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Is there strength in numbers? The Partnership For Open & Fair Skies sure hopes so.The Partnership serves as the lobby group for American, Delta and United airlines, as well as several aviation unions and organizations.
Reps. Mimi Walters, R-Calif., and Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., vice chairwomen of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, are hosting the 20th annual Women in the Military Wreath Laying Ceremony today. Also scheduled to attend are Reps. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., and Susan W. Brooks, R-Ind.
President Trump's team has officially released its first full budget proposal. It calls for more spending on defense and border security. But also includes a lot of cuts, from education initiatives to social services. Downriver resident, Brandy Coleman says she simply can't live without government assistance.
lbert J. Pirro Jr., a Westchester lawyer and an old friend of President Donald Trump’s, has signed his first federal lobbying client. He’ll lobby for the Greater New York Hospital Association on “Federal regulations regarding reimbursement of uncompensated medical care pursuant to Medicare,” according to a disclosure filing.
On May 10, Detroit native Rawan Latif 24, became a captain in the United States Air Force. That is only one of many ways in which Latif has served both her local community and the United States at large.
Alzheimer’s is expensive. How expensive? About $259 billion expensive. What does $259 billion even look like? You can give every man, woman and child in the U.S. $805.85, or buy 8,633,333 cars valued at $30,000. If it was miles you could go around the globe 10,412,478.9 times.
Detroit-area residents and officials gathered at Grand Circus Park May 12 to celebrate the opening of the QLINE trolley system on Woodward Avenue. Those in Detroit can now ride the 3.3-mile track that leads from Grand Boulevard in midtown to Congress Street, next to the Detroit RiverWalk. A grand opening ceremony took place with speakers that included Michigan Gov.
There's no party like a Detroit streetcar party. The QLINE officially opens to the masses this morning with free rides and events planned all weekend. The launch kicks off at Detroit's Grand Circus Park with dignitaries, speeches, the Cass Tech High School marching band and the return of regular streetcar service to the Motor City for the first time in decades.
The QLine, Detroit’s $140 million streetcar line on a 6.6-mile loop, opened to the public Friday after nearly a decade of planning and with assurances that it’s intended as the first piece of a broader regional transit system. The Kresge Foundation, Quicken Loans Chairman Dan Gilbert and Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
There's no party like a Detroit streetcar party. The QLINE officially opens to the masses this morning with free rides and events planned all weekend.