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LANSING, Mich - About 70 Michiganders are losing their jobs at a Viking Energy Biomass plant in Lincoln, and some are pointing to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for putting them out of work.
“By forcing a shift to renewable energy, Democrats are driving a green knife through Northeast Michigan,” said state Rep. Cam Cavitt, R-Cheboygan. “The governor might as well have fired these people herself because she is directly to blame for this shutdown. They failed to fix inflation. They failed to fix our energy grid. Now they’re spending all summer celebrating an energy package that’s putting my friends and neighbors out on the street. Click here to read more.
CHICAGO, IL - A Monmouth poll released Wednesday found that 46% of people are struggling to maintain their current financial status.
The poll was conducted between June 6 and June 10 — just days before the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its report that, in the month of May, inflation fell a tenth of a percentage point to 3.3%. In May, grocery prices were flat, and compared to last year, food prices are up by 1%. However, since President Joe Biden was elected, grocery prices have increased by more than 20%.
Despite inflation cooling for its second consecutive month, the Monmouth poll found that inflation is the top concern for 24% of people.
“Even with a declining inflation rate, prices continue to be much higher than they were four years ago,” Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, told the Hill. “That’s the metric that has really mattered to many Americans over the past two years. Economic concerns may not be the top motivating factor for all voters, but it defines the contours of this year’s election.” Click here to read more.
LANSING, Mich - The immigration wave at the southern border is a crisis of national security, and Michigan is not exempt from its effects, a recently retired Border Patrol chief says.
Former Chief Chris Clem, who is visiting Michigan as part of Americans for Prosperity’s “Secure Borders, Secure America” tour, served more than 27 years and under five presidents as a U.S. border patrol agent. He was promoted to Yuma Sector chief in December 2020, right before President Joe Biden took office.
“I watched what I would say was one of the most secure borders and supportive administrations on border security, to have it completely reversed in a matter of days under this administration. And the numbers tell that story as well. You don’t go from 400,000 arrests to 1.66 million, to 2 million, to 2.2 million, without a policy direction issue,” Clem told The Center Square. Click here to read more.
WASHINGTON (TND)— The national debt continues to head in the wrong direction and at an accelerated pace. It will now surpass $56 trillion by 2034, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office.
At the moment the debt remains just under $35 trillion. Part of the problem is that the U.S. continues to spend more money than it collects in taxes. "Continuing to spend massively more than we take in and adding every year massively to the national debt will not go on forever and unless we deal with it in a constructive way we will have a financial catastrophe at some point," said Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, on the topic earlier this month.
For 2024, the CBO predicts the U.S. will spend $1.9 trillion more than it brings in. That’s up from the initially predicted $1.6 trillion deficit this year. Click here to read more.
LANSING, Mich - A cyberattack on a major American hospital system has caused dangerous medication mix ups including patients administered narcotics by mistake, leading to an admission to intensive care for life-threatening breathing difficulties.
In another case, a female patient suffered a cardiac arrest and died after data mishaps delayed test results that would determine her life-saving treatment.
Elsewhere, a nurse working for the Kansas branch of the major medical group recalled a 'near miss,' which involved him almost administering a potentially life-threatening dose of narcotic to a baby — because of false paperwork.
Employees at Ascension, a Catholic healthcare system with more than 140 facilities across the country, said these patients are just some of those suffering from the continued fallout of a cyberattack last month. Click here to read more.
