Good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford live from new york city. Its a tough weekend for those still struggling to find jobs. Emergency jobless benefits, a life line for many of americas unemployed, expire today. About 1. 3 Million People who have been out of work for months are finding themselves cut off. The government check they depend on, a little more than 1,000, will not show up in the mail. The benefits program was introduced in 2008 at the height of the recession. The payouts cost the federal government 225 billion. Extending them for another year at 19 billion, but congress has not done that yet. Tony harris reports. Months ago they lost their jobs. Now they are losing the money they get from the government to get by. Since 2008 congress extented the Compensation Program a dozen times. This time lawmakers let it lapse. This means people who lost their jobs will no lodger have a cushion once state benefits run out. Usually after 26 weeks. With the extensi
Paris High School Blue Blazes Band has earned their fifth trip to the state marching band finals to perform their award-winning halftime show "Psychopomp."
The PHS band placed third at the Area C contest Saturday in Lindale High School Stadium to earn their ticket to the Class 4A State Marching B
The Paris High School Blue Blazes Band has earned their fifth trip to the state marching band finals to perform their award winning halftime show “Psychopomp.”
Locks for every classroom door in the district, funds for a new livestock barn at the high school and new uniforms for the football team all were included in roughly