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Ethereum World News (blog)
April 21, 2018
The founder of Tron Foundation, Justin Sun, has stated that a $100,000 Tron loan has been earmarked for the 'Discovery of Your Brilliance' in the community to enhance Tron Foundation. In a message shared on socio-blogging platform, Medium, Sun said the Tron Loan will reflect the team's unflinchingÃâà...
VCCircle
April 20, 2018
US-based impact investment foundation Gray Matters Capital is planning to invest about $40 million (about Rs 264 crore) over the next two years (until 2020) in India's education .... To read the Full Story. SUBSCRIBE; LOGIN. Definitive news, exclusives, analyses and videos. Exclusive reporting, expertÃâà...
SlashGear
April 20, 2018
Nest is helping address the energy burden in America with Power Project, an initiative that earmarks 1 million Nest Thermostat E units for low-income homes. The devices will be provided to needy homes in partnership with energy companies, non-profits, and housing agencies over the next five years, saysÃâà...
The Topeka Capital-Journal
April 20, 2018
Buhler revised her motion to arrange for the commission to instead earmark $3 million for deferred maintenance in parks and recreation after Cook asked if she would be willing to do that. Commissioners had voted Feb. 1 to set aside the $6 million to carry out projects at the Kansas Expocentre and in parksÃâà...
R Street
April 4, 2018
Earmark opponents have long contended that the practice facilitated deficit-spending on questionable projects and created a culture of corruption. In part due to these concerns, House Republicans banned earmarks in 2011. Similarly, Senate Republicans, though still in the minority after the previous year'sÃâà...
The Hill
March 28, 2018
C.) offered the legislation, which would forbid Congress from passing a bill that included an earmark. “Earmarks encourage the worst behavior because they tempt people in Congress to steal taxpayer money to benefit big contributors or grease their own reelection,” Budd said. Budd is the only one of theÃâà...
WTOP
March 26, 2018
Because the congressional budgeting process has become so dysfunctional, many suggest that a return to earmarks, popularly known as “pork-barrel spending,” would grease the wheels for appropriations bills. An earmark is money provided for an individual project in an elected official's district, as a wayÃâà...
P.M. News
March 20, 2018
Ondo State government has said it had earmarked about N50 billion in the 2018 budget for rehabilitation of roads in the state toward making them free of potholes. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Yemi Olowolabi said this in an interview with journalists on Tuesday in Akure. OlowolabiÃâà...
DatacenterDynamics
March 20, 2018
The City of Shelby in Montana has identified 10 parcels of land that could serve as suitable locations for data centers. All sites have a reliable power supply and access to connectivity from Tier I providers. The city highlights that any sufficiently large project would also benefit from property tax breaksÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 17, 2018
Mitsubishi Motors earmarks $5.6bn for R&D and capital investment. Japanese automaker aims to lift already stellar ROE to 15% by fiscal 2019. MASAMICHI HOSHI, Nikkei staff writer. A Mitsubishi Motors Eclipse Cross sport utility vehicle. The company's strategy of focusing on high-margin SUVs has workedÃâà...
The Rushville Republican
March 13, 2018
INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb asked the Indiana General Assembly on Friday to authorize an additional $5 million for school safety programs in response to last month's 17 shooting deaths at a Florida high school. The increase would expand the Secured School Safety program, which authorizesÃâà...
Greensburg Daily News
March 10, 2018
INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb asked the Indiana General Assembly on Friday to authorize an additional $5 million for school safety programs in response to last month's 17 shooting deaths at a Florida high school. The increase would expand the Secured School Safety program, which authorizesÃâà...
Newsandtribune
March 9, 2018
Gov. Eric Holcomb asked the Indiana General Assembly on Friday to authorize an additional $5 million for school safety programs in response to last month's 17 shooting deaths at a Florida high school. The increase would expand the Secured School Safety program, which authorizes grants for schoolÃâà...
6abc.com
March 9, 2018
Philly mayor earmarks millions for repairing potholes. Chad Pradelli reports during Action News at 5 p.m. on March 9, 2018. (WPVI). WPVI. By Chad Pradelli. Friday, March 09, 2018 08:36PM. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) --. The weather this year has been a recipe for potholes, and if it seems there are more potholes this year,Ãâà...
Sierra Star
March 9, 2018
Third, earmarks harm the central tenet of federalism: that local projects should be financed by local governments, and national expenditures should be reserved for the nation's general welfare. A congressman who requests an earmark for his district ends up voting for thousands of other earmarks in otherÃâà...
Quad-Cities Online
March 8, 2018
Moreover, it's hard to argue that banning earmarks led to a new era of fiscal probity. The federal debt has increased by more than $5 trillion since the earmark ban seven years ago. Congress eliminated earmarks in 2011 after some high-profile and highly questionable projects made it through a poorlyÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 6, 2018
Ohio's capital budget earmarks $31 million for higher education, cultural organizations in Summit County. Updated March 5, 2018 at 4:23 PM ; Posted March 5, 2018 at 4:22 PM. The state's proposed 2019-20 capital budget includes $550,000 for improvements at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens. ( Ian Adams ). Comment.
Roll Call
March 5, 2018
A far more realistic and effective approach would be to bring back earmarks — those often-lampooned funds for projects in a lawmaker's district. Critics accuse ... of fiscal probity. It's worth noting that the federal debt has increased by more than $5 trillion since the earmark ban took effect seven years ago.
PBS NewsHour
March 3, 2018
As Congress gears up for its third spending battle in as many months, a growing number of lawmakers from both parties are calling for a repeal of the earmark ban, arguing that an updated version of the old-school spending system could foster bipartisanship in budget debates and help avert futureÃâà...
Governing
February 12, 2018
But in recent weeks Trump has repeatedly evoked a time when, thanks in part to earmarks, Congress had an easier time getting things done. “Our system lends itself to not getting things done, and I hear so much about earmarks — the old earmark system — how there was a great friendliness when you hadÃâà...
San Antonio Express-News
February 6, 2018
“The earmark, I believe, is an acceptable practice,” said Judy Canales, a former Agriculture Department administrator based in Eagle Pass. “You don't run the entire government that way, but I think it can be a tool.” Before Congress instituted its earmarks moratorium, earmarks accounted for less than 1Ãâà...
The Architect's Newspaper
December 31, 1999
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has announced his intention to declare a so-called “shelter crisis” in the city, announcing $20 million in new funding for emergency shelter services like tents, trailers, and temporary shelters. The new program—called “A Bridge Home”—will pave the way for the municipalityÃâà...
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
December 31, 1999
Moreover, it's hard to argue that banning earmarks led to a new era of fiscal probity. It's worth noting that the federal debt has increased by more than $5 trillion since the earmark ban took effect seven years ago. Congress eliminated earmarks in 2011 after some high-profile and highly questionable projectsÃâà...
Roll Call
December 31, 1999
A far more realistic and effective approach would be to bring back earmarks — those often-lampooned funds for projects in a lawmaker's district. Critics accuse ... of fiscal probity. It's worth noting that the federal debt has increased by more than $5 trillion since the earmark ban took effect seven years ago.
MyMotherLode.com (blog)
December 31, 1999
Worthy projects do not need earmarks if appropriations are spent by the executive according to well established open-bid procedures. Earmarks are only required to protect unworthy projects from merit-driven competition. And even if there is such a thing as a “good” earmark, the price invariably isÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
December 31, 1999
Inouye, diametrically opposed to Obey, remained completely supportive of the earmark process, understanding that technologies funded by earmarks jump-started defense research programs by saving money and years in the normal military weapons development process. However, with the HouseÃâà...
