SE Michigan Project Gets More Than $2M Award
A project including the Southeast Michigan Community Alliance is getting a more than $2 million award to help promote advanced manufacturing.
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A project including the Southeast Michigan Community Alliance is getting a more than $2 million award to help promote advanced manufacturing.
U.S. Rep. Gary Peters won a faceoff with a Democratic colleague on Tuesday that will leave Detroit without two black members of Congress for the first time in nearly a half-century, but John Conyers — one of the founders of the Congressional Black Caucus — easily survived a crowded primary fight of his own.
There's no rest for the weary as Pete Hoekstra found as he was in hardcore campaign mode early Wednesday doing an interview with CBS62's "First Forecast Mornings" and talking of the next phase of his bid to beat U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow.
Rep. John Conyers has won another Democratic primary and is on his way to a 25th consecutive term in Congress.
Gary Peters pulled off a win over Hansen Clarke Tuesday night in the Democratic Primary for the newly redrawn 14th Congressional District.
Michigan voters will choose a Republican to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and could change history by dropping one or both of the state's two black congressmen in Tuesday's primary election.
"You don't hunt rabbits with an AK-47 and you don't try to protect your home with it either," said Rep. John Conyers, who is calling on President Obama and others and support the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence.
In a congressional career that has spanned nearly a half-century, John Conyers is no stranger to fending off re-election challenges. However, they usually come in the fall, not the summer.
A number of Congressmen from several states, including Michigan, are hoping to raise the current federal minimum wage to $10.
Michigan Congressman John Conyers is hosting a forum Tuesday night to discuss the legal implications of the Emergency Manager Law.
Congressman John Conyers has received an endorsement from President Barack Obama.
Details of a new national program to improve how the uninsured receive prescription medication are expected to be released in Detroit.
Williams and others including Congressman John Conyers urge citizens to sign petitions to put a referendum on the ballot on the emergency manager law.
Civil rights activist - the Reverend Al Sharpton - in Detroit Sunday lending his voice to oppose the state's emergency manager law.
Rep. John Conyers is asking the Justice Department and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to review and possibly challenge the constitutionality of the Emergency Manager law.
A couple of lawmakers from Michigan are helping needy veterans get back on their feet. Congressman Hansen Clarke and Congressman John Conyers Jr. are hosting the Veteran's Resource Fair on Thursday in Detroit.
A partnership of labor and environmental groups called The Blue Green Alliance announced its support for President Barack Obama's jobs plan on Wednesday in Detroit.
Congressman John Conyers has been as close to invincible as a politician could be since his first election in 1964. But that invincibility could be tested in the coming year.
U.S. Representative Hansen Clarke may be looking to soon challenge Congressman John Conyers. Clarke is using Facebook and Twitter to tell constituents that he plans to run for the newly redrawn 14th district, currently represented by Conyers.
Amid some movement in the budget talks in Washington, Congressman John Conyers says Republicans should quit linking any budget agreement to the raising of the country's debt ceiling.
Detroit Congressman John Conyers' call to eliminate the National Football League's anti-trust exemption is getting nowhere on Capitol Hill.
