Washington — The defense policy bill approved Thursday by the House includes new spending authorization for the ongoing project to build a new Soo Lock at $3.2 billion,...
WASHINGTON — Many of the deaths and much of the economic damage from the Covid pandemic could have been prevented, particularly in the early months of the...
Former President Donald Trump's administration failed to heed critical early warnings about the severity of the virus and provided poor leadership as it strove to "avoid bad news,"...
The Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to override an existing law and update requirements for government agencies to write communications...
WASHINGTON — A new examination by Senate Democrats of how the federal government bungled its early response to the coronavirus pandemic faults President Donald J. Trump and...
WASHINGTON D.C. (WLNS) — A two-year-long investigation’s findings declared big failures in the federal government’s response to COVID-19.
U.S. Senator Gary Peters...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A piece of bipartisan legislation to crack down on potential PFAS exposure from commercial airports will head to President Joe Biden’s...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Genesee County Circuit Judge F. Kay Behm to be the U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of...
A bill designed to help target Natural Disaster Mitigation funding is heading to the President’s desk after making it through the House.
The legislation would require the...
Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rick Scott (R-FL) that requires...
Federal legislation that aims to protect certain metropolitan areas, including six in Michigan, from losing key federal funding has been signed into law.
The Metropolitan Areas...
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - A bill was signed into law that would protect communities in Michigan from losing access to federal funding when the population threshold changes.
The bill...
EPA is seeking to require industrial facilities to report “forever chemical” releases at lower thresholds and concentrations — a big win for environmental...
Federal agencies will soon have to think more carefully about their exposure to risks from natural disasters, with President Biden on Monday signing into law a measure that will...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WLUC) - Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Debbie Stabenow...
Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to reduce the spread of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination at commercial airports is headed to the...
Michigan is getting an influx of more than $90 million in federal funds to bolster and expand the state's public health workforce, capacity, and data systems, officials said...
WASHINGTON, D.C., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Legislation intended to help protect firefighters from exposure to PFAS chemicals has passed the U.S. House and is on its way to President...
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters on Wednesday introduced Judge Jonathan J.C. Grey to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing considering his nomination to be...
It was familiar turf when U.S. Sen. Gary Peters pitched in at a warehouse in Pontiac prepping Thanksgiving food donations for Oakland County’s main social-service...