Genesee County considers 911 surcharge while Flint public safety, MTA tax requests head to May ballot
The Flint City Council approved putting the public safety and mass transit renewals on the ballot during its meeting Monday, Jan. 11. The 911 surcharge of $1.86 per line, which raises about $7 million annually, is set to expire at the end of this year unless it is renewed by voters. Flint’s 6-mill public safety millage benefits police and fire departments in the city and generates about $4.7 million annually. The 0.6-mill MTA millage is paid only by Flint residents for public transportation services in the city, where fixed-routes buses primarily travel. More from MLive:Flint residents campaign in support of 6-mill public safety tax proposalPublic safety, police services millages pass in Flint
mlive.comUS job losses in May could raise 3-month total to 30 million
If their forecast of 8 million jobs lost in May proves correct, it would come on top of April's loss of 20.5 million jobs the worst monthly loss on record and bring total job cuts in the three months since the viral outbreak intensified to nearly 30 million. That's more than three times the jobs lost in the 2008-2009 Great Recession. That is still more than all the jobs lost in the Great Recession. Oxford Economics, a consulting firm, estimates that the economy will regain 17 million jobs by year's end, a huge increase by historic standards. Adam Ozimek, chief economist at Upwork, notes that the fastest year for job growth since the Great Recession was 3 million jobs in 2014.