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The NAACP announced Sunday that it will hold its 110th annual national convention at the Cobo Center in Detroit in July 2019. Leon Russell, chairman of the national NAACP's Board of Directors, made the announcement at a news conference held before the Detroit branch's 63rd Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner at the Cobo Center.
The Secretary of State recently announced the 2018 Michigan unofficial primary candidates, including two women, either of whom could could become the first Muslim woman to hold a seat in Congress. They are examples of the rising tide of women and minorities running for political offices in 2018.
The Democrat from West Palm Beach joined with other leaders of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues to bring greater awareness to the problem of harassment in the workplace.
We could debate endlessly about what people want and expect from state government, but a few things are clear: First, we want a government we can trust and that will respond to what we want.
U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN), Mimi Walters (R-CA) and Barbara Comstock (R-VA) led members of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues in hosting a hearing this week that explored sexual harassment in male-dominated fields, as well as strategies to effect change in workplace cultures.
The effects of last year's tax code rewrite have been showing up this month in earnings reports for publicly traded companies, many of which saved hundreds of millions of dollars already this year, including Detroit automakers. These first-quarter earnings reports show what lowering the U.S. corporate income tax rate to 21% from 35% has meant for some businesses' bottom lines. U.S.
The House of Representatives passed a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, putting to rest efforts to privatize the agency and adding some cyber responsibilities to its mission. The bill, introduced by Rep.
Democrats in the House joined Republicans last week and voted to approve the Volcker Rule Regulation Harmonization Act, which exempts banks with less than $10 billion is assets from the Volcker Rule. After 11 democratic senators joined Republicans in cosponsoring a bill to “raise the threshold for extra regulatory scrutiny for banks from $50 billion to $250 billion,” it left less than 10 U.S.
The federal government would spend tens of billions of dollars repairing the nation’s water infrastructure over the next decade if a bill introduced in Congress today becomes law.
Congressional Democrats on Wednesday marked the fourth anniversary of the water-supply switch that led to the contamination of Flint’s drinking water by calling for another federal oversight hearing and additional state aid for the recovering city.