Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee to undergo surgery for cancer
March 31, 2023 GMTMichigan Rep. Dan Kildee said Friday that he was diagnosed with a “serious but curable form of cancer” after a tumor was found in one of his tonsils.
Kildee, 64, said he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma that was detected very early by doctors and that he will have surgery in a few weeks to remove it.
Michigan Dem Scholten wins US House race over Trump loyalist
November 9, 2022 GMTTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Hillary Scholten will become the first Democrat since the mid-1970s to represent Michigan's second-largest city of Grand Rapids in the U.S. House after winning a seat vacated by a Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump.
Congressman Upton announces positive test for COVID-19
March 15, 2022 GMTGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton announced on Twitter Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19.
The tweet said the southwestern Michigan Republican tested positive after taking a routine test.
Bill would restore pension benefits to 20K Delphi retirees
March 3, 2022 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s U.S. senators said Thursday that they have lined up bipartisan support in both houses of Congress for new legislation that would restore the terminated pensions of more than 20,000 salaried retirees of Delphi, the bankrupted former auto parts supplier.
Ex-Michigan Rep. Dale Kildee dies; was in Congress 36 years
October 13, 2021 GMTFLINT, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan Rep. Dale Kildee, who represented his hometown of Flint and the surrounding area in Congress for 36 years, died Wednesday. He was 92.
Congressman: Federal virus aid wasn’t for elected officials
July 23, 2021 GMTCORUNNA, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan congressman is criticizing COVID-19 bonuses awarded to county commissioners and other elected officials in Shiawassee County.
Census shows Michigan grows, still loses US House seat
April 26, 2021 GMTMichigan's slow population growth over the past decade will cost the state a U.S. House seat, continuing a decades-long trend as job-seekers and retirees have fled to other states...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
February 3, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
Kildee calls for departure of EPA’s Pruitt
April 5, 2018 GMTWashington — U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee is calling on the embattled chief of the Environmental Protection Agency to either resign or be fired by President Donald Trump.
The Democratic lawmaker, whose district includes Flint, said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt "ought to go" after reports that his agency using a 1977 loophole in the Safe Drinking Water Act to grant substantial raises to two aides after the White House had refused the requests.
The Latest: Fellow Michigan Democrat says Conyers must quit
November 30, 2017 GMTDETROIT (AP) — The Latest on allegations of sexual misconduct against Rep. John Conyers (all times local):...