Name: Economist: Biden stimulus plan geared more toward people, not businesses
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Description: President-elect Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief proposal includes a third round of stimulus checks for taxpayers, but it also calls for something not in the packages Congress passed last spring and in December: a $15 minimum wage.

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President-elect Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief proposal includes a third round of stimulus checks for taxpayers, but it also calls for something not in the packages Congress passed last spring and in December: a $15 minimum wage.

THE PROGRAM WILL RE-AIR AT NOON. A PROUD SPONSOR. >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN LANE AT THE SCENE OF THIS PROPOSAL TODAY, THE PACKAGE INCLUDES RAISING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. AND HAS BEEN $7.25 AN HOUR SINCE 2009. WORKERS PROTESTING IN DURHAM SAYS A RAISE IS LONG OVERDUE. LAURA LESLEY HAS THE STORY. >> Reporter: HE WOULD RATHER NOT BE PICKETING OUTSIDE OF HIS WORKPLACE ON A COLD JANUARY DAY BUT AT EIGHT DOLLARS AN HOUR, HE CANNOT GET BY IN WHAT THEY PAY HIM. >> I FEEL LIKE WE COMPLETELY ARE UNDERPAID FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE GO THROUGH YOUR . >> Reporter: HE WAS THRILLED TO LEARN PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN IS PROPOSING TO RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR. IT HAS NOT GONE UP AT ALL SINCE 2009. BENSON SAYS IT WOULD BE LIFE- CHANGING. >> I COULD GET MY OWN PLACE, YOU KNOW? A SMALL LITTLE APARTMENT OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE CAR OR SOMETHING COMING UP? TO HELP ME GET AROUND. YOU KNOW WAX THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL RIGHT THERE. RIGHT? >> Reporter: THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES JUST ONE PART OF THE RIDE IN 1.9 TRILLION DOLLARS STIMULUS PACKAGE. IT ALSO INCLUDES A $1400 STIMULUS CHECK FOR MOST PEOPLE. AND A $400 BOOST TO EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. IT IS VERY HEAVILY FOCUSED ON HOUSEHOLDS AND PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE FRONTLINE, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, ETC. RATHER THAN BUSINESSES. >> Reporter: MIKE WALDEN SAYS THE WAGE INCREASE COULD HELP TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BUT HE SAYS EMPLOYERS ARE ALREADY TURNING TO TECHNOLOGY TO REPLACE LOW-WAGE WORKERS. HE WORRIES THIS COULD SPEED UP THE TRANS. >> WITH THIS CAUSING EMPLOYERS TO SAY ALL RIGHT IF I HAD TO PAY SOMEBODY $50 AN HOUR AND I WAS PAYING THEM SEVEN DOLLARS AN HOUR I WILL LOOK INTO REPLACING THEM ON THE PROCESSING PLANTS . >> Reporter: NOW THE INCREASE IS ONLY A PROPOSAL. IT STILL HAS TO MAKE IT CONGRESS AND EVEN IF IT DOES, IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW WEEKLY IT WILL TAKE EFFECT. BENSON SAYS HE IS HOPING AND PRAYING THAT IT IS SOON. >> WE ARE NOT ASKING TO GET RICH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE ARE JUST ASKING TO BE, YOU KNOW, TREATED FAIRLY. >> Reporter: LAURA LESLEY, WRAL NEWS, DURING. >> MANY CITIES AND STATES HAVE

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Economist: Biden stimulus plan geared more toward people, not businesses

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<p>A meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner, checking out what's happening. We are tracking this cold front. We've been watching it all week. This is the same one that did a lot of damage across the plains and Midwest. And you can still see that there's a lot of activity out ahead of this front. We've had a few thunderstorms even early this morning in the mountains of North Carolina and a couple of sprinkles showing up in our southern counties this morning. But the best chance for strong to severe thunderstorms come later on this evening, we do have a level to risk for severe storms both today and tomorrow. It's a little bit of an unusual weather pattern for us. It's the usual threats, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, heavy rain and hail, but it's the timeline of this. That's a little unusual. We'll see that beginning this evening tonight lasting overnight and into the first half of the day on Thursday, typically these storms will die down after midnight and then redevelop in the afternoon. Instead, this is going to be an ongoing overnight and tomorrow morning kind of event. So keep that in mind again, damaging wind, hail, isolated tornadoes maybe even a little isolated flooding with these waves of storms and maybe even some spotty power outages. So here's a look at Futurecast. We're looking at mostly cloudy skies for today, some sunshine trying to peak through here and there. Um, once we get into the evening, the thunderstorm to begin to develop and you can see those 7 to 9 o'clock continuing there at midnight and overnight, look at that 6 a.m. with a good chance for scattered storms and then some waves on and off through the morning with it eventually moving out by around lunchtime or so, uh, looks mostly dry for the afternoon. Couldn't rule out an isolated shower or thunderstorm. And then another round most likely on Friday afternoon and evening check in what it looks like across the area. We get a mix of sun and clouds for us. Temperatures in the mid seventies, it is really warm and sticky. It feels just like July out there. We'll see a high of 92 and Raleigh 91 in Durham and 93 in Fayetteville. Our heat index mid to maybe even upper nineties in some places. This afternoon, we're sitting at steamie right now. We'll jump to tropical tomorrow making it feel also like low to mid nineties. And then after that, a nice break as we get into the weekend, so less heat, less humidity, a pretty weekend for Mother's Day. But for tonight and for much of the day tomorrow you're going to need to be weather. We make sure that you're tuning in to us on TV, as we're tracking these storms for you.</p>

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Hey there. Good afternoon. I'm Noah Klein. Welcome to this afternoon. Join us for Wednesday, May 8th 2024. Let's get started here with Carolina pick three. That first number is three. Second number is zero. Third number is two, pick 35. Ball number is two. Joining me for this afternoon's draws are auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move to the Carolina pick four. That first pick four. Number is nine, second, number one. Third number is five fourth number nine. And our pick for a fable number is five. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion education. Thank you for your support. Get your running numbers each day at 3 p.m. and again, 11:22 p.m. right here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education Lottery.

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Good evening. I'm Tina Soldan Cash with the night time lottery drawing for Tuesday. May 7th, 2024. 1st winning pick three tonight is seven, followed by eight, third pick three is six and our pick three. Fireball number is eight. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconn Jones L LP. Now it's time for the Carolina pick four, check your tickets. Good luck. Eight is our first winning pick four followed by six, third pick for tonight. Another six fourth winning number is zero and our pick for a fireball number tonight is three. Let's turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one matches all five numbers to win the jackpot tonight, tomorrow's top prize is an estimated $493,000. Good luck. Six is our first winning cash five number tonight followed by seven. Third winning number is 19. Our fourth cash five tonight 11 and our final winning number is 15. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers right here every night. Thanks for playing

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS AMERICA ON TIME. CODE IS TUESDAY MAY 7TH AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED A NEW TIES 306 MILLION DOLLARS DOING THAT JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA MALL. NOW, LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. OUR FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS 63 FOLLOWED BY 28. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 36 YOU NEXT NUMBER IS 66 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS EVENING IS 26 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER THAT IS 15 AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 63. 28. 36 66. 26 IN THE GOLD.

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