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Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin believes more should be done to negotiate lower gas prices

Detroit Today May 18, 2022

Gas prices continue to rise in Michigan, hitting a new record high this week. These increases are occurring while oil...

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Sen. Gary Peters (D-Michigan) at the Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island.
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Gary Peters talks Ukraine alliances, southern border

Detroit Today April 28, 2022

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) has just returned from official Senate travel in France, Italy, and Georgia. He was part...

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The state of unions in America

Detroit Today April 27, 2022

Union membership has continued to decline in recent years after decades of erosion. But there have been some high-profile labor...

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The state of Michigan’s cannabis industry

Detroit Today April 20, 2022

We’re now about three years into Michigan’s experiment with legal recreational marijuana. Recreational cannabis retailers now exist all across the...

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Building a sustainable neighborhood in Highland Park

Detroit Today April 19, 2022

  While many are hoping that policymakers rescue us from a warming planet, some are actively working to build out...

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Rep. Dingell talks Biden budget, elder care

Detroit Today April 14, 2022

President Joe Biden recently unveiled his $5.8 trillion budget proposal. It would increase taxes on billionaires, increase funding for police...

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Should utilities be owned by the public?

Detroit Today April 12, 2022

Utilities such as DTE Energy in Michigan and PG&E in California have a lot of -- power -- when it...

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Free tax assistance available to people who make less than $57,000

Laura Herberg April 7, 2022

  The federal income tax deadline is coming up April 18. A handful of organizations are available in Michigan to...

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The U.S. Postal Service and how it can be reimagined

Detroit Today April 7, 2022

President Biden has signed a law intended to give the United States Postal Service better financial footing, in order to...

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Sen. Gary Peters Mackinac 2019 3 5/29/2019
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Peters’ USPS reforms signed into law

Jake Neher April 7, 2022

A roughly 15-year effort to reform the United State Postal Service is now law. President Joe Biden signed the legislation...

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Experts compare Amazon’s first union to 1937 Flint GM strike

Jake Neher April 6, 2022

Last week, Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island in New York came away with one of the biggest organized labor...

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New book explores the future of collective bargaining  

Amanda LeClaire April 5, 2022

  There’s a resurgence of interest in workers unions happening across the U.S. in the wake of the pandemic. Employees...

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