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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency in Wyandotte and Southwest Counseling Solutions in Dearborn/Dearborn Heights will receive grants totaling $2,209,325 from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as part of an ongoing initiative to prevent homelessness among Veterans and their families. The grants are awarded through… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-12th District) recently announced that the Dearborn Fire Department will receive funding for fire prevention and safety through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. “Our local firefighters and first responders are on the front lines of keeping our communities safe,” Dingell said. “These… Read more »

The future of the autonomous car is not so far off in the future. Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday announced plans to have a high-volume, fully autonomous SAE level 4-capable vehicle in commercial operation in 2021 in a ride-hailing or ride-sharing service. The company said in a press release that it is investing in or collaborating with four startups to enhance its autonomous vehicle… Read more »

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell is calling for the temporary evacuation of a troubled senior housing tower where broken elevators are creating unsafe conditions. In an Aug. 12 letter to Michigan State Housing Development Authority Executive Director Kevin Elsenheimer, Dingell wrote that broken elevators at the 11-story complex are preventing residents from receiving medical care, and… Read more »

Local leaders gathered at the Washtenaw Food Hub in Ann Arbor Charter Township for a press conference to discuss the need to reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act Tuesday morning. Last month, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.), Candice Miller (R–Mich.) and Darin LaHood (R–Ill.) introduced the bill for reauthorization. The act, which was first… Read more »

Two years ago, work began to return 82 acres of land that was once heavily farmed back to its natural pre-settlement state. Now in the second growing season, the prairie grasslands along the south side of Joy Road — on both sides of U.S. 23 in Ann Arbor Township — are getting taller, and soon work will begin on restoring 14-plus acres of wetlands there. "The prairies… Read more »

As Arab American community organizations and activists grow more frustrated over the ineffectiveness of talks with federal leaders about systematic discrimination, they reached out to top Justice Department officials for a helping hand.  On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch made a special appearance at a BRIDGES meeting at the Lebanese American Heritage Club. She… Read more »

Her hands covered in oil, 18-year-old Phyllis Roullier assembled motor parts from morning to night at the Willow Run Bomber Plant to help win World War II. On Monday, the now 97-year-old "Rosie the Riveter" of Belleville returned to the B-24 bomber plant's enormous remaining building. "I used to like walking down to the end and see the planes taking off, because it… Read more »

Founded in 2001, the Detroit River International Refuge remains the only land conservation project of its kind in North America. Thanks to a donation from the Port of Monroe, the refuge will grow by an additional 35 acres. The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The land being added to the existing 5,834 acres in the U.S. is part of the Port of Monroe Marsh Tract. It… Read more »

Clayton and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell headed a community unity meeting and town hall discussion Thursday at the EMU Student Center to address the recent spate of violence involving police officers and African-Americans in the United States. The deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, both black, after encounters with police in Louisiana and Minnesota have prompted demonstrations… Read more »