The Deportation of Herta Llusho, Non-Profits, and Film Tax Incentives - Link to Audio
An uphill battle is underway to fend off the deportation of Herta Llusho, an Albanian immigrant living in Detroit. Her deportation is scheduled for Wednesday August 19th . Herta and her brother Lirjon Llusho are in the studio to talk with Quinn and Craig about the process.
How do new media sources such as Facebook and Twitter pick up on stories like Herta’s when old media sources do not. We’ll hear from Eric Baerren, blogger and Editor of the Michigan Liberal.
On Friday… the U.S. Department of Labor announced pay scales for weatherization workers. That will give officials in Michigan an idea of how many homes they can insulate with the $243 million Washington is sending here. If you make $44,000 a year or less, your family could qualify for an energy home make over. The plan helps people save money, energy and pollution while putting people to work. Michigan Now’s Chris McCarus has been out on a job with state residents.
Non-profits in Detroit are adopting new strategies to raise money. Mariam Noland of the Community Foundation and Maude Lyon of Cultural Alliance will be on to speak with us. Sherri Welch, a Crain’s Detroit Business Reporter who covers nonprofits, will also join us.
Find out what’s really going on with Michigan’s film tax incentives. Rumors and gossip have been piling up. We’re going to hear from Senator Nancy Cassis as well as Emmy Award Winner and President of HKO Media Harvey Ovshinsky. We will also hear from Mark Adler of the Michigan Production Alliance and Geoff George, an industry worker on the set of Trivial Pursuits starring SNL’s Chris Parnell.