KIM ADAMS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT IN JUST A FEW HOURS AS HEAVY SNOW
IS ON THE WAY FOR THE MORNING
COMMUTE. I’LL HAVE THE DETAILS
IN THE FORECAST COMING UP. WE’RE
ALSO TRACKING BIG NEWS FROM
GENERAL MOTORS. THE BIG BUYOUT
OFFER WHO’S ELIGIBLE AND HOW
QUICKLY THOUSANDS OF WORKERS
WILL HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT THEIR FUTURES FIRST AT
FOUR STARTS NOW. LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. OH
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I’M
KAREN. TRUE FIRST BEFORE WE ARE
ALL WAITING TO SEE HOW THE NEXT
WEATHER STORM WILL IMPACT OUR
DAILY ROUTINES. WE ARE DECLARING
TOMORROW OF 4WARN WEATHER ALERT
DAY AND WORKING TO GET YOU
PREPARED RIGHT NOW.
METEOROLOGIST COME, ADAM,
STANDING BY WITH SOME OF THE
ANSWERS YOU NEED. KIM DOES LOOK
LIKE IT WILL BE A MORNING
COMMUTE ISSUE EVEN MORE SO THAN
THE EVENING COMMUTE TOMORROW.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOES
INTO EFFECT AT 10 O’CLOCK
TONIGHT AND LAST UNTIL TWO P.M.
FRIDAY IT IS FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST LOWER MISSION. AGAIN
RIGHT NOW. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT THERE’S A WINTER STORM
KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR WHEN IT’S
SO PRETTY OUTSIDE. WE’VE GOT
LOTS OF SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURES
ARE IN THE LOW FORTIES. PRETTY
MUCH EVERYWHERE YOU GO, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF PORT HURON LAGGING
BEHIND AT 36. SO FOR THE DAY
TOMORROW, WINDS ARE GOING TO
PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTH 10 TO
20 GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30. MPH
WILL HAVE HEAVY SNOW IN THE
MORNING AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON THAT SNOW STARTS TO
TAPER OFF AND SHOULD PRETTY MUCH
BE DONE BY THE EVENING COMMUTE.
SO HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW AS OF
RIGHT NOW, IT WILL BE THE
HEAVIEST DOOR. IN THE MORNING
COMMUTE. THE MORNING DRIVE WILL
BE SLOW, AND WE EXPECT ABOUT 3
TO 6 INCHES AREA WIDE. IF YOU
WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE
WEATHER IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO GO
TO YOUR FAVORITE APP STORE AND
TYPE IN WDIV’S AND DOWNLOAD OUR
4WARN WEATHER APP THAT WAY
TOMORROW YOU’LL HAVE INTERACTIVE
RADAR. YOU’LL GET ALL THE APP
PUSHES RIGHT IN THE PALM OF YOUR
HAND. ALRIGHT WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, KIM, GENERAL MOTORS
LOOKING TO CUT COSTS AND IT’S
MAKING A BIG BUYOUT OFFER TO
THOUSANDS OF SALARIED EMPLOYEES
. SO HERE’S A QUICK LOOK AT THE
SCOPE OF THE COMPANY’S PLAN. GM
IS LOOKING TO SAVE $2 BILLION BY
THE END OF NEXT YEAR. THE
AUTOMAKER HAS 58,000 AND
SALARIED WORKERS IN THE US, IT
SAYS IT’S MAKING THE MOVE NOW TO
AVOID POSSIBLE LAYOFFS AT A
FUTURE DATE. KIMBERLY GILL JOINS
US FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE
INFORMATION ON WHO’S ELIGIBLE
AND HOW QUICKLY THIS WILL
HAPPEN. KIM AFTERNOON, GENERAL
MOTORS ISN’T SAYING EXACTLY HOW
MANY WORKERS IT’S TARGETING, BUT
IT IS SHARING SOME OF THE
GUIDELINES FOR THE BUYOUTS. AND
WE IMAGINE THOUSANDS OF
EMPLOYEES WILL BE MAKING BIG
DECISIONS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
OR SO. RIGHT NOW, THE COMPANY
SAYS THE OFFERS WILL GO TO WHITE
COLLAR WORKERS WITH AT LEAST
FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. AND
GLOBAL EXECUTIVES WHO HAVE BEEN
WITH THE COMPANY AT LEAST TWO
YEARS, SALARIED WORKERS WOULD
RECEIVE ONE MONTH PAY FOR EVERY
YEAR OF SERVICE UP TO 12 MONTHS
WILL ALSO BE OFFERED COBRA
HEALTH CARE AND PART AND PART OF
THE BONUSES THEY WOULD HAVE
RECEIVED THIS YEAR. ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYEES MUST SIGN UP BY MARCH
24TH AND THOSE WHO AGREE WILL
LEAVE GENERAL MOTORS BY JUNE
30TH. THE LAST TIME GENERAL
MOTORS OFFERED SUCH A LARGE
BUYOUT PROGRAM WAS BACK IN THE
YEAR 2018 TO 2019 FOR ROUGHLY
18,000 SALARIED EMPLOYEES ARE
SHAWN LEY IS ALSO WORKING ON
THIS STORY FOR US, AND HE’LL
HAVE MORE WHEN YOU JOIN US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE O’CLOCK,
BUT FOR NOW, KAREN WILL JUST
SEND IT BACK TO YOU FOR MORE
NEWS OF THE DAY. WE APPRECIATE
IT. THANK YOU, KIM. WELL POLICE
OVER IN LAUGHTER VILLAGE ARE
TYING UP LOOSE ENDS THIS
AFTERNOON AFTER A REALLY SCARY
SITUATION AT A STRIP MALL AND
SOUTHFIELD ROAD SOUTH OF 6 96.
WITNESSES WERE PROBABLY PRETTY
CONCERNED WHEN THEY SAW THAT
HUGE POLICE PRESENCE. TAKE A
LOOK. POLICE OFFICER HEARD A
SINGLE GUNSHOT INSIDE A TILE
BUSINESS, FEARING THE WORST
LATER VILLAGE CALLED SOUTHFIELD
POLICE FOR BACKUP. OFFICERS USED
FULL TACTICAL GEAR TO
INVESTIGATE. SADLY SOMEONE IN
THAT BUILDING COMMITTED SUICIDE.
NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED. SENATE
REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH
MCCONNELL IS RECOVERING TODAY
AFTER A TRIP AND FALL AT A
WASHINGTON HOTEL THAT CAUSED A
CONCUSSION. THE 81 YEAR OLD FROM
KENTUCKY WAS ATTENDING A PRIVATE
DINNER WHEN HE TRIPPED AND THEN
WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE TOLD MCCONNELL WILL
BE HOSPITALIZED FOR A FEW DAYS
OF OBSERVATION AND TREATMENT.
PRESIDENT BIDEN TWEETED THAT HE
WISHES MCCONNELL A SPEEDY
RECOVERY AND LOOKS FORWARD TO
SEEING HIM BACK ON THE SENATE
FLOOR. WELL TODAY, A POWERFUL
SENATE COMMITTEE IS FOCUSING ON
RAILROAD SAFETY JUST WEEKS AFTER
THIS DERAILMENT IN EAST
PALESTINE, OHIO LAWMAKERS FROM
BOTH PARTIES HAVE BEEN PUSHING
FOR ANSWERS AND NEW REGULATIONS
TODAY, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
NORFOLK SOUTHERN TESTIFIED HE
OFFERED AN APOLOGY FOR THE
DERAILMENTS IMPACT ON EAST
PALESTINE AND COMMITTED MORE
THAN $28 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY
RELIEF ALONG THE OHIO AND
PENNSYLVANIA BORDER. AND THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. WE WILL
BE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG
AS IT TAKES. TO BE CLEAR. THERE
ARE NO STRINGS ATTACHED TO OUR
ASSISTANCE. RESIDENTS HAVE A
CONCERN. WE WANT HIM TO COME
TALK TO US. TOO MANY TIMES, JOHN
STOPPED SHORT OF COMMITTING TO A
NEW BIPARTISAN SAFETY BILL,
SAYING HE CAN’T ENDORSE ALL THE
PROVISIONS BUT IS WILLING TO
WORK WITH CONGRESS TO MAKE THE
REAL SAFER JUST HOURS BEFORE HIS
TESTIMONY. NORFOLK SOUTHERN
TRAIN DERAILED IN ALABAMA 30
CARS OFF THE TRACKS, NO REPORTS
OF INJURIES OR ANY HAZARDOUS
LEAKS IN THAT CASE, BUT THE
CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. BY
THE WAY, WE DO HAVE SOME NEW
NUMBERS TODAY ON UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS IN THE U. S A BIG
FACTOR IN HOW THE FEDERAL
RESERVE IS FIGHTING INFLATION.
THIS WEEK, THE NUMBER OF
AMERICANS APPLYING FOR JOBLESS
BENEFITS IS UP TO 211,000. THE
JUMP OF 21,000 FROM THE PREVIOUS
WEEK IS THE BIGGEST IN FIVE
MONTHS. IT’S ONE SIGN THE LABOR
MARKET MIGHT START TO COOL AS
THE FED RAISES INTEREST RATES,
BUT LAYOFFS REMAIN HISTORICALLY
LOW. WE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING
THE FED’S NEXT DECISION ON
INTEREST RATES LATER THIS MONTH.
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT UNIVERSAL
PRE K IS REALLY HEATING UP IN
MICHIGAN IS SEVERAL LAWMAKERS
AND EDUCATORS ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE NUMBERS GAME.
SUPPORTERS ARE HOPING THE IDEA
BECOMES A REALITY. IN THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS, PAULA TUTMAN SAT
DOWN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS FOR WAYNE COUNTY TO GET
A PULSE ON WHERE THINGS STAND
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A HOT TOPIC,
PAULA YEAH, IT REALLY IS. AND
WHILE THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF
SUPPORT FOR THE IDEA OF
UNIVERSAL PRE K THE PATH IS NOT
GOING TO BE EASY. BUT THAT
DOESN’T MEAN THE GROUND ISN’T
ALREADY BEING SOFTENED. THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESCHOOL AND
UNIVERSAL PRE K IS WITH
PRESCHOOL. NOT EVERY THREE AND
FOUR YEAR OLD HAS ACCESS. SOME
PARENTS CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR
IT. OTHERS A STIPEND IN THEIR
DISTRICT FOR IT, AND SOME MEAT,
A LOW INCOME THRESHOLD TO HAVE
ACCESS TO IT FOR FREE. BUT DR
DAVID A. COLBERT, THE
SUPERINTENDENT FOR WAYNE REZA,
WHICH SERVES SOME 260,000
STUDENTS IN WAYNE COUNTY,
OUTSIDE OF THE DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICT, SAYS UNIVERSAL
PRE K WILL CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE
OF EDUCATION FROM MICHIGAN IF
IT’S MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL
CHILDREN AS PART OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION. THE REWARD IS GREAT
WHEN YOU INVEST AT THE EARLIER
YEAR, BUT THE CHALLENGES ARE BIG
COST IS $10,421. TO EDUCATE THE
STUDENTS. K 12 WELL, THE COST
FOR EDUCATING THREE AND FOUR
YEAR OLDS IN PRESCHOOL IS
$14,155 FAST. MATH GOES LIKE
THIS BASED ON BIRTH RATE DATA.
SOME 100,000 CHILDREN IN
MICHIGAN ARE AT PRE K AGE AND
THE FUND UNIVERSAL PRE K. IT
WILL COST A MINIMUM. A MINIMUM
OF $1.4 BILLION PER YEAR. OH AND
YOU NEED EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION TEACHERS AT A TIME
WHEN K THROUGH 12 TEACHERS AND
THAT STAFFING IS A HEAVY LIFT.
THANK YOU. AND WELCOME TO OUR
FIRST SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING THE
SCHOOL AID BUDGET OUTSIDE OF
LANSING, MICHIGAN. THE
CONVERSATION HAS STARTED WITH A
GOAL TO GET LAWMAKERS TO NOT
ONLY APPROVED UNIVERSAL PRE K
BUT TO ADEQUATELY FUNDED IT. IS
IT NOT NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE. WE
THINK THAT WE CAN GET THERE. THE
CHALLENGE WILL BE HOW DO WE GET
TO A POSITION WHERE WE’RE
FUNDING IT WELL, AND WE’RE DOING
IT RIGHT, DOCTOR CULBERT SAYS
FOUR YEAR OLD UNIVERSAL
PREKINDERGARTEN WOULD ACTUALLY
SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN, AS
EVIDENCED BY COVID LEARNING LOSS
IF THAT LEARNING HAD STARTED
EARLIER, FEWER INTERVENTIONS
WOULD HAVE BEEN NEEDED LATER.
AND SO THE GOAL BY THE YEAR
2027. MICHIGAN BRINGS UNIVERSAL
PRE K ON BOARD. WE’VE GOT TO
FIND WAYS TO FILL THE GAPS THAT
ALREADY EXIST AND MAKE SURE THAT
EVERY KID NO MATTER WHERE YOU
LIVE, WHETHER IT’S IN THE CITY
OR IN THE SUBURB OR IN A RULE
COUNTY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO A
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. YEAH YOU
KNOW, WE REALLY CAN’T FORGET IS
THE FACT THAT PRESCHOOL IS AN
INDUSTRY IN MICHIGAN AND, OF
COURSE OTHER STATES. WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT MICHIGAN RIGHT
NOW. BUT IT’S AN INDUSTRY IN
ITSELF. AND SO THAT ALSO HAS TO
BE PART OF THIS VERY DIFFICULT
CALCULATION. A LOT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE
BUILT. A LOT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT
THEY’RE WILLING TO DO THAT HEAVY
LIFTING TO GET THIS ON BOARD IN
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. BACK TO
YOU. THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU,
PAULA WELL, THE PUSH TO REPEAL
RIGHT TO WORK. LEGISLATION IN
MICHIGAN IS PICKING UP MOMENTUM
AFTER PASSING THE STATE HOUSE
YESTERDAY. WE TOLD YOU THE BILLS
PASSED A KEY COMMITTEE. LATER
THE FULL HOUSE WORDED
LEGISLATION TO THE STATE SENATE
THAT REVERSES THE LAW BANNING
FORCED UNION MEMBERSHIP AND
RESTORES PREVAILING WAGE
REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC