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Washington ― The U.S. Senate voted 49-42 Thursday to confirm Michigan U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan J.C. Grey to serve on the District Court bench for the Eastern...

Michigan Democratic Sens. Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow on Thursday called for expanding federal gun safety legislation in the wake of the mass shooting at Michigan State...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after an announcement today from the United...

Oak Park will see millions of dollars in federal transportation funds used to reconstruct a deck plaza over I-696, which cut through the city’s Orthodox Jewish Community when...

NEGUANEE, Mich. (WLUC) - Senator Gary Peters is reintroducing bipartisan legislation to reauthorize three FEMA grant programs. Mason Tompkins is a firefighter for the Negaunee City...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Saying it is important for them to have the equipment and people they need, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters is calling for the reauthorization of millions...

OAK PARK, MI – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) today announced that the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) will be awarding the...

Washington — A research center for self-driving vehicles at the University of Michigan received a $3 million grant Tuesday from the Department of...

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) today announced $7,945,884 in federal funding for the state of Michigan to help combat gun violence and enhance behavioral...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The city of Kalamazoo has been awarded over $12 million in federal grant money toward a project to reconfigure and rebuild major one-way streets downtown as...

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) today applauded the news that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making $37,348,000 in federal grants...

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission to move quickly to grant some automakers, universities and others the ability...

Sen. Gary Peters is proud of the bills he passed ... but a conversation doesn't go far before he also brings up some Michigan history. “1959,” Peters said in his...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters discussed the future of Michigan business at a luncheon in Lansing. They touched on topics such as cyber...

Federal agencies often sit on unused or underutilized buildings or land. Often, agencies cannot set the property if it is part of a larger campus. Now, new legislation would cut...

A local community college unveiled plans for a hub to train the next generation of advanced manufacturing and automation workers.  Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC)...

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., announced Thursday that he has reintroduced the Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act together with Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla.,...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today announced that Kevin Hensley — an Air Force veteran, BurnPit360 Advocate and Veterans of Foreign Wars National Legislative Committee...

ALPENA — Northeast Michigan has been fortunate for nearly a decade to have representatives in Lansing who are on appropriation committees, which help decide how tax money is...

BENTON HARBOR — Eyes are on the city of Benton Harbor on a national level, in a good way, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters said during a news conference Friday. “We’re...