Sentence examples for the local aid from inspiring English sources

First, there's the local aid.

He said that his wife merely sat on the board of the local aid agency and that only "a tiny fraction" of the food he transported was designated for that aid agency.

The UN's local aid chief Yacoub el Hillo told the BBC the idea was to "review our plans and prepare for the next phase" focusing on the most vulnerable groups such as the elderly and disabled.

Mr. Malloy also spoke critically of the property-tax caps and the cuts in local aid enacted in New Jersey and proposed in New York, comparing them to Proposition 13, the law now widely blamed for crippling California's public education system.

One focus of concern is the valley of Barpack, about 10 miles from the epicentre, which local aid workers said was as "densely populated as Kathmandu".

The United Nations and local aid agencies are mobilising resources to improve conditions as thousands more arrive each day.

Both measures require approval by the House, which is being rushed back into session next Tuesday from its own extended August break to consider the state and local aid that had been caught up in a partisan impasse.

And we will protect cities and towns and fulfill our promise to end the cuts to local aid.

With many children in severe need of assistance, and with the exception for local aid organizations and welfare services, there are only 6 states addressing this issue specifically.

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani had been the driving force in seeking local aid for the stadiums, but he has not completed a plan to finance the city's estimated half-share of the estimated $1.6 billion in construction costs.

Ohio is planning some of the deepest cuts to local aid; Mayor Michael B. Coleman of Columbus said, "The state cut is a punch in the gut, and in the jaw, and for some cities, it's going to knock them out".