Michigan lawmakers pass COVID-19 spending bills; state budget chief concerned
David Eggert
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LANSING Michigan legislators on Thursday approved mid-year spending bills, including billions of federal coronavirus relief to boost pay for front-line government workers, incentivize unemployed people to return to work and upgrade infrastructure.
Under a $3.3 billion plan sent to the Senate by the Republican-led House on a 65-42 vote, some of the U.S. funding would go toward payroll costs and free up state dollars to pay the state s million Flint water crisis settlement instead of borrowing and partially replenish an unemployment benefits fund targeted by fraudsters. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s administration questioned some elements, saying federal guidance clearly states that COVID-19 funds cannot be used to pay down debt, bolster reserves and finance legal settlements.
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BRIGHTON, Mich. (May 12, 2021) The
Michigan Brain Injury Provider Council (MBIPC), which represents the state s highly trained professionals who provide specialized brain injury rehabilitation, has fact-checked a statement released by Rep.
Mary Whiteford (Casco Township) related to auto no-fault reform.
In the statement, Rep. Whiteford says: When someone was injured in a car accident a year ago, or 20 years ago, and had unlimited lifetime coverage, they are entitled to that coverage.
The truth is that while thousands of injured residents may be entitled to coverage, their benefits will be useless unless HB 4486 and SB 314 are passed. Without them, the 45% slash in reimbursement rates for specialized rehabilitation services will devastate access to care, leaving thousands of patients with nowhere to go.
MISSING: 84-year-old St. Clair County woman gone without a trace for past week
By Taryn Asher and David Komer online producer
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Missing 94-year-old Nadine Moses has been gone a week without a trace
A family in St. Clair County are desperate for information in the missing persons case of Nadine Moses.
FOX 2 was told Moses spoke to her daughter and two sons Monday, May 3, and disappeared in the early morning of May 4th - not to be heard from or seen since. It was a lonely Mother s Day this year, we could have really used her, said her son, Barry Moses
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Family, friends and the St. Clair County Sheriff Department are still searching for an 84-year-old Casco Township woman who has been missing since early May 4.
Nadine Moses son, Todd Moses of Chesterfield Township, said they believe she left home about 2:30 a.m. She made her bed and took her morning pills before leaving, but she didn’t take the pill box with her, which makes him think she didn t think she would be gone too long.
He described his mother as about 5-foot-1 and weighing about 130 pounds. She has white hair, blue eyes and is believed to be wearing a gray fleece zip-up. Her memory was starting to show signs of age, he said.