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detroitnews.com | Melissa Nann Burke
POLITICS Melissa Nann BurkeThe Detroit NewsView Comments Washington ― Four-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens on Tuesday announced her anticipated campaign for Michigan's open seat in the U.S. Senate, joining what's becoming a crowded primary field.
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detroitnews.com | Melissa Nann Burke
POLITICS Melissa Nann BurkeThe Detroit NewsView Comments Former state Sen. Adam Hollier of Detroit is back to mount a Democratic primary challenge to two-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in what is his third bid for the U.S. House seat representing most of Detroit, the Grosse Pointes and Downriver communities. Hollier, who served in Gov.
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detroitnews.com | Melissa Nann Burke |Grant Schwab
Washington ― Michigan House Democrats on Thursday wrote to Trump administration officials seeking information about the "sudden and seemingly arbitrary" revocations of international students’ visas at Michigan universities and other schools. The letter followed Wednesday's disclosure by the University of Michigan that the number of students and recent graduates who have recently had their visas or their right to stay in the United States revoked by federal officials had risen to 22.
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detroitnews.com | Melissa Nann Burke
Washington ― Michigan U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet has ruled out a run for U.S. Senate and will instead run for reelection to the House, she said Thursday. The first-term Democrat from Bay City had been actively exploring a Senate for at least the last month after Michigan's senior senator, Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, announced he won't run for another six-year term. "I love mid-Michigan, and representing our region in Congress is the honor of my lifetime.
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detroitnews.com | Melissa Nann Burke
Washington ― The U.S. Senate voted 60 to 37 Wednesday to confirm Michigan's Pete Hoekstra to be U.S. ambassador to Canada under President Donald Trump, with support from both of his home state's Democratic senators. Hoekstra, who lives in Fennville in Allegan County, will enter his new role amid a bitter trade war between the United States and Canada and under a chief executive who has infuriated Canadian leaders with his repeated remarks about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state.
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