Podcasts about state aid

In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Sophie Bertin. You know that feeling when everything looks good on paper, a great job, supportive colleagues, a solid paycheck, but something inside keeps whispering, this isn't it! That was Sophie. She had a comfortable life, but comfort wasn't enough. It took a spark - an unexpected stat about entrepreneurs from a business school dean when Sophie was at a less-than-satisfying moment in her career - for her to realize: “Why am I in the 50% who haven't taken the leap?” That catalyzed her turning point. Sophie Bertin has a varied career path, from strategic consultancy, to banking operations, to the European Commission and now turned entrepreneur. She recently founded Serapy with the aim of improving corporate compliance training through the combination of simulations, gamification, role play and online tools. Serapy uses the latest educational theories to provide trainings with increased retention rate, and combines that with AI tools to enhance the learning process. Serapy is currently present in Switzerland, Bulgaria, Portugal, France and the UAE. Serapy has been accepted in the incubation program of the Unicorn Factory Lisbon and of Station F in Paris. In addition to Serapy, Sophie has her own consultancy (Parnima Consulting) since 2016, where she works with top legal and regulatory firms, consultancy firms and financial clients on EU Regulations in the area of Financial Services, Foreign Subsidies and State Aid. She also serves as independent board member of Eastnets, a leading provider of AML, SWIFT and payments solutions. She sits on the Remuneration, Nomination and Governance Committee. Before becoming entrepreneur, Sophie was Group Head of Corporate Development and Managing Director of SIX Group (in Switzerland), in charge of strategy development, innovation and regulatory affairs. During the Financial Crisis, she served as Head of Unit at the Directorate General for Competition within the European Commission. There, she was responsible for the review and approval of the State aid provided by Member States to the financial services (mostly banks) during the financial crisis of 2008-2014. Prior to her role with the European Commission, Sophie held senior positions within SWIFT, where she was globally in charge of Asset Servicing; with The Bank of New York Mellon; and worked with the top consultancies McKinsey and later Bain &Co. She started her career path as IT and database programmer, which is very helpful now with the latest AI tools she uses in her start-up. She started her studies in Vienna, graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, holds an MBA from INSEAD and a post-graduate diploma in EU Competition Law from King's College. She holds also a diploma from the Swiss Board Institute. She is member of the Executive Committee of the INSEAD Alumni organization, and she is also the founder and president of the global INSEAD Women in Business Club. Recently, she finished an advanced AI Mastery class and won the award for the best AI Application Builder. She is promoting and advocating for AI literacy among women and through the INSEAD Women in Business Club organizes events for Women in AI.

The Best Beginnings Scholarship Program offers Montana families financial support for child care costs. But, cultural differences make it difficult for some tribal communities to qualify for the program.

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Martin had a long chat with his co-conspirator, Matt McGranaghan, in relation to the two cases they are currently working on with RTE staff in the workplace Relations Commission. This also a good insight into where the political landscape is when it comes to protecting workers in the face of systemic corruption. The Grace Blakeley podcast on Trump 2.0 is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-125909419 Support Dignity for Palestine here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-your-124980167

Please note: this episode was recorded some time ago and hence some of the references to days and dates are off. In this episode Grahame and Harriet discuss the principles of State Aid and how they were applied in 2024's Apple Case. They discuss the underlying issues of state aid and take the listener through the Apple judgment. Their conclusion is that whilst Apple does not break new ground, it does bring together the principles of State Aid into a single and very important judgment.

Academics dancing around the "state aid" issue. Private schools call for national funding boost to offset new state tax. Elite private schools whine about cuts to their MILLIONS in over-funding. PHD students earning next to the minimum, discouraging new generations from further education. UK - small gain through taxes not enough to save broken state education.Great State School of the week - Mount Evelyn Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info       

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 21st 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell

State Aid to Church Schools - A Cancer in the Body Politic. The religous school funding decision that flouted the constitution. Funding review for Melbourne private school swimming in cash, Tasmania signs federal funding agreement locking in inequality. US - a review of both parties education policies. UK - several different countries' emabassies criticise Government plan to levy a tax on private schools.Great State School of the week - Woodside Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

The history of state aid to private schools - a contested space. Vic rejects funding offer, creating a stalemate. The conditions that make being a teacher almost unmanageable. Majority of NSW private schools recieving morer funding than public schools. US - article on ending US culture warws and moreGreat State School of the week- Bungendore High Schoolwww.adogs.info

Send us a textTax Notes contributing editor Ryan Finley breaks down the EU Court of Justice's recent ruling that Ireland granted €13 billion of unlawful state aid to Apple and its implications for state aid analysis. For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:Irish Finance Minister Defends Tax System After Apple DecisionCJEU Reinstates €13 Billion State Aid Decision Against AppleFollow us on X:Ryan Finley: @ryanmfinleyDavid Stewart: @TaxStewTax Notes: @TaxNotes***CreditsHost: David D. StewartExecutive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige JonesShowrunner: Jordan ParrishAudio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton RhodesGuest Relations: Alexis Hart

Mayor Brad Cohen was elected to the office in November 2016. The Mayor began his public career in 2010 when he was elected to the East Brunswick Board of Education. Working with a dedicated group of Board members, he helped navigate the schools through difficult economic times in the wake of the Recession and the draconian cuts in State Aid. He was named Board President in 2014 and helped select the new Superintendent of Schools. Balancing fiscal responsibilities with massive needs in information technology, strategic planning, and infrastructure, the future Mayor chose to use his skills to improve the quality of life for all the residents of East Brunswick.

FEATURE: Governor's budget plan could cost rural schools millions of dollars in state aid

2 years ago President Biden introduced a bill deceptively called the Inflation Reduction Act. It was designed to stimulate the post COVID US economy and kickstart the move away from fossil fuels through grants and subsidies worth almost €1trillion. It poses a major threat to EU nations though as State Aid rules forbid member states subsiding their own national companies. But a work around designed to prevent Europeans companies moving to the US could end up harming businesses in smaller EU nations such as Ireland. Speaking to Joe was Colm Markey is the MEP for the Midlands and North West.

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Ralph Ivey covers the latest stories and trends across the market: Northvolt has secured €902 million in support from the German government for a new battery production plant in the city of Heide A new joint venture between Sonatrach and Ronesans is looking for €1 billion in financing to support a new petrochemicals facility The metals trader Gerald Group has closed its annual revolving credit facility at $185 million Like what you hear? Hit subscribe to stay up to date and for all the latest news online visit www.txfnews.com today.

Politicians, official reports and commentariat seeking compromise in the state aid fiasco. "Dogs breakfast" philanthropy laws contributing to private school over-funding. New review makes groundbreaking call for transformation of Australian education. New report wants more funding and better support for Australian schools. Private schools show biggest decline in PISA rankings. US- extreme right groups like ADF (Alliance Defending Freedom) have destroying public education on thei agenda.Great State School of the week- University High Schoolwww.adogs.info

December 4, 2023 Rockingham County Board of Commissioners MeetingAGENDAI. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN RICHARDSON2. INVOCATION - Pastor James Tharrington, Evangel Fellowship Reidsville Church of God in Christ3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE4. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING - ROCKINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSLance L. Metzler, County Manager - Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman - Year 20245. RECOGNITION - LANCE METZLER, COUNTY MANAGERApproval - Recognition of the participants of the inaugural Employee Academy. The Employee Academy was a five-week program created to give County employees the opportunity to gain a better understanding of each department's duties and responsibilities through presentations, tours and activities. This program was created in the image of a Citizens' Academy, specifically designed to address the concerns of Interdepartmental communication, employee relationship building, and knowledge of services identified in the 2021-2022 Employee Satisfaction Survey.6. RECOGNITION - LANCE METZLER, COUNTY MANAGERApproval - Resolution supporting Israel as it defends itself against the attack of the terrorist organization Hamas.7. RECOGNITION - LANCE METZLER COUNTY MANAGERApproval - Proclamation for Livable Rockingham County8. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 4, 2023 AG ENDA9 CONSENT AG ENDA (Consent items as follows will be adopted with a Single motion, second and vote, unless a request for removal from the Consent Agenda is heard from a Commissioner)A) Pat Galloway, Finance Director1. Approval - Increase Library budget $32,323 due to increase in FY 23-24 allocation of State Aid for Public Libraries. Additional funds will be used for Book and AV materials.2. Approval - Appropriate $200 from the donated house sale proceeds to cover the lawn care service provided to get the home ready to be sold.3. Approval - Letter to the NC Department of State Treasurer, Local Government Commission, in response to the Financial Performance Indicators of Concern (FPIC) that were identified based on the information presented in the audited financial statements as of June 30, 2023.4. Approval - Increase Animal Shelter budget $20,925 to install an enclosure in the back of the facility with additional fencing and to provide a driveway access. Funding are proceeds from the sale of a house donated to the animal shelter.B) Todd Hurst, Tax Administrator1. Approval - Tax refunds for November 8, 2023 thru November 14, 2023.2. Approval - Resolution adopting the proposed schedules, standards and rules for the appraisal of all real property in Rockingham County effective January 1, 2024.C) Trey Wright, Health DirectorI. Approval - Replace Prevnar 13 TM Vaccine CPT Code 90670 - $262 with Prevnar 20CPT Code 90677 - $3 15 due to price increases from manufacturer.2. Approval - Fee Schedule price increases due to increase from manufacturer:D) Crystal Norman, PTRC Ombudsman for Rockingham CountyApproval - Appointment of Jan Bellard to the Rockingham Joint Community Advisory CommitteeE) Ronnie Tate, Director of Engineering and Public UtilitiesApproval - 2024 Rockingham County Landfill Holiday Schedule. Schedule was approved by the Solid Waste Committee at its' November 15, 2023 meeting.10. PUBLIC COMMENT11.. Clark Pennington and Cherokee Motes, Independence FundVeteran Diversion Program for the Court System12. Derek Southern, Assistant County ManagerApproval- Budget Amendment for the project. Budget is $263,262.00, funding for project to come from Rockingham County General Fund. Relocation of Libr3lY Administration Services to Stoneville Library will allow the closure of the Library Administration building in Eden.13. NEW BUSINESS14. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS15. ADJOURN

Bishop & Taylor chew over the autumn statement and late paying clients, discuss why Grenfell Tower still stands, and question whether state aid should go to a company owned by Persimmon and Goldman Sachs.

It's claimed further investment in Shannon Airport is vital to generate development and job creation in the MidWest region. It follows the publication of the Shannon Economic Report by Oxford University, which found that activity at the airport contributes €3.96bn to Irish Gross Domestic Product (GDP) each year. The findings also show that the disproprtionate number of flights being handled at Dublin would create significant risks for the national economy in the event of technical failures or labour shortages. CEO of Shannon Airport Group, Mary Considine says its vital that government heed the advice.

www.commsolutionsmn.com-  Ramsey County is trying to pass a $842 million budget, and there is no expense spared. It's 750 pages of endless spending to the tune of almost $1 billion. They have huge personnel costs, as they have well over 4,000 employees. There is all sorts of state aid and federal aid, mixed with bonding, to meet the demands that they have laid out. Ramsey County has hundreds of millions in debt. That's a ton of extra money that its residents are paying just in interest payments. Ramsey County doesn't care. You're just an open wallet to them, and most governing bodies have the same attitude. We also discuss the $535 million funding gap for Southwest Light Rail. Hennepin County and the Met Council decided to get together for a little "Let's Make A Deal" to cover this endless financial sinkhole. Have you checked out our Spotify playlist? At the beginning of each episode, Jason quotes some song lyrics that have to do with the subject matter of the podcast. Andrew never knows what they are, but now he can… and so can you! We've launched the Spotify playlist: “Community Solutions Music From the Podcast!” You can listen to Roundabout from Yes after listing to Episode 30 on Roundabouts… or kick back and enjoy a rocking playlist just for the thrill of it. We add a new song every week. Subscribe and enjoy! Don't forget that you can also subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify!

Teacher shortages and the state aid issue. School autonomy and social justice in education. Labor threatens to remove 'secular' from education policy wording. US- Private/charter school teachers do not need any formal degrees or education training. UK- time to end mandatory Christian belief to enter publicly funded schools.Great State School of the week- Whittlesea Primarywww,adogs.info

Doug McHoney (PwC's International Tax Services Global Leader) is at PwC's Global Financial Services Tax Leaders Meeting in Paris where he is joined by Will Morris, recently named PwC's Global Tax Policy Leader. Together, they dive into the European Union's Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). They start with the origin story, how it intersects with State Aid, how taxpayers can be compliant, the necessity for collecting and saving data and information, consequences for failing to comply, and the challenges that taxpayers will face in the coming years, whether or not they currently do business in the European Union.

In this episode of S&C's Critical Insights, Juan Rodriguez, Co-Head of S&C's European Competition Group and the Firm's Antitrust Group, and associate Marielena Doeding discuss the European Court of Justice's ruling in the Fiat case and its implication for future state aid investigations. This landmark judgment—in which the Court of Justice annulled a General Court judgment and European Commission decision –clarified the parameters under which the Commission may investigate individual tax rulings under state aid rules. Although the judgment reaffirms that the Commission may investigate tax measures for compliance with state aid rules, in doing so, it cannot apply its own version of the arm's length principle to tax measures; in particular, it cannot apply the arm's length principle to tax measures in jurisdictions unless – and then only to the extent that – the law of the jurisdiction incorporates that principle. Instead, the Commission must carefully consider national tax rules to assess whether or not a measure confers a selective advantage for state aid purposes. Sullivan & Cromwell represented Fiat in this litigation. 

The European Commission has loosened state-aid rules in a bid to compete with the US Inflation Reduction Act in providing subsidies for green technology. The move comes in the wake of several high-profile European battery manufactures having indicated they are considering building factories in the US. Listen to a discussion on the main hurdles facing the battery and storage sector and how fresh regulation may spur manufacturers to stay in Europe.Host: Richard Sverrisson, Editor-in-Chief, MontelGuest: Giorgio Corbetta, EU Affairs Director, Eurobat

The European Union will allow members to offer subsidies that match those offered by the US Inflation Reduction Act to prevent an exodus of green energy projects. The White House's $369 billion initiative has been criticised by many countries, which fear it could attract local companies to move across the Atlantic. Roger Hearing discusses this and more business news with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Stefanie Yuen Thio, joint managing partner at TSMP Law in Singapore, and Tony Nash, chief economist at Complete Intelligence in Texas. (Picture: A worker installs solar panels on the roof of a farmstead barn in Germany. Picture credit: Reuters)

The EU has loosened its own rules on state aid to be more competitive against America's sweeping green subsidies. Member states may be able to match the incentives offered by other countries, in order to keep clean tech businesses from shifting their investment. They aren't the only players in the game though: Latin America is poised to become a major producer of renewable energy over the next decade. We take a closer look.

Gov. Evers will unveil his full two-year spending plan to the GOP-controlled legislature on Wednesday and has already revealed several priorities. For example, he's calling for 20% of the state's sales tax collection to go toward municipalities and counties. What are the chances these will push through the legislature?

In this episode we talk about the EU's proposal to match the US state aid under its Inflation Reduction Act. We also take a look at how effective sanctions on Russia's refined oil products will be.

Title 42 has been used to turn away migrants at the Mexican border 2.5 million times since it started in 2020 under the Trump Administration. Republican political leaders in San Diego's East County are asking the state and federal government for resources to help the county aid migrants when Title 42 lifts. Then, headlines suggest thousands of migrants are waiting at the border to request asylum when Title 42 goes away. How many migrants are actually waiting to request asylum? And, at the age of 9, author Javier Zamora fled the violence and chaos of the 12-year civil war in El Salvador and embarked on a 3,000-mile journey to safety with his mother. This journey, and the perils Zamora faced along the way, is the subject of his memoir, “Solito.” Next, tamales are a Mexican Christmas tradition that has been filling bellies for centuries. We hear from a master tamale maker – who has been making them for almost 70 years – about the most important tamale ingredient. Next, the National Guard was about 9,000 troops short of its recruiting goal this year. That's caused Guard leaders to try new ways to persuade people to join. Finally, “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie, KPBS' Beth Accomando makes the case and shares her top 12 Christmas action films list.

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson talk with lawmakers as they continue their push for more financial help from state government.

Gary & Dylan discuss new land trust awards to protect various forests across the state, including around Lake George. Also discussed: National Fire Prevention Week, a new location for Coffee And in Greenwich, a Bolton man arrested for firing a shotgun at a person near his property, and the announcement of new state aid for library renovations. 00:02 - Intro 00:36 - Ad Break 1 01:15 - Story 1: Fire Prevention Week 02:12 - Story 2: Coffee And Coming to Greenwich 03:27 - Ad Break 2 03:47 - Story 3: New Forest Protection Efforts 05:13 - Story 4: Bolton Man Fires Gun at Person Near His Property 05:59 - Story 5: State Aid for Library Repairs 06:57 - Outro Fire Prevention Week - News 10 Coffee And Coming to Greenwich - News 10 New Forest Protection Efforts - News 10 Bolton Man Fires Gun at Person Near His Property - Post Star State Aid for Library Repairs - The Sun

The topic of discussion in this episode is the EU State Aid regime and its post Brexit descendant. Grahame and Harriet speak with Professor Philip Baker QC, unrivalled expert in all things tax. Professor Baker teaches at Oxford University and is a barrister with Field Court Tax Chambers. He is one of the most respected in his field globally.

State aid has proven bad for religion as census data shows that the nation has drifted away from Christianity.  If you fail teachers, you are failing children. Hundreds of private schools overfunded by hundreds of millions, education economist finds. Ensuring the highest quality public education.Great State School of the week- Bright P-12 Collegewww.adogs.info

Hello Interactors,Most people think roads were planned, designed, and built for cars, but that’s not true. They’re public spaces intended to bring social and economic benefit by increasing mobility. Economically they’re successful, but socially they not only are failing us…they’re killing us.As interactors, you’re special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You’re also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let’s go…WALKING AND BIKING TO DEATHToday is “Bike Everywhere Day” in the Seattle area. Once known as “Bike to Work Day”, it would typically inspire an estimated 20,000 people to grease the chain, pump up the tires, strap on the helmet, and tepidly merge into the smooth, rolling polluted river of concrete nestling up alongside menacing machines of masculinity hastily rushing to work. Commuting patterns have been disrupted by Covid the last couple years. But with the League of American Bicyclists declaring May as “Bike Everywhere Month” commuting to and from work isn’t the only reason to slide onto the saddle. If you dare to do so.According to the CDC, “bicycle trips make up only 1% of all trips in the United States. However, bicyclists account for over 2% of people who die in a crash involving a motor vehicle on our nation’s roads.” It’s important to note the CDC use the human-centered word ‘bicyclist’ to describe the victim but an object-oriented word ‘motor vehicle’ to describe the killer. It’s not the motor vehicle’s fault these people died, it’s the fault of motorists. As gun enthusiasts like to remind us, ‘guns don’t kill people, people do.’ The same is true for cars and both machines can be violent killers. The CDC report “Nearly 1,000 bicyclists dying and over 130,000 injured in crashes that occur on roads in the United States every year.” But that’s only those reported. Most cyclists, especially in disadvantaged communities, don’t bother reporting crashes. And not all police nor hospitals report or rate car-related bike and pedestrian injuries consistently…if at all. And different sources report different numbers.The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports “425,910 emergency department-treated injuries associated with bicycles and bicycle accessories in 2020.” The National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations reports “932 bicyclists were killed in motor-vehicle traffic crashes in 2020, an 8.9% increase from 856 in 2019.” The U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week that 43,000 people died on roadways in 2021 – the highest since tracking began in 1975.That’s a 10% percent increase over 2020. Pedestrian fatalities were up 13% and bicycle fatalities were up 5%. They note that during Covid speeding offenses climbed causing a 17% increase in speed-related fatalities between 2019 and 2020 and a 5% increase prior to 2019. It’s unclear how speed factors in the increase in pedestrian and bicyclist deaths during this time, but there is no denying that speed kills.The Transport Research Laboratory out of the UK compared multiple datasets of ‘pedestrians killed’ by the ‘front of a car’ (again comparing people to an object) to better understand the relationship between speed and risk of fatal injury to pedestrians. They concluded “The risk increases slowly until impact speeds of around 30 mph. Above this speed, risk increases rapidly – the increase is between 3.5 and 5.5 times from 30 mph to 40 mph.” This applies to cyclists as well. Choosing to bike on roads in America comes with a risk of dying that is nearly five times greater than choosing to drive a car. And the odds of dying in a car accident are already relatively high – 1 in 101 – the eighth largest risk just behind suicide and opioids in 2020.The ugly truth is the ongoing and rising deaths and injuries to cyclists and pedestrians at the hands of motorists is a seemingly necessary cost to uphold the freedom, comfort, and convenience of automobility that many enjoy. Our political and public administrative services care about saving lives, but evidently not if it means changing road designs, land-use policies, travel patterns, restricting access to some roads, or – heaven forbid – creating viable ways to ditch the car should you choose.But this country did once care about saving lives on the road. As the post-WWII boom in cars and roads continued to balloon so did car-related deaths. Federal, state, and local governments rallied to make cars and roads safe for motorists. The same is true for new bikes purchased for baby boomers. When kids were getting injured and killed on their bikes in the 60s and 70s due to poor design and construction, consumer protection agencies cracked down on manufacturers and the federal government almost made it illegal to bike on the street.It was a bike enthusiast out of Davis, California, John Forester, who fought for a cyclist’s right to use public roads. But as a confident cyclist, and self-proclaimed engineering expert, who prided himself on his ability to ride in traffic, he advocated for ‘vehicular cycling’ which meant treating a cyclist more like a motorist than a pedestrian. He even claimed protected or separated bike lanes were more dangerous than riding with traffic. He was making that claim up until he died in 2020. But he mostly was a bike snob who didn’t want to be burdened with having to share space with kids and slower everyday cyclists on a bike path, so he made it his lifelong ambition to tank efforts to build safer bike infrastructure. Though, it was elite bicycle enthusiasts like him we have to thank for the existence of paved American roads in the first place.A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN“Every person has an equal right to travel on the highways, either on foot or with his own conveyance, team, or vehicle. This right is older than our constitutions and statutes … The supreme rule of the road is, Thou shalt use it so as to interfere as little as possible with the equal right of every other person to use it at the same time …”This was written in 1897 by a patent attorney named Charles Pratt. He was one of three men who started the League of American Wheelman (L.A.W) in 1880. Now called the League of American Bicyclists, they’re the leading sponsor of today’s “Bike Everywhere Day.” Pratt was joined by a bike importer, Frank Weston, and writer, adventurer, conservationist, Kirk Munroe. Together they grew the L.A.W. to become one of the most influential and powerful organizations of their time. They are also the originators of America’s paved roads.In 1888 the L.A.W. members voted to fund the National Committee for Highway Improvement. Their first publication served as a textbook for road construction called, Making and Mending Good Roads & Nature and Use of Asphalt for Paving. Fifteen-thousand copies were printed and sent to state legislators as well as county, city, and town officials. But they also solicited bike manufacturers and dealers, road construction and pavement companies, and equipment manufacturers. Asphalt and pavement companies eagerly offered their support and financial contributions to the effort.One of the members of the L.A.W., Civil War Colonel and bicycle manufacturer (who later made electric cars), Albert Pope, was one of the most eager supporters of what became the ‘Good Roads Movement.’ In 1889 he offered an upfront contribution of $350 with an offer to fund whatever was necessary to build good roads writing: “Go ahead with the work…and we will pay the whole or any part of the expense you desire.”        If this sounds like a bunch of wealthy cycle enthusiasts coming together to design, fund, and build public roads across America, it is. Recall this is the same model used to build the rail system across the United States in the 1840s. Federal or state funding, or government sponsorship of any public transportation, was not on the minds of elite power brokers of the 19th century…or the 18th century for that matter. Road and highway design, construction, and maintenance was believed to be the job of local governments in partnership with private parties. One L.A.W. member from New York, A.J. Shriver, wrote in 1889 that federal funding of roads was “Socialistic” and thereby “unconstitutional.”But these beliefs and attitudes were largely coming from wealthy urban elites. Bicycling, after all, was something the privileged class enjoyed as a kind of hobby. But in the rural countryside attitudes were different. Most farmers were responsible for maintaining the roads along their property and believed they ‘owned’ them. They were also leery of wealthy city-slickers offering opinions on how ‘their’ roads were to be designed, used, and by whom.The L.A.W. drafted legislation in 1889 calling for a state tax to fund the highway commission for the creation of maps and plans for the construction of ‘good roads.’ The legislation was adopted by nine states, but failed to garner the necessary votes. Farmers were speaking out against this infringement on ‘their’ property. One Michigan farming coalition wrote, “The farmers must bear the expense while bicyclists and pleasure-riding citizens will reap the larger benefits.”The defeats at the state level sent the the L.A.W. back to the drawing board. They realized they needed a different approach. Their president wrote, “We must concentrate first on education, then agitation, and finally legislation.” They created a monthly publication that was an “Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Public Roads and Streets” that hit a peak circulation of 75,000 copies by 1895.In 1898 the L.A.W. then published a 41-page book titled, Must the Farmer Pay for Good Roads?. They mailed 300,000 copies to farmers and members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It worked. The book’s author, Otto Dorner, later wrote in The Forum magazine that,“… the farmers of the United States are beginning to thoroughly appreciate the need [for] better highways; and the work of the League of American Wheelmen in the direction of State aid is receiving much support from the more progressive among them … The Farmers’ National Congress … [commended] the efforts of the League of American Wheelmen to bring about the general introduction of the State Aid system.”The Model T was just around the corner, but it was the bicycle and bicyclists that made that corner. In 1902 these words appeared in a magazine called The Automobile:“The effect of the bicycle on road improvement has been … phenomenal in the past 10 and 15 years …” …Directly and indirectly the bicycle has been the means of interesting capital in road building to the extent of millions of dollars, and of spreading abroad more accurate and scientific data concerning road construction than was ever before done in so short a time. The bicycle practically paved the way for automobiling.”IT'S ONLY FAIRCyclists today get little gratitude for the early lobbying efforts to build smooth, safe roads. But it should also be noted that these early wealthy and influential cycling enthusiasts quickly became motoring enthusiasts. Henry Ford tends to get all the credit for automobile manufacturing, but it was the early bicycle manufacturers who converted bike factories to car factories. Henry Martyn Leland, before he created Cadillac and Lincoln, was making bike transmission parts for Colonel Pope’s bike company. A car, after all, is just a glorified motorized quad-cycle.Men like these are often portrayed as the protagonist in the power and glory of the early story of bikes, but women rode too. And it wasn’t just high-society women biking either. In 1872, Louise Armaindo, set the American long-distance record, covering more than 600 miles in 72 hours. In 1890, Kittie Knox became the first African American woman to become a member of the League of American Wheelman. She didn’t stop there. She became a successful bike racer and became the first woman to be seen racing in ‘bloomers’ instead of a skirt. Sadly, she still faced fierce discrimination. And while the bicycle plays a huge role in the liberation of women, and a symbol of the suffrage movement, women are still fighting for recognition, acceptance, and necessary leadership opportunities in a the current burgeoning cycling movement. They are also unrepresented in determining the design and use of our roads.Not much has changed since the the 19th century. The design of motorized and non-motorized vehicles, and the transportation infrastructure they require, is still very much dominated by Western, mostly white, men. Just as those early bicycle and pavement businessmen came together around the L.A.W. to “organise capital accumulation, advance[e] elite entrepreneurial agendas, and consolidate[e] urban regimes”, so too are today’s, mostly white male, CEOs of automobile, oil and gas, chemical, concrete and asphalt, and road construction companies.And they’re all in collusion with legions of civil engineers, elected officials, and administrative workers at the federal, state, and local level to provide a transportation system that perpetuates our insatiable need to make more money to buy more things; this requires more roads to move more people and more things by car or truck; which in turn creates more waste, more pollution, and more traffic-related deaths.This approach to planning public land has led to uneven urban and suburban development, perpetuated ethnic and race privilege, and is rooted in attitudes and beliefs stemming from a culture of patriarchy. As a group of transportation researchers out of Belgium observe,“…how across strikingly diverse cities, urban regimes hide and legitimize these logics by applying the discourse of sustainability, framing infrastructural investment as a largely technical and rational response to the problems of congestion or low quality of public space. Instead, approached critically, transport is an essentially political issue of distributing social and spatial benefits and costs of urban development.”That’s from their February 2022 paper, Moving past sustainable transport studies: Towards a critical perspective on urban transport. They call for a critical assessment of the study of transportation, adding that such a “perspective departs from analysing and juxtaposing specific transport modes (e.g. airplanes and private cars against public transport) and related lifestyles (e.g. mass tourism, suburban life and work against cycling and walking), and instead demonstrates their role in sustaining socio-economic structures that enable the capitalist mode of producing urban space and society. Therefore, in sum, being critical about transport means analysing it as a key component of capitalism.”They go on to prove their point by querying existing transportation research for terms like “capitalism” or “capitalist”, “neoliberalism”, “feminism”, and “race” and find there are few results. The words “equity” or “equality”, and “gender” return just 2% of existing publications found in the hundreds of thousands of leading academic transportation and mobility journals. In the larger corpus of over six million Social Science publications the percentage of reports with those three words doubles to 4%.They also point out “unravelling and analysing power and ideology underpinned and reproduced by transport in urban settings is by no means an exercise that hinges on a particular theoretical lens (Marxist, anarchist, feminist etc.) or focuses on a specific social group or factor (class, gender, ethnicity and race, age). But they nonetheless remind us that any critique of a system that has led to a climate-crisis and obscene income disparities has to be grounded in some social theory “because investigated facts are the result of human actions displayed within a given society.”Only with this analytical lens, they write, will we be able to “rais[e] the fundamental question of whether the role of public transport is to provide a public service to its passengers, or rather to generate profits for its shareholders.” We should also raise the question of whether we want to continue to use public land in the form of streets to be a place where too many people fear they will die or become injured. Is that a necessary price for our social system? Richard Van Deusen, an interdisciplinary researcher of the interaction of people and place: “Public space must be understood as a gauge of the regimes of justice extant at any particular moment.”Is the comfort, convenience, and luxury of car-oriented travel patterns worth interrupting in the interest of improving the lives we live, the air we breath, and the water we drink?  And for all those who are forced to live where a car is needed to earn a living wage, or those with impairments, where are the plans for fair, equitable, and just transportation and/or housing alternatives?When the freedom to choose comes with nothing to lose, the costs of social and spatial benefits diffuse. Escape the snare, get out in the air, let’s make our roads more fair. Equitable places in our public spaces means biking and walking everywhere. That may sound utopian, but as Geographer Don Mitchell once wrote, “Utopia is impossible, but the ongoing struggle toward it is not.” This is a public episode. 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This podcast focuses on the Commission's state aid decision on the Belgian capacity mechanism from August 2021 and highlights the key legal aspects of the case. This case is a recent one in a long line of Commission's state aid decisions on capacity mechanisms but it contains several novel features. It involves an assessment of whether the capacity mechanism complies with the 2019 Electricity Regulation and illustrates how the European Commission conducts the balancing of the positive and negative assessments of a proposed measure in anticipation of the new state aid guidelines for climate, energy and environment (CEEAG) which came into force in January 2022. It is also the only case so far where the Commission deals with the complexities of avoiding so-called carbon lock-in effects.

State aid auction/election- neither LNP or ALP tackle inequity in education. Caro and the REASON party support public education. Research shows 130 private schools are OVER funded by $120 MILLION. The decade they killed TAFE. Vouchers in Ohio.Great State School of the week- Bendigo East Collegewww.adogs.info

Federal, state aid helped many NY schools relieve fiscal stress in 2021 by WSKG News

The government's Subsidy Control Bill sets out how the UK will replace EU state aid rules, but will this deliver a post-Brexit dividend, and how will the UK's system change how subsidies are offered? With the bill having passed through the House of Commons and set to be scrutinised in the House of Lords, this Institute for Government panel explored the opportunities – and risks – of setting up a bespoke post-Brexit state aid regime. While leaving the EU allows the UK's system to focus domestic concerns and government priorities like reaching net zero, a poorly designed system could mean poor regulation of subsidies and creating legal uncertainty. Will the new system provide the additional flexibility, freedom and certainty that the government has promised – or is it a recipe for confusion? And as the legislation is scrutinised in parliament, how can it be improved to ensure it delivers for UK governments, public bodies and businesses? On our panel to discuss these issues were: Peter Foster, Public Policy Editor at the Financial Times George Peretz QC, Barrister at Monckton Chambers Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government Rahat Siddique, Economist at the Confederation of British Industry The event began with a short presentation by Thomas Pope, summarising the new system and presenting initial conclusions on its effectiveness. The event was chaired by Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government. #IfGstateaid

The government's Subsidy Control Bill sets out how the UK will replace EU state aid rules, but will this deliver a post-Brexit dividend, and how will the UK's system change how subsidies are offered? With the bill having passed through the House of Commons and set to be scrutinised in the House of Lords, this Institute for Government panel will explore the opportunities – and risks – of setting up a bespoke post-Brexit state aid regime. While leaving the EU allows the UK's system to focus domestic concerns and government priorities like reaching net zero, a poorly designed system could mean poor regulation of subsidies and creating legal uncertainty. Will the new system provide the additional flexibility, freedom and certainty that the government has promised – or is it a recipe for confusion? And as the legislation is scrutinised in parliament, how can it be improved to ensure it delivers for UK governments, public bodies and businesses? On our panel to discuss these issues: Peter Foster, Public Policy Editor at the Financial Times George Peretz QC, Barrister at Monckton Chambers Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government Rahat Siddique, Economist at the Confederation of British Industry The event began with a short presentation by Thomas Pope, summarising the new system and presenting initial conclusions on its effectiveness. The event was chaired by Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.

A general store in New Market is offering frozen fruits and veggies at a discount to EBT customers with the help of state-funded programs. Randi B. Hagi reports.

In this seventh episode, Kelyn Bacon – Mrs Justice Bacon DBE – and Sarah Abram got together to discuss gender equality and social mobility in the legal profession and the judiciary. Join them as they discuss: · the reality of combining family life and practice; · why the bar is a career which does allow that combination to work, even though there remains much that can and should be done to promote gender equality; · the importance of schools outreach and, in particular, mentoring, in promoting social mobility; and, · the mentoring that is available at all stages of career development. Mrs Justice Bacon DBE was called to the Bar in 1998, and practised in EU and Competition law, with a particular specialism in state aid law (she was the author and general editor of European Union Law of State Aid and co-founder of the UK State Aid Law Association) and pharmaceutical regulation. She took silk in 2014, and appeared in many of the leading and landmark competition cases both domestically and in Europe. In 2017 she became a deputy high court judge, and in 2020 she was appointed to the High Court bench, to sit in the Chancery Division – the first woman from Brick Court Chambers to be appointed as a judge. Sarah Abram was called to the Bar in 2006. Her practice straddles Chambers' practice areas, encompassing competition, EU and commercial cases. Described by the legal directories as ‘without doubt a star of her generation', Sarah was nominated as EU and Competition Junior of the Year in the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards in both 2019 and 2020. In 2021, she was crowned Pro Bono Junior of the Year, in recognition both for her pro bono work and her work developing and launching a mentoring scheme for prospective barristers from under represented groups, which launched in 2020 initially with 6 participating sets, and now involves 10 leading commercial sets.

David and Sarah have another action packed pod. First, the US Solicitor General weighs in on whether the Court should hear the case about whether Harvard's admission policy violates race discrimination laws. Then they talk about a case that was argued this week at the Court that looked at (once again) whether states could refuse to allow voucher money to go to religious schools. Then the 9th Circuit had some feisty dissenting opinions when it upheld California's ban on high capacity magazines for guns. And lastly, should judges be able to pick their replacements? Show Notes:-Wall Street Journal: “Federal Courts Aren't Royal Ones”-New Yorker: “On “Succession,” Jeremy Strong Doesn't Get the Joke”

Bill Handel talks about how governments used the pandemic to normalize surveillance. The Supreme Court seems wary of a ban on State Aid to Religious Schools. Wayne Resnick and Jennifer Jones Lee join Bill for the Late Edition of Handel on the News. The three of them discuss news topics that include: Some light rain and cool temperatures are set to hit SoCal with gusty winds to follow, the late Bob Dole will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday as President Biden, among others, will father to pay tribute, and the weekly jobless claims have fallen to 184,000, the lowest level in more than 52 years.

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For subsidiaries of U.S. companies looking to establish and/or grow their presence in an EU Member State and are perhaps seeking financial assistance from one of the Member States, it's important to be aware of the European Union's regulation of State aid. What is State aid and how does it impact U.S. companies with subsidiaries in the European Union, including France? We're discussing the latest updates to EU State aid and discussing these controls vis-à-vis COVID-19.  Joining the podcast is Jacques Derenne, the Co-Leader of Sheppard Mullin's Antitrust and Competition Group and the head of the EU Competition & Regulatory practice at Sheppard Mullin's Brussels office. He is a member of the Brussels and Paris bars. He is also a Professor at the University of Liège and at the Brussels School of Competition. The co-hosts for this episode are Valérie Demont and Sarah Ben-Moussa. Valérie Demont is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin's New York Office and the Co-Chair of Sheppard Mullin's French Desk. Valérie focuses her practice primarily on U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities offerings and corporate governance matters. She has been involved in numerous mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and dispositions for corporations and private equity funds in the U.S., Europe and Asia (including India). In particular, she routinely advises foreign companies with the establishment and growth of their operations in the United States. Sarah Ben-Moussa is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin's New York office and is a member of the firm's Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance team. Sarah focuses her practice on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, financings and corporate governance matters. As a member of the firm's French Desk, she has advised companies and private equity funds in both the United States and Europe on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, complex commercial agreements, and general corporate matters. What We Discussed in This Episode: What is European Union (EU) State aid and why does it exist? What are the cumulative criteria that must exist to justify the existence of a State aid? What is the process of seeking State aid approval from the European Commission? Can a U.S. company with a foreign subsidiary benefit from State aid? If a French business wanted to set up a company in the U.S., can they apply and receive assistance from the French government? If so, how? Is any COVID-19 financial assistance to companies considered State aid? Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, what guidelines did the European Commission provide regarding the issuance of State aid? How are block exemption regulations allowing companies to avoid the State aid prior notification requirement? What can companies learn from State aid-related litigation in the airline industry? How the proposed EU regulation on the control of foreign subsidies is likely to impact non-EU companies, such as U.S. companies, investing in the EU? Resource: The European Commission Adopts a Proposal for a Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market, by Jacques Derenne  Contact Information: Jacques Derenne - https://www.sheppardmullin.com/jderenne  Sheppard Mullin French Desk: www.sheppardfrenchdesk.com Co-Chair - Valérie Demont –  https://www.sheppardmullin.com/vdemont  Co-Chair - Christine Hoefliger Hourcade - https://www.sheppardmullin.com/choefliger  Sarah Ben-Moussa - https://www.sheppardmullin.com/sbenmoussa   Thank you for listening! Don't forget to FOLLOW to the show to receive every new episode delivered straight to your podcast player. If you enjoyed this episode, please help us get the word out about this podcast. You can listen in Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, or Spotify. Be sure to connect with us and reach out with any questions/concerns: LinkedIn Facebook Twitter  Sheppard Mullin French Desk website This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not to be construed as legal advice specific to your circumstances. If you need help with any legal matter, be sure to consult with an attorney regarding your specific needs.

The estimated revenues of the Council Grove site of Butler County Community College were about $11,000 less than its estimated expenditures. Butler County Community College (BCCC) operates a site in Council Grove that serves about 200 students. In fiscal year 2019, the estimated revenues for the Council Grove site were about $11,000 less than its estimated expenditures. In fiscal year 2019, the estimated expenditures of the Council Grove site were about $158,000. In fiscal year 2019, the Council Grove site generated about $147,000 in revenues from state aid and student tuition and fees. State Aid has not been paid according to Regents' formula in recent years, which could explain why the Council Grove site operated at a deficit in fiscal year 2019. Because state aid hasn't been paid according to Regents' formula, it's possible that property tax may have supported the Council Grove site but we couldn't tell.

While the EU Commission cannot determine tax rates for individual jurisdictions, they do have other weapons in their arsenal to fight BEPS. David Chamberlain, assistant professor of Accounting and Tax at California Polytechnic State University, joins CrossBorder Solutions Chief Economist Mimi Song to discuss the commission's deluge of state aid cases against the biggest household names among MNEs. CrossBorder Solutions

In the 6th episode of PW Kids we are making information about the School District's Budget, State Aid and Covid related budget funding easy to understand for kids! We got help from some very special guests! State Senator Anna Kaplan, and the Port Washington Board of Education helped me understand these important issues! Happy Listening!!!

This "Brexit Musing" episode features Vincent Power, Partner in EU, Competition & Procurement at A&L GOODBODY and based in Dublin, Ireland. Vincent's recording focuses on what businesses from both sides of the Atlantic should be aware of Post-Brexit with regard to Compliance, Merger Control and State Aid. Dr Vincent Power is a Partner at A&L GOODBODY that specializes in EU law, EU and Irish competition/antitrust law, merger control, regulatory law and transport law for national and international as well as public and private clients.He is Head of the Firm's EU, Competition & Procurement Group which is consistently ranked at the forefront of Irish law firms and he is seen as the most experienced competition lawyer practising in Ireland.In 2017, he won the ILO Client Choice Award for the category of "EU Competition and Antitrust" across the entire 28 Member State European Union and in 2018, he won the same award for Ireland – these awards are made by The International Law Office in recognition of a partner who excels across the full spectrum of client service. In 2019, he was elected Chairman of the European Maritime Law Organisation. He is listed in the Lloyd's List Top 10 Maritime Lawyers 2019 worldwide.Vincent has advised on most of the leading competition, merger control, EU law, cartel, abuse of dominance, State aid, joint venture, pricing, refusal to supply, competition investigations, dawn raids, Competition Authority / CCPC and competition litigation cases in Ireland over the last 20 years. He has been involved in several hundred merger filings in Ireland and the EU and has experience and expertise in all of the issues involved. He has developed a particular expertise in regard to Brexit Law.

The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week's Gazette: The Governor's budget office temporarily withholds 20% of state aid to several cities in NY; our political observer Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on Governor Cuomo calling on President Trump to issue an executive order requiring American's to wear […]

The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week's Gazette: The Governor's budget office temporarily withholds 20% of state aid to several cities in NY; our political observer Alan Chartock shares his