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LANSING Michigan State Police have determined the Capitol building is safe hours after caller said there was a bomb on site, facilities manager Rob Blackshaw said.
Someone called a bomb threat into the building Thursday at 6:45 a.m. By 9 a.m., police had determined the building and grounds were safe.
The building will be open to staff but remains closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Whitmer veto means some Michiganders could lose extra 6 weeks of unemployment benefits
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
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Republicans didn’t want businesses to cover the costs.
So the Michigan Legislature compromised, promising to put $220 million of taxpayer dollars into the employer-funded Unemployment Trust Fund to pay for it.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed the $220 million, saying it was needed elsewhere, but that also meant axing the extra six weeks of benefits.
“That’s the real irony, the people who are hurt immediately are unemployed workers that the governor says she cares about,” said Rich Studley, president and CEO of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
Lansing The Michigan Senate Friday night approved a $465 million supplemental spending bill that will address millions of dollars in COVID-related needs throughout the state, including $220 million toward unemployment benefits, $22.5 million for testing of vulnerable populations, more than $57 million for vaccination efforts and more than $55 million in small business survival grants.
The allocations, which will head to the House for approval Monday, bring the Legislature s COVID-related appropriations to $4 billion, said Sen. Jim Stamas, the Midland Republican who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The allocation is less than the $734 million supplemental and $100 million in direct financial support to families and small businesses recommended by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer earlier this month. But the supplemental approved 35-2 Friday comes after days of negotiations between the Democratic governor and GOP-led Legislature.
Michigan Senate approves $465M for coronavirus response, relief for businesses and unemployed workers
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
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The package could head to the governor’s desk as soon as Monday.
The chamber voted 35-2 after days of deliberation with the House and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration. The plan would put state and federal funds toward a combination of direct aid to unemployed workers and hardest-hit businesses, as well as pandemic response efforts in the state health department and health care industry.
Under the plan, individual workers laid off, furloughed or working reduced hours due to the latest COVID-19 restrictions instituted last month are eligible for up to $1,650 in state aid. The Department of Treasury will be tasked with setting up and distributing $45 million set aside for this purpose.
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