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Summoned back from summer break, the House today pushed through an emergency $26-billion jobs bill that Democrats said would save 300,000 teachers, police and others from election-year layoffs. President Barack Obama immediately signed it into law. Lawmakers streamed back to Washington for a one-day session as Democrats declared a need to act before children return to classrooms minus teachers laid off because of budgetary crises in states that have been hard-hit by the recession. …read more.
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The state of Michigan is taking steps to prevent automated teller machines at Detroit’s casinos from spitting out cash for welfare or unemployment benefit recipients, after hearing about such an abuse in California. An investigation by the Michigan Gaming Control Board and the state Department of Human Services found that 42 ATMs at MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino Hotel and Greektown Casino-Hotel were wired to distribute money meant for unemployment and welfare benefits. “We have no specific incidents that had been reported,” said Rick Kalm, executive director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board. “We just wanted to take a proactive approach.” …read more.
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Michigan school districts will see an infusion of federal funds to save 4,700 teachers’ jobs in time for classes next month after the U.S. House on Tuesday approved $26 billion that also covers Medicaid payments to states. The vote, 247-161, during a rare session that brought representatives back to the Capitol during their August recess means the state will get $698 million: $380 million for the Medicaid fund and $318 million to pay teachers, according to estimates provided by the independent Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. …read more.
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