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Michigan State Interim President John Engler rejected the growing calls for his resignation Friday, saying in a statement he will "continue to look ahead" amid the controversy over his emailed comments criticizing one of Larry Nassar's most prominent sexual assault victims.
The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday sponsored by Rep. Mike Bishop meant to block the shipment of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl through the international mail system. Bishop, a Rochester Republican, said he was "astounded" to learn that current law treats packages arriving in the United States through private carriers such as FedEx differently than those coming in through the U.S.
Alabama 4th District U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt on Wednesday was named a co-chair of the of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA) for the 115th Congress. “I am honored to be the new Republican House Co-Chair of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption. I look forward to working with my co-chairs and colleagues to promote adoption among U.S. families and in our policies and laws.
After announcing that the Department of Housing and Urban Development would nearly triple rent for low-income Americans, Ben Carson seemed to shift his position. At a speaking event in Detroit, Michigan, on June 7, Carson indicated that rent for federal housing residents might not be raised after all, since other sources of funding had been identified. However, Brenda Lawrence, the U.S.
Ventura County residents who live in homes funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development could see their rents increase by an average of almost 15 percent under a proposal from Housing Secretary Ben Carson. Carson maintains his Make Affordable Housing Work Act would motivate residents in HUD-funded housing to seek financial independence.
Three of the contenders vying to replace resigned U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. in the 13th Congressional District came together on Saturday to share views on healthcare, sexual assault and justice reforms in a forum on the city's west side. Westland Mayor Bill Wild, Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones and state Sen. Coleman A.
On Sunday, June 10, Spotlight on the News will broadcast a Spotlight on the News special looking back at the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference from inside Michigan's historic Grand Hotel. Our guests will include: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, (D) Michigan Sandy Pensler, (R) U.S. Senate Candidate John James, (R) U.S.
What was supposed to be a simple trip to Detroit to announce a new self-sufficiency center turned more complicated Thursday when U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson suggested that previous plans to increase rent for low-income people may not happen.
Two Michigan lawmakers are among a group of Republicans who want to force a debate on immigration in Congress against the wishes of leadership, teeing up a potential showdown on the House floor over the so-called Dreamers. Reps. Fred Upton, R-St.
It’s been over three years since we found out the people of Flint were being poisoned by their drinking water. How is Flint doing now, and what happens next? And how are other Michigan cities doing after numerous crises — public health, financial, and otherwise.