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WASHINGTON (WPBN/WGTU) -- A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol found a broad intelligence breakdown across multiple agencies, along with widespread...

WASHINGTON — Federal intelligence agencies failed to properly warn local law enforcement officers that pro-Trump extremists were plotting to storm the U.S. Capitol, despite...

A panel led in part by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., found intelligence agencies and law enforcement failed to react to threats made ahead of the Jan. 6 attack by supporters...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan U.S. Senator Gary Peters made a stop at the capital city today. He met with city officials, and local business leaders as part of what he...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democratic senator Gary Peters visited Grand Rapids Wednesday, kicking off a statewide listening tour on infrastructure.  This comes as Washington...

WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) – The global microchip shortage looks like it could keep affecting production well into 2022, and Capitol Hill wants to do something about it. A...

In what may someday turn out to be a boon to manufacturing in Michigan, the U.S. Senate on Thursday advanced a bill that includes new rules to push government to buy more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WLNS) – Michigan Senator Gary Peters took part in a confirmation for US Air Force Secretary candidate Frank Kendall on Monday, and he brought up a subject...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - U.S. Senator Gary Peters will highlight key provisions included in the economic competitiveness package currently being considered in the senate. Wednesday...

WASHINGTON — The leading Democrat and Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee introduced bipartisan legislation targeting reforms for the...

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) has introduced a bill to strengthen the United States Postal Service. The agency has struggled for years. Performance especially suffered upon the...

In the wake of a pandemic response that had been hobbled initially by a lack of domestic medical supplies and an overreliance on foreign supply chains, Senate Homeland Security and...

Washington — A new bipartisan bill in the Senate aims to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service's financial structure in an effort to improve persistent delivery problems and shore...

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday to lift significant financial burdens off the ailing U.S. Postal Service while tightening accountability...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) released a statement on Thursday celebrating the new Center for Disease Control guidance that says vaccinated people do not...

Washington — Legislation by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, to pump $2 billion into semiconductor manufacturing in the United States was added Wednesday to a bill...

MICHIGAN — U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced that Michigan state and local governments will receive nearly $11 billion in funding through...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow released a joint statement on Monday welcoming the Treasury Department’s announcement that Michigan...

WASHINGTON — Legislation with bipartisan and bicameral backing in Congress would require leaders at higher education institutions to certify they have reviewed any reports of...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Michigan lawmakers reached out to Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs Denis McDonough on behalf of more than one hundred older veterans who were struggling...