The U.S. Senate passed a defense appropriations bill on Sunday morning that includes an extension of unemployment benefits and other provision that will help many in Michigan during these tough economic times. The House had voted for the same bill earlier last week.
The bill includes an extension [...]
You probably remember the bomb that Speaker Andy Dillon dropped earlier this year with talk of consolidating the benefits for over 400,000 public employees including emergency personnel, public school employees, and current and retired state employees, in the form of House Bill 5345.
The East Lansing-based polling firm EPIC-MRA ran [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a large defense spending bill that included an amendment that would extend federal unemployment insurance benefits even beyond the bill passed a few weeks ago and contains other provisions that may help in this bad economy. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The $636-billion [...]
By Ben ArmbrusterToday President Obama will meet with the nation’s top bank executives in the President’s “latest push for lenders to take greater responsibility as the nation combats an economic crisis that began on Wall Street.” “The president is looking forward…[to discussing] the [...]
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) (WDCpix)
WASHINGTON — For millions of unemployed workers, the recession is poised to go from bad to worse.More than 3.2 million laid-off Americans, including 183,000 Michigan residents, will prematurely exhaust their unemployment insurance in the first quarter of next year [...]
In 2007, an important executive order was signed by our governor Jennifer Granholm based on some bogus scientific facts ginned up by a cult organized effort of those who would benefit from relieving us of our “cheap” energy sources and enjoyable transportation.
On November [...]
Mr. Peterson is correct in pointing out the merits of checks and balances.
His support of pols pay (above national average for Bachelor degrees), benefits (lifetime after being elected one term), and pensions (ever heard of a 401K?) is [...]
Ever wonder why it is that you can canoe down any Michigan river without fear of charged a toll, or why property owners aren't allowed to dam up said rivers for their own benefit? If not, consider for a second that both those things are true. The reason for that [...]
