state aid
noun
: public monies appropriated by a state government for the partial support or improvement of a public local institution
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Older districts are dealing with the additional gut punch of declining enrollment, the student population headcount that is tied to state aid.
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Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2024
In another state aid case involving Amazon, and obviously in the case with Apple, the General Court almost always sided with the member state and/or the beneficiary against the commission.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
And in theory, the selectivity assessment for state aid is supposed to be based on domestic law.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Others have argued the funds should be set aside for a rainy day when it is urgently needed, with the nearly €70 billion of state aid in 2010 still fresh in policymakers’ minds.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 11 Sep. 2024
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Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2024
In another state aid case involving Amazon, and obviously in the case with Apple, the General Court almost always sided with the member state and/or the beneficiary against the commission.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
And in theory, the selectivity assessment for state aid is supposed to be based on domestic law.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Others have argued the funds should be set aside for a rainy day when it is urgently needed, with the nearly €70 billion of state aid in 2010 still fresh in policymakers’ minds.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 11 Sep. 2024
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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20aid. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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