Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for
–Tuesday November 17th 2021—
—Here are 3 big things you need to know—
Three— The vast majority of COVID-19 cases worldwide are now the Delta variant. The World Health Organization reports about 99 percent of the roughly 900-thousand COVID-19 cases sequenced over the last two months came from the Delta strain. The highly contagious variant was first detected in India this time last year.
Two— Michigan drivers are paying an average of 18-percent less money on auto insurance than the prior year. Governor Whitmer says that’s due to the auto insurance reform she previously signed and adds even more money should be saved on the PIP medical portion of policies depending on coverage options.
And number one— Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is urging lawmakers to raise or suspend the debt limit “as soon as possible.” In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Yellen explained the federal government could default on its debt obligations shortly after December 15th. Yellen’s update comes after President Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law.