Sentences with phrase «when federal and state governments»

Finally, when federal and state governments have provided a mortgage debt relief act for investment properties and commercial properties, then I will stand up and cheer.

Not exact matches

By paying workers as independent contractors when they should be paid as employees, federal, state and local governments potentially miss out on tax revenue they would otherwise collect; this tax gap was the focus of a special report to Congress in 2011 and continues to be an area of focus today.

Misplaced loyalty can prove costly in politics, and it seems state Labor has finally woken up to the fact when it comes to relations with the federal government.

When lumped in with still - rising federal levies like the Universal Services Fund, they add 12 percent to the average American's cell bill and as much as 19 percent in many of our most populous states, says Scott Mackey, economist and partner with government affairs firm Kimbell Sherman Ellis.

Of course, when the federal government and states make changes to hunger programs, it has a direct and hard - hitting impact on the groups that act as a safety net.

This crisis will not only impact retirees, but the next generation of workers, who will be left with the tab when federal, state, and local governments are forced to expand to help millions of additional elderly Americans who will be living in poverty.1

America itself, facing an era where more and more citizens without adequate financial resources will seek assistance from local, state and federal governments (precisely at a time when such governments are already strained), needs the fiduciary standard.

Same arguments we heard when states started passing laws that decriminalized interracial marriage, when the federal government rejected «separate but equal», and when people realized the President did not always tell the truth.

Yet the draft describes wide - ranging protections, saying, «Persons and organizations do not forfeit their religious freedom when providing social services, education, or healthcare; earning a living, seeking a job, or employing others; receiving government grants or contracts; or otherwise participating in the marketplace, the public square, or interfacing with federal, state, or local governments.»

And when we realize that the average person today is paying the federal government around 25 % of their income, and then paying another 10 % (or more) for state, county, and city taxes, we are paying a little more in taxes today than what was prescribed by the Mosaic Law for the people of Israel to pay their governmeAnd when we realize that the average person today is paying the federal government around 25 % of their income, and then paying another 10 % (or more) for state, county, and city taxes, we are paying a little more in taxes today than what was prescribed by the Mosaic Law for the people of Israel to pay their governmeand then paying another 10 % (or more) for state, county, and city taxes, we are paying a little more in taxes today than what was prescribed by the Mosaic Law for the people of Israel to pay their governmeand city taxes, we are paying a little more in taxes today than what was prescribed by the Mosaic Law for the people of Israel to pay their government.

When the nation was established as a democratic republic, the people of the former English colonies, acting in their various constitutional conventions, transferred all governing power to their states and to the federal government, reserving for themselves only certain rights and powers they previously claimed to enjoy as subjects of the British Crown.

``... They're the responsibility of the federal government, not the state government and when (Mayor) Bloomberg says, «Give us your poor America,» I say to him, «Mind your own business Mr. Bloomberg, we're not carrying your burdens.»

Cuomo once said the dilapidated Amtrak shaft carrying commuters under the Hudson River from New Jersey into Manhattan was «not my tunnel» when the federal government asked to put up state cash toward its repair, but today he insisted the project to refurbish the tube and construct a parallel conduit for trains is «desperately needed.»

When DOT was slow to take the tunnel idea seriously, Simon and other tunnel proponents sued the state and federal governments.

Sections 121 (3) and 162 (9) further guarantee fiscal independence for the judiciary, a fact now acknowledged by the other arms of Government with recent resolutions by the Federal and some State Governments to pay the judiciary its outstanding and future budgetary allocations as and when due.

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe described how top Gov. Andrew Cuomo aide Joe Percoco helped run the government when he was a campaign manager and helped arrange fundraisers with cloaked donors while working for the state, in testimony Tuesday at Percoco's federal bribery trial.

Diligent search and careful computation by the Economic Intelligence magazine, show that apart from the Federal Government that got N1.09 trillion, Akwa Ibom has the highest allocation among the states when it received N92.72 billion within the period under review with nine other states leading the pack.

We passed the first and most stringent microbead law in New York State, a law that was emulated by other counties and eventually pressured the federal government to act, which it did when it passed a nationwide ban earlier this year.

In June 2017, Rep. Robert Brady introduced a bill to automatically register eligible citizens to vote in federal elections when they interact with numerous state and federal government agencies; Sens. Patrick Leahy, Amy Klobuchar, and Dick Durbin cosponsored identical legislation in the Senate.

However, the Harrison Act did not prohibit heroin and cocaine, and it was overturned in 1925 in Linder v. the United States when the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government didn't have the authority to regulate medical practice.

For the first time ever, both the states and the Federal Government can not guarantee that salaries will be paid, as and when due.

In his words at the public hearing on constitution and electoral reform held at Ogun State Cultural Centre, Abeokuta today, Governor Fayose said; «Even when it inherited a working system that conducted elections adjudged as free and fair by local and international communities, INEC has failed consistently to replicate the inherited working system due to overzealousness and rabid passion to work as appendage of the federal government.

Tinubu, who is also a former Lagos State Governor, recalled how Ambode provided solutions to the financial crisis which engulfed the state during his tenure between 1999 and 2007 when the then Federal Government seized the monthly allocation of Lagos for 23 moState Governor, recalled how Ambode provided solutions to the financial crisis which engulfed the state during his tenure between 1999 and 2007 when the then Federal Government seized the monthly allocation of Lagos for 23 mostate during his tenure between 1999 and 2007 when the then Federal Government seized the monthly allocation of Lagos for 23 months.

Even when the PDP was at the federal level and they had all the force of government, we defeated them in Edo State.

Fuleihan (pictured) reiterated this concern as well, and also spoke of the dangers of shaky global markets and the lack of support from the state and federal governments, as de Blasio had when he presented the executive budget earlier this month.

Speaking through his adviser on public communications, Onyebuchi Ememanka, the Abia governor further explained: «When the over deductions were sorted out, the Federal Government and the 36 states including the FCT agreed that the states should get these funds back and discussions on the modalities commenced.

«When you add up the impact, if they would repeal or significantly amend the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, and the federal budget cuts that are being proposed, that would directly impact New York state and local governments,» DiNapoli says.

The statement added that the governor, who does not have the control of the police, had cried several times to the federal government when Fulani herdsmen were attacking Ussa, Takum, Bali, Gassol and other parts of the state without a response from the federal government.

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business -LSB-...]

The Federal Government is prosecuting Saraki before the Umar - led CCT on 16 counts of false asset declaration which he allegedly made between 2003 and 2011 when he served as Kwara State Governor.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo once claimed that the dilapidated Amtrak shaft carrying commuters under the Hudson River from New Jersey into Manhattan was «not my tunnel» when the federal government asked to put up state cash toward its repair — but today he insisted that the «Gateway» project to refurbish the tube and construct a parallel conduit for trains is «desperately needed,» and demanded President Donald Trump honor his predecessor's commitments to funding it.

He said when Rivers State had issues with kidnappings, the Federal Government and her agents plotted to declare a state of emergency instead of addressing the security challState had issues with kidnappings, the Federal Government and her agents plotted to declare a state of emergency instead of addressing the security challstate of emergency instead of addressing the security challenge.

I hate when I have to go to Washington and you know, let me run my state, why do I have to go to the federal government?

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business with.

Government watchdogs say that Schwartz's appointment would have had an impact when concerns about the bidding process were initially raised, but at this point many believe Cuomo is simply trying to obscure the scope of the federal probe and claim high ground as state integrity is questioned.

«Picking a number now, and saying this is going to be the number, and not knowing what's going to happen next week and next month and when the federal government passes the budget or when they don't pass the budget, or when they do the next continuing resolution, is very hard,» said Cuomo, who again mentioned that everyone will know a lot more from Washington by the end of May, which is when the state «extender» runs through.

In the past, when private industry backed away from ventures it deemed too risky, the state and federal government often picked up the slack.

And why give thirty or forty percent of your earnings to the federal, state and city governments when you can have the government pay yAnd why give thirty or forty percent of your earnings to the federal, state and city governments when you can have the government pay yand city governments when you can have the government pay you?

Most decisions are made locally; state governments set the direction and create conditions for success; and the federal government gets involved when something's become unjust.

The partnership, founded a little over a year ago, is made up of 100 education and arts organizations, foundations, businesses, and government agencies that want to make sure the arts are not left out when districts and states craft reform plans under the federal Goals 2000 program.

At the same time, the federal government lacks the capacity to design an accountability system that is appropriate to the needs of each state, and has a poor track record when attempting to dictate the required elements of efforts to improve under - performing schools.

There seems to be some interest in returning more control and autonomy not simply from the federal government to the states, but from states to local communities — so that communities can decide questions like when to close schools, whether to allow charter schools, and how to assign teachers.

We know that states and districts desperately need money, that they have a preference for preserving the status quo, and that when the federal government asks them to do things they're not fond of, they may just go through the motions.

But, under pressure from the federal government, most states tied the new assessments to accountability at a time when teachers» practice and local curriculum had not yet become fully aligned with new expectations.

When it comes to student privacy, an enormous concern of parents and families, Thornton reminds us that the Common Core is not a mechanism for federal data collection — the federal government does not have access to the student - level data held in state databases, and federal law prohibits the reporting of aggregate data that could identify individual students.

Last year, heeding calls for «local control» of education decisions and less invasive interventions in underperforming schools, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, granting states and local school boards, rather than the federal government, broad latitude in determining how to rate the performance of schools and how to intervene when performance lags.

Because, at least when it comes to education policy, just about everything he wants the federal government to do involves things that can't be done successfully from Washington but that well - led states can and should do: raise academic standards, evaluate teachers, give kids choices, and more.

«We should question the relevance of comparing so - called U.S. national student performance with average scores in other countries, when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems run by states and the District of Columbia, not the federal government,» said Carnoy.

This occurred in large part due to Sanders's (and others») lobbying efforts when the federal government ultimately choose to incentivize and de facto require that all states hold their teachers accountable for their value - added, or lack thereof, while attaching high - stakes consequences (e.g., teacher termination) to teachers» value - added estimates.

Too often districts, states, and the federal government don't have adequate strategies and supports when schools are identified as struggling.