But as journalists begin to investigate the issue, another, more disturbing factor emerges: LIPA was slow to bring in out of state crews because of union demands that required out of state workers to join Local 1049 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers before they headed for New York.
There was a New Deal case of a farmer growing wheat for his own consumption: the Feds claimed the right to restrict this as his non-consumption, as a result of growing his own, of out of state wheat meant that this was inter-state commerce.
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Mark Baldassare of the Public Policy Institute of California points out that much of the state's budget is patrolled by unions.
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Many college students that go to local universities like the University of Michigan or Michigan State University end up applying for jobs that are out of the state.
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Out of that grew the State Retirement Pension we have now, which men get from 65 and women from 60.
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On top of that, the state ran out of money to issue refunds, a fate that also befell the Missouri Department of Revenue.
The Supreme Court has enforced the Commerce Clause aggressively in that context, striking down state laws that discriminate against out-of-state wineries, for example.
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Some states are passing laws requiring collection of sales tax by out-of-state entities that have in-state affiliates. (That's the plan in New York, Illinois, Rhode Island and North Carolina.) Amazon has cut ties to affiliates in most affected states.
William Gardner, New Hampshire's secretary of state, notes that eight out of every ten new voters in his state (many of them young and well-educated) register as independents.
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, a self-regulatory body that reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, has proposed rules that would require brokers to ask clients about the importance of state tax benefits, explain a client's direct-sold in-state plan for comparison purposes, and determine what is most suitable for the client--instead of just pushing broker-sold out-of-state plans that might carry higher commissions for them.
That played out as such a bacchanal of bigotry that then-Secretary of State Colin Powell told the U.S. delegation to walk out.
It's bold talk, but he only won one state out of 10, and that was his home state.
An amazing accomplishment given the emotional turmoil the program has undergone, not to mention the physical absence of a select group of players (most notably star running back Silas Redd) that opted out of State College, PA to avoid the sting of NCAA sanctions.
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The balance of that money flows to out-of-state suppliers, or back to the parent corporation.
One of the workmen actually testified he was out of the state for seven of the weeks that had been billed and absorbed by Stevens' benefactor.
He insisted in testimony before the Senate last week that "failure" meant that no effort had been made to prevent such attacks or to penetrate the cells of those who might carry them out -- a state of affairs that clearly did not pertain.
In New York, the state's health department cannot track prescriptions that are filled out of state.
When you enter the state via the interstate highway, the signs that usually announce road conditions now flash thank-yous to the out-of-state power crews that came to the rescue of Maine and other New England states.
Patrick Callan of the National Centre for Public Policy and Higher Education points out that state universities experience extremes of the economic cycle pampered in good times, spurned when budgets turn red.
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What this says is that the State of Wisconsin can sell or contract out management of state-owned heating, cooling and power plants without the requirement that bids for such a sale or leasing be solicited so as to maximize what the government can pocket through such an arrangement.
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Yet it is plain that, out of state hands, Eskom would be harder to boss about, however indirectly.
Opening the market to foreign competition offers a good excuse to eliminate the restrictions on out-of-state companies that exist due to state licensing laws.
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And when you average all of that out over this entire state, think about it -- it might mean registering just one more person in your town.
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My view is generally that they should have to, but that states should have to administer their sales taxes in such a way that out-of-state compliance is not unduly burdensome.
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Big box retailers support this tax arguing that out-of-state retailers have an unfair advantage over brick and mortar stores, as they are not required to collect sales tax owed on products they sell.
If you make frequent taxable purchases from out-of-state businesses that do not collect California sales or use tax, you should register with us using the eReg system to obtain a Consumer Use Tax Account.
At a meeting earlier, he warned the current term would be "one of the most challenging in the history of the state of Israel" but pointed out that the defence, interior and foreign ministries remained in their hands.
With state governments now in charge of doling out federal block grants, some mayors complain that governors and state legislatures are deaf to the needs of cities, and are hesitant to direct funds towards urban programmes.
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