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Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) argued on Thursday that the United Nations’ repeated investigations of Israel may be part of a campaign to delegitimize and potentially withdraw recognition of the Jewish state in the body’s General Assembly.
Speaking during a virtual AIPAC event, the sophomore congresswoman condemned the U.N.’s “wild targeting of the State of Israel, over and over and over again to the tune of it almost [feeling] like a conspiracy theory.”
Opening the hearing, Research and Technology Subcommittee Chair Haley Stevens (D-MI) distinguished between fair and unfair influence in standards-setting, saying, “Within the last year, both the European Union and the Chinese government laid out ambitious plans to gain supremacy in international standards-setting. These goals are legitimate as long as those nations continue to adhere to the merit-based model for standards development.
State of the city speeches are often about looking back on recent successes, but Livonia Mayor Maureen Miller Brosnan said her favorite part of her 2022 address was getting to look ahead.
The mayor delivered her speech March 24 at Laurel Manor in Livonia. The crowd, which greeted Brosnan with a standing ovation, included local officials, business leaders and community members.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A congresswoman from Ohio has introduced legislation to establish and fund the Great Lakes Authority, a new federal entity to protect and promote economic activities on the Great Lakes.
Even before the U.S. Senate gave its final approval late Thursday on a 68-31 vote to a $1.5 trillion spending bill funding the federal government, Michigan members of Congress were celebrating the return of the earmark.
Southfield — During the pandemic Tara Young, owner of 44 Burrito in Detroit, had to gradually reduce her days of operation as she lost nearly 80% of her staff.
“I didn’t get a break,” she said. “We were feeding frontline workers. I’m getting a break now because of lack of employees.”
Young was among several women owners of small businesses and leaders in sectors including manufacturing and construction to express their concerns this week during a roundtable in Southfield with Isabel Guzman, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Washington, DC (March 7, 2022) – Today, Congresswomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Haley Stevens (MI-11) introduced a resolution recognizing the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on children who have lost caregivers and calling on the Federal Government to identify services and resources that can be used to assist them.
Original cosponsors include Democratic Reps. Brenda Lawrence, Debbie Dingell, Rashida Tlaib, Andy Levin, Haley Stevens, and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan; Brendon Boyle and Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania; Ro Khanna of California and Antonio Delgado of New York.
Negotiations to win the freedom of Michigan businessman Paul Whelan — imprisoned more than three years in Russia following a closed-door trial that convicted him of spying — may be stalled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The war could "potentially slow down any possible discussions regarding Paul's release," his brother David Whelan told the Free Press Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWJ) – Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan says she is calling on President Joe Biden to address the “false imprisonment” of Paul Whelan, a Michigan native who has been held in a Russian prison since 2018.