Sentences with phrase «uses 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.

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

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

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It is up to the police department to recommend the case to the district attorney, who then decides whether the state pursues criminal charges using taxpayer money.

He says the New Jersey bank would «take money out of Wall Street and put it to work for New Jersey — creating jobs and growing the economy [by] using state deposits to finance local investments... and... support billions of dollars of critical investments in infrastructure, small businesses, and student loans — saving our residents money and returning all profits to the taxpayers.»

The state Dept is using taxpayer money to promote the Imam's trip abroad to raise money for the mosque.

As a result, American taxpayer money is currently supporting the use of child soldiers in several countries, and the highest levels of Congress, the State Department and White House all know about it.

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.

Malliotakis has voiced opposition to the City's program, calling it an irresponsible use of taxpayer money, and voted against a bill that would have established a state matching program with a similar 6 - 1 match.

In his State of the State speech this month, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for banning the use of taxpayer money to settle sexual - harassment claims involving all government entities and some private companies and to require public disclosure of the settlements.

Government will have to use taxpayers» money to renovate state bungalows which are currently in a terrible state, Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Freda Prempeh has revealed.

Why is taxpayer money being used to fund a private 501 (c)(4) organization, NYAGV, which engages in political advocacy and lobbying at the state and local level?

He is also not participating in the state's public financing program, saying he is philisophically opposed to using taxpayer money to fund campaigns.

Labour is calling for cross-party talks on how religious education is conducted and monitored in the state sector as a special poll for the Observer shows widespread concerns about the use of taxpayers» money to fund faith schools in a multicultural Britain.

June 27, 2013 (readMedia)-- The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association would like to know why New York City taxpayer monies are being used to promote personal political agendas.

However, another prominent Republican, Onondaga county district attorney Bill Fitzpatrick — who is investigating public corruption in the state as the co-chair of the Moreland Commission — thinks public financing would be an excellent use of public money, leading to long - term savings for taxpayers.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — While the state considers a proposal to prohibit using taxpayer money for sexual harassment settlements, an Erie County legislator said there's no reason for local governments to wait.

«They want to focus on Washington instead of the fact that she supported the use of taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment and abuse in the State Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.&rState Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.&rState Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.&rstate school aid to New York City.»

Both Jepsen and Westby are planning on using the state's public campaign finance system, which would give each more than $ 812,000 in taxpayer money to spend on this election.

But Republicans in the state Senate continue to be opposed to a program that uses either taxpayer dollars or even settlement money from lawsuits.

As a quid pro quo to the Power Authority taking care of George's friends and family club members, George, his oversight committee, looked the other way and abrogated his responsibility to not only the taxpayers of his district but to all Western New Yorkers by letting the Cuomo / Silver progressive establishment cartel, in two successive budget bills in 2011 and 2012, sweep $ 600,000,000 from the bank account of the Power Authority to the General Fund of the State of New York — monies that should have been used for the economic benefit of Western New Yorkers.

«Here's someone that nearly every single publication in the state of New York said should resign last year and he used taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment in the workplace.»

Democratic legislative candidate Eileen Napolitano said she emailed the postcard to State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and asked him to investigate «this blatantly partisan, political piece of mail that was funded using taxpayer money.»

The Republican leader of the state Senate has said public financing is not a good use of the taxpayers» money.

«We've concluded that using taxpayer dollars to pay for political campaigns is a poor use of taxpayer monies, and that this so - called reform will not solve the problems facing New York's political system,» states Unshackle's report.

His statement Tuesday also included plans to outlaw sexual assault or harassment confidentiality agreements in public entities, establish a whistleblower process in state and local governments and prevent taxpayer money from being used to pay for sexual assault or harassment settlements, among other things.

What about Ed Miliband's spending of taxpayer's money for personal use during his time as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2008 - 10?

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.

Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt blasted Silver, stating, «I find it disgraceful and unfathomable that taxpayer money was used to pay off victims of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct committed by Assemblyman Vito Lopez, criminals conduct committed by yet another elected official.»

Daniel Plaat, of Occupy Albany, protested Tuesday outside a State Senate hearing about using taxpayer money in political races.

The governor had promised to form the investigatory commission in accordance with the state's Moreland Act after he and lawmakers failed to agree on a package of ethics and elections law reforms that ranged from increasing punishment for taking bribes to making it easier to register to vote to using taxpayer money to finance political campaigns.

Other economists used their analytical tools in lawsuits arguing that states failed to provide adequate education for all students, while others developed models to show that spending public money on dropout - prevention programs would actually save taxpayer money if the dropouts were later incarcerated.

Although the school mainly relies on internal expertise for its professional development, Amsel also uses federal taxpayer money given to private schools that enroll low - income students to pay an outside consultant, Australian United States Services in Education.

This scheme will use taxpayer money in the form of tax credits for corporations and wealthy donors who make contributions to state - sponsored voucher scholarship programs.

Today, 17 states offer 33 programs that allow parents to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools.

The proposed bill would allow for parents to have a debit card to pay for private schools and homeschooling using state funding through taxpayer money.

House Bill 1637 diverts taxpayer money to private and religious schools with no accountability or oversight, a clear violation of the New Hampshire Constitution, which states, `... no money raised by taxation shall ever be granted or applied for the use of the schools of institutions of any religious sect or denomination.»

In some states, charter school operators can purchase school buildings from public school districts... using taxpayer money.

Opponents in California and in other states whose constitutions ban using taxpayer money for religious schools, while disappointed with the ruling, are warning not to read too much into it.

When it comes to their new proposed education agenda, it is bad enough that Malloy and Wyman plan to give more money to the privately owned but publicly funded charter school industry while making the deepest cuts in state history to Connecticut's public schools, but in a little understood piece of proposed legislation, the Malloy administration is trying to sneak through legislation that would give his Commissioner of Education and the political appointees on his State Board of Education a new mechanism they would use to punish taxpayers in certain communities where more than 5 percent of parents opt their children out of the wasteful and destructive Common Core SBAC testing prostate history to Connecticut's public schools, but in a little understood piece of proposed legislation, the Malloy administration is trying to sneak through legislation that would give his Commissioner of Education and the political appointees on his State Board of Education a new mechanism they would use to punish taxpayers in certain communities where more than 5 percent of parents opt their children out of the wasteful and destructive Common Core SBAC testing proState Board of Education a new mechanism they would use to punish taxpayers in certain communities where more than 5 percent of parents opt their children out of the wasteful and destructive Common Core SBAC testing program.

I am sure that state legislatures would not spend taxpayer money on charter schools and parents would not send their children to charter schools without the power of the term that the «school reformers» use:» failing pubic schools».

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.

Calling themselves a «grassroots movement» in support of Governor Dannel Malloy's plan to use taxpayer money to open two new charter schools while making historic cuts to Connecticut's public schools, the New York based charter school industry group known as «Families for Excellent Schools Inc. / Coalition for Every Child» paid at least $ 87,000 to rent buses to bring in charter school parents and students from as far away as New York and Boston for the pro-charter school rally that took place at the Connecticut State Capitol last week.

By incorporating more calculated, thoughtful, comprehensive and proactive efforts to take climate - related issues into account before projects are permitted or funded using taxpayer money, state and local governments can play a critically important role in protecting communities.

Judge Paul Peatross, Jr., ruled that Cuccinelli did not state a «reason to believe» that Mann defrauded taxpayers by using state money to research Earth's rising temperatures.