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On June 28, 2023, the Legislature passed a budget that increases funding for the Department of Attorney General by $24.5 million

AG Nessel Responds to SCOTUS Ruling in Moore v. Harper

On June 27, 2023, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the ruling of the North Carolina Supreme Court to reject the radical “independent state legislature theory

Meat Processor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Employing Minor Who Lost Hand on the Job

Darin Wilbur, 55, of Saranac, has pled guilty to one count of employing a minor in a dangerous profession after an on-the-job accident resulted in the minor losing his hand in a meat grinder, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced

Gov. Whitmer Announces New Small Business Support Hubs to Provide Comprehensive Resources, Grants to State’s Small Businesses

On June 27, 2023 , Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to announce the new Small Business Support Hubs program aimed at investing in the state’s small business ecosystem

Signed into Law: Peters’ Bipartisan Legislation to Support Maritime Academy Students

Law Expands Eligibility for State Maritime Academies’ Student Incentive Payment Program; Michigan is Home to One of Six National Maritime Academies

Peters Announces $57.6 Million to Begin Construction on New State Veterans Home in Marquette

Senator Has Strongly Advocated for Funding State Veterans Home Program

Senator Stabenow Statement on MAGA Republican Supreme Court Rulings

Senator Stabenow released the following statement regarding the recent Supreme Court rulings

Governor Whitmer Continues to Fix the Damn Roads with Projects Starting This Week in Oakland County

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will begin road and bridge repair projects this week on I-696 in Oakland County. Based on economic modeling, these investments are expected to support 3,500 jobs

Peters, Stabenow Announce Over $6 Million Federal Grant for Jackson to Make Improvements to MLK Drive

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) on June 27 announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will be awarding the City of Jackson, Michigan $6,785,245 in federal funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant program, which was funded through the bipartisan infrastructure law the senators helped enact

Peters Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Require Federal Government to Purchase All-American-made Flags

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, recently joined colleagues to introduce bipartisan legislation to require our federal government to purchase flags that are 100 percent produced and manufactured in the United States

Senators Stabenow and Peters Announce over $17 Million for Better, Cleaner Buses Across Michigan

This Investment Comes From the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Gov. Whitmer Announces More than 200,000 Michiganders will Gain Access to High-Speed Internet Under Historic Funding from Biden Administration

Michigan received fourth-highest grant funding in the nation to expand high-speed internet to households and small businesses.

Peters Report Finds Significant Intelligence Failures by FBI and DHS in Lead-Up to January 6th Capitol Attack

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report detailing the results of his investigation examining intelligence failures by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) in the lead-up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021

Peters, Stabenow Announce Over $16 Million for Pontiac’s Pike Street Clinton River Trail

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) on June 27 announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will be awarding the City of Pontiac, Michigan $16,328,000 in federal funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant program

Senators Stabenow and Peters Applaud Nomination of Brandy McMillion to Federal Judgeship in Michigan’s Eastern District

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters on June 28 applauded President Biden’s nomination of Brandy R. McMillion to be U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

Peters, Capito, Carper & Lankford Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Secure Chemical Facilities Against Terrorist Attacks

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tom Carper (D-DE), and James Lankford (R-OK) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, which is set to expire on July 27th

On 51st Anniversary of Title IX, Peters, Stabenow, Slotkin, McClain Reintroduce Legislation to Hold Universities Accountable for Sexual Abuse