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The cooperation between government and private companies was on full display Friday with the groundbreaking of a new distillery and tasting room for the Traverse City Whiskey...

WARREN, Mich. – Officials in Macomb County provided an update Wednesday on $2.5 million in new federal funding for the Mound Road project. Sen. Gary Peters...

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. (WXYZ) — Wednesday, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) and Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel announced the county has been awarded $2.5 million in federal...

Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel dubbed U.S. Senator Gary Peters the $100 million dollar man Wednesday during a press conference in Warren celebrating $2.5 million in new...

Flint, MI—Thanks to an infusion of federal support, Mott Community College will be renovating its Prahl College Center with an eye toward workforce development.  At a...

ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. – General Motors announced a $4 billion investment in its Orion Township Assembly last year to transform it to make EV Silverado...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Flint's Mott Community College is upgrading its workforce training programs with a $650,000 federal grant. The college will use the money to buy new...

FLINT, MI — Mott Community College will receive $650,000 in federal funds earmarked by U.S. Senator Gary Peters to use for equipment for existing workforce training programs...

A southern Berrien County fire department has secured funding to help save lives in dangerous situations. The Bertrand Township Fire Department received $42,857 in federal grant...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Athens Township Fire Department is expected to receive $331,039 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a Wednesday announcement...

The Inflation Reduction Act is now in effect with the new year. Michigan U.S. Senator Gary Peters says it lowers costs for insulin for seniors on Medicare. “It’s...

Michigan’s U.S. senators are touting the benefits of Medicare price reforms approved by Congress, which take effect beginning this week. Democratic U.S. Senators Debbie...

MICHIGAN (WLUC) - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) announced Friday that several Inflation Reduction Act provisions will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023,...

Congress has authorized funding for a new icebreaker for the Great Lakes, a priority that the shipping industry and U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, have sought for...

Two bills authored by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, will fight human trafficking and get water-emergency information to first responders after President Joe Biden...

More federal money is going toward better predicting floods. At one time, flood predictions were based on past experiences. Climate change has made that less reliable. How many 100...

President Biden signed the annual national defense bill into law today, which U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), a former Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and member of...

Firefighters in Dearborn use high-end lifesaving equipment on a daily basis — both for fires and more frequently during traffic accidents. Much of that equipment, and that...

Michigan U.S. Sen. Gary Peters along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday highlighted an effort to strengthen the federal disaster preparedness and response with...

WASHINGTON, DC — An $858 billion national defense bill that President Joe Biden is expected to sign this week contains funding authorizations for a new Great Lakes icebreaker...