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The race for the open congressional seat vacated by U.S. Rep. John Conyers started out as a family affair but with 10 candidates now in the race, there are concerns the vote could be hopelessly split and result in the election of someone other than a black Detroiter to a seat traditionally and historically linked to both.
Two weeks after the killing of 17 at a Florida school, members of Congress are facing sustained pressure to take up gun-reform legislation, but it remains unclear what measures could pass. “The question is will this be a tipping point? Each time, we hope it will be, and it isn’t,” said longtime U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, a Royal Oak Democrat.
Gretchen Whitmer, the frontrunner in the Democratic primary race for Michigan governor, is reportedly considering Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon as her running mate. Napoleon tells the Detroit News he's among several Democrats who've been recommended as possible nominees for lieutenant governor if Whitmer wins the August primary.
Members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus have drafted a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging Israel not to deport thousands of asylum seekers and instead “to pursue alternative means to respond to the African migrants who seek refuge within its borders.” The letter, obtained by Haaretz, has been signed by 15 of the 49 members of the overwhelmingly Democratic caucus.
“I grew up knowing that if you went to an auto plant you would instantly be in the middle class, because the UAW fought for workers to earn wages that would help them support their families, send their children to college and make a difference in their communities,” Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence told CAP delegates.
Lawmakers return to Washington on Monday to find a familiar contentious issue—guns—taking a priority over spending and immigration legislation that were expected to preoccupy their time for the next several weeks. The Feb.
Michigan Congressional delegation members are reminding colleagues drafting a federal spending bill not to forget $7 million for a national study on the health and environmental impacts of toxic flourochemicals near military bases. Seven Republicans and four Democrats signed a letter to the U.S.
Michigan's glaring problem flares up: how to fix the roads Road crews all over southeast Michigan have their hands full dealing with pothole problems and flooding. As it turns out - patching the potholes can solve two problems: it gives the water somewhere to go. Wherever you live - from Southfield to Rochester, the pothole patrol in Oakland County is tackling the craters as soon as possible.
Chonita Johnson smiled as she stood at the podium before a packed church Tuesday and shared humorous stories about her son, Detroit police officer Darren Weathers, who died last week during a training accident. She told the gathering at Second Ebenezer Church in Detroit how her son would style her hair when he was young.
Dozens crowded outside of the Detroit Police Department's 2nd Precinct on Saturday for Officer Darren Weathers's vigil. Weathers', 25, died in a car crash on the city's southwest side Tuesday while on a surveillance training exercise in an unmarked police vehicle that collided with another vehicle, according to authorities.