WASHINGTON – Michigan's U.S. senators today urged the National Park Service to shorten its timetable for addressing a sharp decline in the wolf population at Isle Royale...
MACKINAC ISLAND — A tax cut for small distilleries might help Michigan grow from the Great Beer State to the Great Alcohol State by lowering costs for new businesses.
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By Brittany Wright
A new proposed law could be a big help to small craft distilleries.
Last week, Senator Gary Peters introduced the distillery excise tax reform.
If passed, it...
Small distillers in northern Michigan would get a big tax break under a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last week by Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).
He visited Traverse City Whiskey...
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (WXYZ) - U.S. Senator Gary Peters says new vehicle-to-vehicle technology could eventually eliminate 80 percent of all car crashes. He spoke to Chuck Stokes...
MACKINAC ISLAND — The 62-year-old pipeline carrying oil through the Straits of Mackinac is getting lots of attention here this week, and one of Michigan's senators says the...
WASHINGTON – Michigan's U.S. senators are proposing legislation which would phase out the use of microbeads — tiny, synthetic beads used in cosmetics and personal...
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters has urged the Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency to select Fort Custer as the site of a missile defense system.
Peters, D-Bloomfield Township,...
WASHINGTON – A measure to create a program to train health care workers to recognize victims of human trafficking proposed by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters was included in...
A Wyandot Middle School student asked retired U.S. astronaut Col. Charles Precourt to describe some of the sights he witnessed during his four space shuttle missions.
Precourt told...
WASHINGTON — Agent Orange, an herbicide used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, has been linked to health issues ranging from rashes to heart...
College students who default on student loans from private lenders like banks would have the same opportunity to repair their credit as those who default on federal student loans,...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Gary Peters today said he will reintroduce legislation that could help students who default on private loans rehabilitate their credit.
"It is simply...
It should be easier for borrowers to repair their credit after defaulting on private student loans, Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters said Monday at Michigan State...
EAST LANSING – A bipartisan proposal expected to be introduced in Congress Tuesday would erase private student loan defaults from credit reports after college graduates make...
LANSING, MI — College graduates who default on private student loans could get a second chance at a good credit score if legislation proposed by Sen. Gary Peters becomes...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A local physician joined U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Friday, May 1, in calling for training to help medical professionals identify victims of...
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (MI) has joined up with 32 other politicians to introduce to the floor the Raise the Wage Act, according to a United States Senate press release. The...
The Blue Water Bridge plaza expansion isn't a priority, but at least it hasn't been forgotten.
Michigan's new U.S. Senator, Gary Peters, put Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson...
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced a bill Tuesday that he said would be a preliminary step towards overhauling the criminal justice system in the wake of violent protests over...