News-Press Supportive of Shields' Call For New Unemployment Benefits Compromise

 "We’re probably going to have to go back and revisit the issue" of extending unemployment benefits, Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields said last week after the US Department of Labor's decided that this spring's legislation to draw down federal funds did not meet their requirements.

"It may be one of the issues that raises to the level of a special session," he added.

Today, The News-Press editorial board expressed its support of Shields efforts:

We support the effort to find a way around the harsh Labor ruling. Perhaps Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph and the Senate president pro-tem, is on to something in seeking a new compromise — give the feds what they want, but win agreement from the governor that he won’t stand in the way of repeal of the new standards after the federal money runs out.