WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., got his first piece of legislation as a senator approved by the U.S. House on Monday and sent on to President Barack Obama...
The U.S. House on Monday approved a bipartisan bill to cut federal vehicle repair costs.
The measure, proposed by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township and Bill Huizenga,...
The environmental threat to the Great Lakes posed by the transport of oil on and underneath its waters has prompted two Michigan’s U.S. senators to craft a bill aimed at...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Michigan's two Democratic U.S. senators have introduced federal legislation to ban shipping crude oil by vessel on the Great Lakes and add the basin to a...
As hundreds prepare to gather for an oil spill response drill in the Mackinac Straits, Michigan's two U.S. senators announced new legislation introduced in hopes of preventing such...
DEARBORN — After witnessing the hopelessness at Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp, the temporary home of 80,000 Syrians, Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich), believes the United States...
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) toured the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams or FRIB on Monday as part of his bipartisan effort to continue funding to the...
Pending legislation could help level the playing field for craft distilleries by reducing the excise tax that a distiller must pay on its spirits.
The Distillery Excise Tax Reform...
Local distillers in Michigan's Great Southwest concur with Michigan Senator Gary Peters that a proposed federal reduction in the excise tax on alcoholic spirits by small...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Those in the craft distillery business call the federal excise tax on liquor a "hangover from Prohibition."
Flanked by a pair of bronze distillers in Long...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., will travel to the Middle East this week to meet with officials in Iraq, Jordan and elsewhere to discuss ongoing...
MANISTEE — On Wednesday, United States Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) paid a visit to the Manistee News Advocate office, which sits a block away from a recently revitalized...
The past two winters have been tough ones for Great Lakes freighters, and U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield, is pushing for a new heavy icebreaker to ease their springtime...
MARQUETTE - U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Hills, learned about the beer brewing process and highlighted legislation he has co-sponsored while touring Blackrocks Brewery in...
ESCANABA - As part of a four-day visit to the Upper Peninsula, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D) visited Escanaba to discuss issues affecting the U.P. and the rest of the country.
In an...
In April, the U.S. Postal Service was forced to shut down Kalamazoo’s mail processing facility to cut costs. But a new bill from U.S. Senator Gary Peters could reverse that...
Detroit — U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters introduced legislation Friday that would provide an additional $26 million in federal loans to help small...
With a vacant, graffiti-covered building in the Eastern Market district as a backdrop, Michigan's two senators -- Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters -- touted...
Washington — Two pieces of legislation aimed at boosting advanced technology vehicles moved ahead Thursday in the U.S. Senate.
The Vehicle Innovation Act, which promotes...
About 20 people filled a small room at the Blue Water Convention Center Monday morning to talk business with U.S. Sen. Gary Peters.
The topics were international commerce, small...