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WASHINGTON, D.C.--   U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (MI), introduced...

Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) to reduce the spread of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination at commercial airports has advanced...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The city of Grand Rapids will be receiving roughly $1.5 million in federal funding to support public safety programs and accelerate a key...

The head of the Department of Homeland Security met Friday with a wide range of religious, city and military leaders in metro Detroit, touring the Zekelman Holocaust Center in...

MARQUETTE — The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package that passed the U.S. House and Senate and was recently signed by President Joe Biden includes $1.2 million in...

Farmington Hills — Citing a rise in domestic terrorism, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited Metro Detroit...

Michigan Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced Thursday that $750,000 in federal funding has been secured to expand affordable housing for tribal members...

Three months after the deadly shooting at Oxford High School, Michigan's U.S. senators proposed legislation Wednesday that could expand mental health resources to help students and...

Michigan Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced the introduction of a legislation to expand federal mental health resources to support students in the...

The Great Lakes Boat Building School (GLBBS) in Cedarville is being awarded $2.7 million by the Economic Development Administration (EDA). The school will use the funds to build a...

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) today announced that the Michigan Department of Transportation will receive $13,590,831 in funding from the Federal...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — In an effort to expand cargo infrastructure, a hefty amount of federal money will be going into the Capital Region International Airport (LAN). The...

Following overwhelming bipartisan support of legislation to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in the House last month, the U.S.Senate on Tuesday gave similar support to...

Michigan Senators Gary Peters, D-Michigan, and Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, have released statements following the passing of a federal budget bill for fiscal year...

WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to provide the long loss-making Postal Service (USPS) with about $50 billion in financial relief...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters’ (MI) bipartisan legislation to expand the age eligibility for the Student Incentive Payment Program through the Maritime Administration has passed...

The U.S. Senate has passed a historic, bipartisan legislation led by Michigan Senator Gary Peters to set the U.S. Postal Service on a more sustainable financial footing and support...

The Senate on Tuesday evening overwhelmingly approved a measure spearheaded by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., to put the Postal Service on firmer financial footing. Peters, as...

Washington — The Senate approved a postal reform package Tuesday aimed at shoring up the U.S. Postal Service' ailing finances and boosting transparency by allowing...

The Senate on Tuesday approved a $107 billion financial overhaul of the long-beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, providing monetary relief for the agency that leaders say will allow...