as this is likely to be.

Many of those teachers of whom you speak are not fired, but are kept on and PAID to do nothing, costing the State of NY taxpayers millions of dollars that could be better spent elsewhere or actually SAVED!!

American taxpayers spend billions of dollars keeping prisoners locked away (where they receive free medical treatment).

Millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funds are spent on testing foods annually to monitor the presence of pesticides and herbicides in the nation's food supply.

Astronomical sums are spent in political campaigns — often to the detriment of voters, who find taxpayer dollars being used to repay campaign donors.

By increasing spending with no way to pay for it, Democrats have created an unbalanced budget that includes no relief for property taxpayers and continues to cut the STAR property tax relief program by millions of dollars.

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.

«When spending is out of control, it covers up embezzlement ad theft and hides what is really happening with taxpayer dollars,» said Garcia.

We must start by enacting term limits and we need independent enforcement to ensure that every dollar that taxpayers send to Albany is being spent appropriately.»

«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said the spokesman, Scott Reif.

«It's taxpayer dollars and we think it should be spent appropriately.

Citizens Union released a report on $ 4.3 billion dollars in the budget that they say are spent at the discretion of Governor Cuomo and lawmakers with almost no details released to taxpayers.

A bill that passed the state Senate and Assembly this year would have secured Medicaid dollars for mothers who can't nurse their premature infants and choose to feed their babies donor breast milk; the legislation argues it will save New York taxpayers the money Medicaid currently spends on the complications that arise during neonatal care.

This weekend, they revealed how state legislators spend millions of taxpayer dollars on...

Trump on Wednesday blasted the tens of millions in taxpayer dollars that New York state has spent on the governor's Start Up NY Jobs program.

The city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»

At a typical cost of $ 400 per square foot, we estimate that the City spent roughly $ 400 million taxpayer dollars to acquire the one million square feet (23 acres) of Willets Point Phase One property, which the Bloomberg administration intended to gift to QDG for $ 1 (one dollar).

«In vetoing this costly legislation, Governor Paterson has made a difficult and wise decision that will save the taxpayers of the State and the City millions of dollars, demonstrating the courage to control spending in this difficult fiscal climate.»

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.

Hall spokesman Patrick McGarrity said: «Our democracy is weakened by candidates who spend millions of their own dollars trying to buy elections and then force their radical ideas on people like letting corporate polluters like BP off the hook — sticking taxpayers with the bill.»

«There's a lot we'd like to help the Board of Elections do, but we must see commitment to reform and modernization, or we're not going to spend the taxpayers» dollars.»

«We have spent millions of dollars of taxpayer money that has resulted in a failed implementation of the Common Core, a flawed policy with a lack of input from experts and most importantly — parents,» said Assemblyman Michael P. Kearns.

«When government spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to send a message that New York is a place to visit and open for business, it should have clear objectives and show the public actual results,» DiNapoli said in a news release.

«Today's charges demonstrate our vigilance in ensuring that every taxpayer dollar is spent properly, and that corrupt individuals who betray the public trust to line their own pockets will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.»

«Parents and taxpayers deserve to know how charters spend public dollars and to know that students are the real beneficiaries, not an afterthought,» Mulgrew said.

In a lengthy statement released late last night, New York WFP Director Bill Lipton slammed Adler, calling him an «unqualified prosecutor with a political axe to grind» who had spent «three years and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to reinvestigate allegations... that had already been debunked.»

And then (this part is new and part of Paladino's pre-primary media blitz), the focus turns to the «former liberal Congressman Rick Lazio,» who «voted for higher taxes and increased federal spending» and «took a $ 1.6 million bonus from a huge Wall Street bank getting a $ 25 billion - dollar taxpayer - financed bailout.

«Spending SNAP benefits on cigarettes and alcohol, or gambling and strip clubs, serves no purpose to help ease a family's hardship, nor is it the best use of our limited taxpayer dollars.»

«In vetoing this costly legislation, Governor Paterson has made a difficult and wise decision that will save the taxpayers of the State and City millions of dollars, demonstrating the courage to control spending in this difficult fiscal climate.»

«When government spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to send a message that New York is a place to visit and open for business, it should have clear objectives and show the public actual results,» DiNapoli said in a release accompanying the audit.

«My concern is that when we're dealing with deficits, you'd have potentially $ 200 million in taxpayer dollars going to be spent on campaign financing,» Skelos said.

Sampson said: «Krueger is a proven reformer who can successfully work with Gov. Cuomo, the Assembly, and Senators on both sides of the aisle to restructure the budget process through long - term changes that radically reform how we spend taxpayer dollars.»

Once plagued by pollution, Honeywell and taxpayers have spent a billion dollars to help clean it up.

«We can no longer abide by the Albany status quo that allows for out of control spending and contracting that wastes taxpayer dollars.

«The days of spending taxpayer dollars to fuel poverty - wage jobs are over.

Ryan McMahon, the chairman of the county legislature said the county's industrial development agency will pay $ 787,500 for the site using their own fees so no taxpayer dollars are spent.