I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) said late last week after the signing of the latest unemployment benefits extension that the Senate will be trying to pass a bill to create a new tier to extend such benefits beyond the maximum 99 weeks currently available in the hardest-hit states.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer also had some new news on extended unemployment benefits. President Obama signed the bill late Thursday night.
It provides up to 99 weeks of support for people who have exhausted their state benefits. Schumer says there’s more legislation in the works to extend past the 99 weeks.
“There are a number of people who have maxed out, they’ve been looking and looking for work but haven’t found it, and there is a separate act that would extend those benefits to them,. Extending this was really important. There are some people who go beyond the 99 weeks and we’re gonna try to do that next,” he said.
The senator did not give any timeline for the act.
Color me skeptical. Given how difficult it was just to pass an extension of the application time for the current unemployment benefit tiers, it’s difficult to imagine the Senate leadership being able to force through a whole new level of benefits. And with the Republicans almost certainly picking up a few seats in the November election, it only becomes more difficult after that.
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