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June 14, 2021

Seizing what she called “an opportunity to make historic, lasting investments in child care,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a proposal on Monday to invest $1.4 billion in federal child care funding to make taking care of kids more affordable for working parents in Michigan.


June 3, 2021

Longtime grocery store owner Lisa Pardington and relatively-new restaurateur Sasha Richaironarongsongkram have faced the same stubborn hurdle throughout the past several months: an inability to secure employees.


May 18, 2021

It is no secret that there are long standing disparities that exist within the STEM fields. Despite women’s groundbreaking research, discoveries, and achievements in science and technology, in 2019, only 35 percent of students enrolled in STEM coursework were women.


April 19, 2021

Michigan’s latest idea to boost the state’s abysmal recycling rate: Shark Tank for trash.


April 9, 2021

Clawson, MI – When Tim Idzikowski Woodpile BBQ’s second location in Dec. 2019 he had no idea that a worldwide pandemic would soon clamp down on life and business.  Employees were laid off.  Revenues plummeted. And the future was uncertain.


March 20, 2021

About 80 Teamsters members received some high-profile support Saturday when several members of Michigan's congressional delegation joined them on the picket line outside the 7 Up warehouse in Redford Township.


March 15, 2021

Congress is helping guide the oversight and management of AI research within the federal government, shaping the usage of new technologies to better serve the American public. Rep. Haley Stevens, (D-Mich.), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Research & Technology, discusses the opportunities AI presents the federal workforce.


January 7, 2021

WASHINGTON — More than 200 members of Congress, almost exclusively Democrats, are calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office after a violent mob of his supporters breached the U.S.