governmental budgets

BERLIN – After voters shot down a $45.6-million general government budget and a $43.9-million school budget Tuesday, stating both were “too high,” the superintendent of schools is expressing his concern with the likely cuts to follow. “I'm disappointed,” said Brian Benigni, Superintendent of Berlin ...

By Ssebuliba Samuel. Parliament has been asked not to approve the ministry of local government budget for the financial year 2018/19 without the funds for induction of councilors in the 67 districts. In the next year budget , the ministry has asked for 4.2 billion to induct local councilors but this item has been ...

Tax and customs duties earned the government over 1,156 trillion rials ($27.52 billion), 14% more than the year before, to become the main source of government revenues, besides oil and sales of capital and financial assets. Tax revenues grew by 2% compared with government's proposed bill to stand at ...

Elected officials need to stop raiding special funds, which allows them to sustain a bloated government of Guam instead of making needed spending cuts. Sen. Frank Aguon Jr. has introduced a bill to revoke the increase to the liquid fuel tax passed last year, which goes to the Guam Highway Fund for road ...

University of Colorado Boulder student leaders met with campus officials Monday to discuss the next steps for the CU Student Government's budget, which Chancellor Phil DiStefano proposed slashing by more than 90 percent last week. Leaders of the executive and legislative branches of CUSG met with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The combined effects of President Trump's tax cuts and last month's budget-busting spending bill is sending the government's budget deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO report says that that the twin ...

Hundreds of University of Colorado Boulder students gathered on short notice for a rally on Thursday to call for the firing of Chancellor Phil DiStefano, following his decision to reduce CU Student Government's budget by more than 90 percent, which he announced Wednesday evening. In response to that, ...

PREMIUM The ongoing discussion on the current state of the government budget is reaching ever higher levels of complexity in the public discourse. Rather than outlining crystal-clear arguments, interested parties tend to increasingly highlight political nuances and muddle the debate by comparing apples ...

The $56.5 million schoo and general government budget, likely faces a difficult road to approval given the projected tax increase. “It's a difficult year as most people realize, and a lot of that is due to two things,” said Linda Davis, the chairwoman of Town Council. “There's a reduction in revenue from the state ...

The Cabinet plans to minimize the budget for the symbolic Taiwan Provincial Government, Premier William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday. Lai made the remarks during a question-and-answer session with New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Lim showed ...

Chief Hunt apparently did not comply with the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act by failing to provide written notification to Mayor/Council when his office exceeded its fiscal operating budget. Chief of Police has continuously stated he did not get a copy of his budget. I am sure if he really wanted a ...

Minister of Finance Audley Shaw (left) holds up a paper declaring 'NO NEW TAXES' for the 2018/19 fiscal year, while Prime Minister Andrew Holness (right), and other Members of Parliament show their support. (Photo: JIS). KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday March 9, 2018 – Finance Minister Audley Shaw ...

SOMERSET — Town Administrator Richard Brown said the operating budget proposal for general government for Fiscal Year 2019 would represent a 2.4 percent increase over the current fiscal year. Brown said the town knows that it will have to contend with revenue that could be lost from the Brayton ...

Preston – The Board of Selectmen on Monday approved a proposed 2018-19 town government budget of $3.6 million that calls for keeping two resident state troopers, adding a second weekend paid firefighter to evening shifts and hiring a construction firm to oversee remediation of the former Norwich ...

... "...Two years and four months ago, the Liberal Party was elected to national government in Canada on a platform of increasing government spending and tackling some of the country's most glaring social injustices. On February 27, 2018, the government presented a national budget to Parliament.

On February 20, 2018, the BC Government released the 2018 Provincial Budget (the “Budget”). The Budget is highlighted with a wide range of real estate initiatives aimed at increasing transparency and housing affordability. Here are the key points you need to know: Introduction of a Speculation Tax.

Former President John Mahama says government is having challenges to meet some of its obligations as a result of the huge impact the Free Senior High School implementation is having on its finances. He said activities at some state institutions, including National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) and ...

The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) is having difficulties in receiving the necessary budget money from the government, the Chairman of the NOC, Mustafa Sanallah, said on Monday. “This could reduce production. The entire sector is suffering from these problems because of delays in the finance ...

Generic Drug Makers Hurt By Latest Federal Government Budget. The Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act, a measure aimed at making it easier for generic drug companies to research name brand drugs, was left out of the final budget. ByBill Meagher. Feb 9, 2018 5:34 PM EST.

“The government budget process is broken, and the result has been a long-term habit of irresponsible short-term funding. The House passed every single appropriations bill by last September when the fiscal year ended, and it is incredibly disheartening that a minority in the Senate blocked those funding ...

In case you're keeping score, we're two government shutdowns deep, and still no deal on DACA. After a brief shutdown last night, Congress passed another temporary budget resolution to fund the federal government through March 23. But unless a new immigration deal is reached, the DACA program, ...

A top White House aide Wednesday afternoon announced a deal on a 2-year budget pact that will keep the government opened. The deal calls for huge increases for defense, domestic programs. The Latest on Congress and spending legislation (all times local): 1:50 p.m.. The White House is praising a ...

East Lyme — The first selectman presented on Wednesday a proposed town government budget for 2018-19 with a zero percent increase. Citing the impact of the state's budgetary crisis on municipalities, First Selectman Mark Nickerson told the Board of Selectmen in his budget proposal that he focused on ...

The Morris County Board of Freeholders approved a 2018 county government budget last night that will cost homeowners an average of just $1.67 more annually in county taxes (based on an average property of $419,062) to fund services and programs provided by Morris County government. The $305.8 ...

Slovenia has been gradually reducing its government budget deficit since 2013, when it peaked at 15% of GDP. Meanwhile, the general government debt has been increasing. In 2017, it rose by 0.3% to EUR 31.86bn or 73.6% of GDP. Because of the GDP growth in nominal terms, the figure is 6.7% lower ...

Included in the government budget is the "Stop School Violence Act." It will all allocate federal money to states, allowing them to set up systems to find people who own guns and are considered dangerous. "What we're working on now, bipartisan, is what's called a "red flag" law and we already have that in ...

BERLIN – Voters shot down a $45.6-million general government budget and a $43.9-million school budget Tuesday, stating both were “too high.” “We're going to roll up our sleeves and start all over again,” said Sam Lomaglio, Republican Board of Finance chairman. “We've heard the voters.” According to ...

Turkey's central government's budget balance saw a deficit of 1.9 billion Turkish Liras ($502 million) in February, Finance Minister Naci Ağbal announced on March 15. The country's budget revenues rose 30.1 percent to 61 billion liras ($16.14 billion) last month compared to the same month of last year, ...

Greece's central government attained a primary budget surplus of 2.75 billion euros in the first two months of the year, well above its target thanks to higher tax revenues and lower spending, finance ministry data showed on Wednesday. The government was targeting a primary budget surplus - which ...

Lawmakers begin debate on Colorado's 2018-19 state government budget. By Marianne Goodland As originally reported by Colorado Politics. Monday, March 26, 2018 11:22 AM. Updated 23 hours 29 minutes ago. Colorado lawmakers have begun to work on the 2018-19 budget, as contained in the Long Appropriations ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Morris County homeowners will pay an average of just $1.67 more annually in county taxes this year to fund services and programs provided by Morris County government through the 2018 county budget introduced by a 6-0 vote of the Board of Freeholders last night in Morristown.

Azzam Al-Ahmed (L), a senior Fatah official and head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh (C) and deputy speaker of Palestinian Parliament Ahmed Bahar attend a meeting in Gaza City April 22, 2014. Mohammed Salem/Reuters. Ramallah - Kifah Ziboun. Hamas rejected the budget approved by the ...