SOUTHGATE — U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D-15th District) will be the speaker at the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber’s Legislative Forum on Feb. 21. The speaker March 19 will be Bud Denker, vice president of Penske Performance and Penske Automotive Gro

U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the 85-year-old Dean of the House, is featured in a new Vanity Fair article that seeks to get to the bottom of the divisiveness in Washington. U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, at a campaign event in 2010. And who better to ask

"Did he save the games on his own, no," said Lane Beattie, who was the president of the Utah state Senate at the time and was the state's liaison with the committee Romney ran. But he "absolutely" made them more successful. Romney took over the games in

Last week, U.S. Rep. Justin Amash , a Cascade Township Republican, celebrated an anniversary of sorts. He posted his 1,000th vote explanation on his Facebook page. Amash, 31, is a full-throated supporter of social media and uses it to explain every vote

Buy This Photo Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney put his Olympics tenure back in the spotlight Saturday, speaking at a celebration honoring the 10-year anniversary of the games. Romney planned to explain that his time running the Olympics is a fundamental

Over and over, Mitt Romney takes credit for turning around the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City after a bribery scandal and says the success of the games is one big reason he should be president. "My leadership helped save the Olympics from sc

SALT LAKE CITY Over and over, Mitt Romney takes credit for turning around the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City after a bribery scandal and says the success of the games is one big reason he should be president. "My leadership helped save the

Mitt Romney speaks at Guerdon Enterprises, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Boise, Idaho. Over and over, Mitt Romney takes credit for turning around the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Sal

Mitt Romney is in an impossible situation. He's a devout man who has stayed true to his faith and to his family. But unlike Rick Santorum, who is a Catholic, Romney is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints - a Mormon - whose religion is considered

Mitt Romney is in an impossible situation. He's a devout man who has stayed true to his faith and to his family. But unlike Rick Santorum, who is a Catholic, Romney is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints - a Mormon - who religion is considered st

Congressman John Dingell has seen it all—and increasingly hates what he sees. Some perspective on Washington from one of the last of the wise men. Left, by Alex Brandon/AP Photo; right, by Win McNamee/Getty Images. In an election year in which the corros

If you have a hate on for automakers that take government money then it may be time to upwardly revise your feelings towards Chrysler. The pentastar brand had originally sought up to $7 billion from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) l

MRG Poll - Santorum up 3 over Romney in Lansing media market, Santorum up 45 in the UP, Santorum up 18 in Traverse City Market, 16 in Grand Rapids Market, four in Detroit and Flint media markets. Romney up 8 in Oakland County. Tied in Macomb. 231 - Santo

For a guy who never tires of saying he spent most of his career working in the real world of business, you'd think Mitt Romney would take more time to focus on the future. Like how his policies, if elected president, would grow the economy faster, slow t

WASHINGTON -- The man who oversaw the rescue of General Motors and Chrysler said Tuesday that if Mitt Romney believes the companies would have survived without government financing in 2008 and 2009, he doesn't understand how bad the financial crash -- an

WASHINGTON Feb 14 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called on the U.S. government on Tuesday to quickly sell its stake in General Motors, a move that could lock in about $14 billion in losses for U.S. taxpayers. In an opinion piec

All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (AP) DETROIT Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, two Michigan congressmen and the state's Democratic Party chairman criticized Republ

WASHINGTON Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm and a pair of Democratic congressmen from Michigan today criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for an editiorial piece he wrote about the government rescue of General Motors and Chrysler. The t

In a conference call yesterday, leaders in the Michigan Democratic party reacted with disdain to Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s criticism of the government bailouts of the auto industry as several polls have