2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (228+ words) IRON MOUNTAIN " The First National Bank & Trust recently made a donation to Menominee River Habitat for Humanity, supporting the organization's ongoing mission to serve local families in need. First National Bank & Trust staff made financial donations to wear denim on…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1174+ words) In this image provided by House Television, the vote total showing passage of the bill in the House to end the government shutdown is displayed Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington. (House Television via AP) House lawmakers made their long-awaited…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (445+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) " A documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement for voting in U. S. elections hasn't been able to pass Congress and has been blocked by the courts, so allies of President Donald Trump's administration are pursuing another avenue to try to impose the…...

6+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (585+ words) In a move that shows the government budget cycle is never truly over, appropriators in the Michigan Senate on Wednesday took their first steps toward instituting the House's earmark transparency rules into state law. Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee…...

10+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (885+ words) U. S. REP. JACK BERGMAN, R-Watersmeet, speaks to Michigan Republican Party donors, elected officials and activists at the Straits Area Lincoln Day Dinner event Saturday in Mackinaw City. (Ben Solis/Michigan Advance) MACKINAW CITY " Hopped up on a series of fresh wins…...

10+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1192+ words) Republican leaders in Congress, determined to muscle the sweeping package forward, had little to say after the analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. GOP senators spent more than an hour at the White House in what they…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1415+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) " Despite a shove from President Donald Trump, House Republicans abruptly postponed a vote late Wednesday on their budget framework, unable to convince conservative GOP holdouts who had raised grave misgivings over allowing trillions of dollars in tax breaks…...