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Business Recorder
14-06-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
KP presents Rs192.7bn supplementary budget
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government here Friday presented a supplementary budget of over Rs192.74billion for the current fiscal year. According to the budget documents, the largest expenditure, Rs150 billion, was made under government investment. Similarly, the documents said a sum of Rs10.86 billion was allocated to the Department of Social Welfare and Special Education, a huge chunk of Rs2.5 billion was paid to the federal government for repayment of foreign loan principals, and Rs. 3.10 billion for advance loan payments. Provincial Finance and Law Minister Aftab Alam presented the supplementary budget in the provincial assembly. He said the Department of Administration received a total of Rs. 545.5 million in additional funds for employee salaries, utility allowance, executive allowance, house rent, POL (petroleum, oil and lubricants), electricity bills, and vehicle purchases. The Department of Planning and Development received Rs. 61 million, Home Department got Rs. 260 million, and Prison Department was allocated Rs. 1.58 billion for prisoner food expenses. According to the budget documents, the Judiciary received a total of Rs. 2.73 billion, Higher Education Department got Rs. 1.93 billion, Communications Department Rs. 1.60 billion, Public Health Rs. 1.09 billion and the Local Government Department was given Rs. 2.87 billion in additional funds. Furthermore, an extra Rs. 590 million was paid as subsidy for inter-provincial wheat transportation. During the current fiscal year, the provincial government has released Rs. 2.5 billion to the federal government for foreign loan principal repayments and Rs3 billion for loan and advance payments, the Minister added. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Yahoo
06-06-2025
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State extends deadline to reach deal to relocate coal piles in Green Bay
Brown County and C. Reiss Co. will have a few more days to reach a deal on relocating the coal piles south of Mason Street in Green Bay. Jeff Flynt, Brown County deputy executive, announced on May 30 that the state of Wisconsin has granted an extension of its previous May 30 deadline to use a $15 million state grant "due to the progress we are making in negotiations." The deadline is now 5 p.m. June 3. The sides are trying to reach an agreement on leasing a portion of the former Pulliam Plant site to house the coal piles. On May 23, state Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Oconto, asked the state Department of Administration to extend its deadline for the grant to give Green Bay, Brown County and C. Reiss Co. more time to finalize a deal for "such a massive development," he said in the letter. "Revoking the grant will seriously jeopardize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bolster northeast Wisconsin's role in our state's supply chain and the global economy following the Covid pandemic," Wimberger said. The state Department of Administration notified city, county and company officials in late April that the Neighborhood Investment Grant would disappear if the officials couldn't agree to a deal by the end of May. The grant is a key source of funding to turn the former Pulliam power plant site at the mouth of the Fox River into a port site for the coal storage. Kevin Dittman contributed to this report. Contact Benita Mathew at bmathew@ This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Brown County, Green Bay and C. Reiss discuss coal piles relocation
Yahoo
06-06-2025
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Sen. Eric Wimberger asks state to extend $15M grant deadline for coal piles relocation
A state senator is asking for an extension of the May 30 deadline of a grant to help relocate the coal piles in Green Bay. If Green Bay, Brown County, and C. Reiss Co. don't reach an agreement in a week, the state Department of Administration notified the parties in late April that it will take back the $15 million Neighborhood Investment Grant that was awarded in 2022 for the relocation effort. On May 23, state Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Oconto, asked the state Department of Administration to extend its deadline for the grant to give the three parties more time to finalize a deal for "such a massive development," he said in the letter. "Revoking the grant will seriously jeopardize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bolster northeast Wisconsin's role in our state's supply chain and the global economy following the Covid pandemic," Wimberger said. Two new proposals are currently under negotiation between the county, city, and C. Reiss. The three groups met on May 20, for the first time this year, to discuss terms. The Neighborhood Investment Grant is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act. The grant required agencies that receive funds to allocate them by the end of 2024. In July, the county requested an extension to use the grant by Dec. 31, 2025. The grant is a key source of funding to turn the former Pulliam power plant site at the mouth of the Fox River into a port site for the coal storage. "I ask that regardless of the outcome of these negotiations, the department remain committed to this obligation, and assist the county in using these funds to further develop and expand the Port of Green Bay," Wimberger said. More: As grant deadline nears, county, city and C. Reiss discuss proposals to relocate coal piles More: Coal piles effort faces May 30 deadline to reach a deal or lose $15M state grant Contact Benita Mathew at bmathew@ This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Wimberger asks state to extend grant deadline for coal piles effort
Yahoo
31-05-2025
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State extends deadline to reach deal to relocate coal piles in Green Bay
Brown County and C. Reiss Co. will have a few more days to reach a deal on relocating the coal piles south of Mason Street in Green Bay. Jeff Flynt, Brown County Deputy Executive, announced Friday night that the state of Wisconsin has granted an extension of its previous May 30 deadline to use a $15 million state grant "due to the progress we are making in negotiations." The deadline is now 5 p.m. June 3. The sides are trying to reach an agreement on leasing a portion of the former Pulliam Plant site to house the coal piles. On May 23, state Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Oconto, asked the state Department of Administration to extend its deadline for the grant to give Green Bay, Brown County and C. Reiss Co. more time to finalize a deal for "such a massive development," he said in the letter. "Revoking the grant will seriously jeopardize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bolster northeast Wisconsin's role in our state's supply chain and the global economy following the Covid pandemic," Wimberger said. The state Department of Administration notified city, county and company officials in late April that the Neighborhood Investment Grant would disappear if the officials couldn't agree to a deal by the end of May. The grant is a key source of funding to turn the former Pulliam power plant site at the mouth of the Fox River into a port site for the coal storage. Kevin Dittman contributed to this report. Contact Benita Mathew at bmathew@ This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Brown County, Green Bay and C. Reiss discuss coal piles relocation
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Health
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Governor vetoes hearing aid bill
Hearing aids can cost patients thousands out of their own pockets. (Photo courtesy of Sony Electronics) Insurance companies doing business in Montana won't have to provide coverage for hearing aids after Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed House Bill 607 earlier this month. State law currently requires insurance companies to cover hearing aids for individuals 18 years and younger. HB 607, brought by Rep. Paul Tuss, D-Havre, would have extended that to all ages. According to a fiscal note attached to a bill, the state estimates the average hearing aid to cost $5,000. In the same note, it said the average number of ears requiring hearing aids is 1.37, meaning a fair number of people require two. 'Typically, insurance will cover the diagnoses for hearing loss. But after that, you're on your own,' Tuss said in a Monday press release. 'By age 75, nearly half of Americans experience hearing loss. The cost of treatment can be a major burden on people's finances— especially those living on fixed incomes. It causes people to put off getting hearing aids and try to get by with reduced hearing.' In his veto letter, Gov. Greg Gianforte called the bill an 'unfunded insurance mandate' that would cost Montana taxpayers $3.5 million. He added that it would need 'increased contributions' from the state's roughly 30,000 public employees. 'Our administration is proud of our work with the Legislature to lower healthcare costs and expand access for Montanans through conservative, free-market principles, not government mandates,' Gianforte wrote in the letter, dated May 2. 'Our conservative, free-market approach stands in stark contrast to the approach of states that embrace costly government rules, regulations, and mandates that distort markets, limit consumer choice, and inflate health care costs.' The day before the veto, Gianforte received a letter from Misty Ann Giles, the director of the state Department of Administration, urging him to veto the bill. In the letter, Giles said the legislation would cost the state between $500,000 to $600,000 annually, which is in line with the bill's fiscal note. 'During negotiations with employees, there was no indication that hearing aid coverage was a needed benefit, and no funding was included in the state's budget or HB 13 to pay for providing that additional benefit,' Giles wrote in the letter. 'Although the additional cost of the expanded hearing aid mandate was noted in the fiscal note for HB 607, no appropriation was included to offset the expense.' Insurance legislation was a priority for Democrats during the session, including laws looking to regulate where the tech industry and medical insurance industry collide. Democratic leadership slammed the veto. 'Under the Hearing Aid Coverage Act, thousands of Montanans would have finally been able to afford to get their hearing back,' House Minority leader Katie Sullivan, D-Missoula said in a release. 'But today, the Governor chose insurance companies over Montanans. Our multi-millionaire Governor does not know what it's like to choose between getting healthcare and putting food on the table or filling up your tank with gas.' https-api-legmt-gov-docs-v1-documents-shortPdfUrl-documentId-320119-bill-id-HB-607
