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Michigan Congressman Tim Walberg says a new Government Accountability Office, or GAO, report supports his concerns that college athletics spending is increasing costs for students.

House Republicans are continuing their push for greater transparency and accountability in higher education after a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report requested by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) found that most Division I athletic departments rely on institutional subsidies, including tuition dollars and student fees, to sustain their programs.

A group of bipartisan Michigan lawmakers is pushing for legislation they say would protect Michigan’s public lands in honor of the nation’s 250th birthday.

Funding intended for Insight Hospital & Medical Center Coldwater is facing delays in Washington.

The ribbon cutting has been held for the Berrien County Health Department’s new office in Niles.

The Berrien County Health Department invited community members to celebrate the opening of its newly renovated Niles office during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning.

A planned humanoid robotics project at a southwest Michigan data center is drawing federal attention after U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg asked the Department of Commerce to investigate the company’s partnership with a Chinese robotics manufacturer.

More than 180 nonnative species are present in the Great Lakes, where aquatic invaders threaten fisheries, recreation and waterways across the region.