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The bill proposed by U.S. Reps. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, and Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, would increase from $2,000 to $10,000 a year the amount families can invest in Coverdell Savings Accounts for higher education.
The legislation would also increase the age of eligibility to withdraw amounts from the accounts from 18 to 22.
Educators and industry officials testified about the challenges of training workers for today's jobs during a rare congressional committee field hearing held Tuesday at Monroe County Community College.
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, was joined by U. S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, a subcommittee member, for the session that spanned more than two hours and dozens of work force topics.
By: Nicholas Ballasy
In a House floor speech, Republican Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg criticized Senate Democrats for wanting a "balanced approach" to deficit reduction while offering a plan that "never balances" the federal budget.
Bedford Lions Club members last week celebrated a relationship and an anniversary with an establishment here they have come to know well.
They gathered at the Erie Restaurant, their usual meeting spot twice a month, and had southern fried chicken, the same meal they enjoyed the first time they met there 31 years earlier.
Congressional Republicans Thursday stepped up their criticism of the Obama administration over what they say is a free pass being given to defense companies facing major layoffs from looming federal spending cuts.
By: Charles Slat
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, says the nation is in a fiscal fix because citizens have become too reliant upon government.
But the lawmaker says he's confident that in the weeks ahead progress will be made on framing a budget that includes a House proposal for surgical cuts that minimize the impact of sequester — massive automatic cuts in government spending across the board.
As a member of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, Rep. Tim Walberg spends a nice chunk of his time discussing educational issues in congress.
On Tuesday, Walberg spent time with educational leaders in Hillsdale County to talk about the issues facing county educators.
Walberg met with Hillsdale Intermediate School District Superintendent Mike Potts, HISD General Education Director Pat Dillon and Pittsford Superintendent Andy Shaw for more than an hour Tuesday at the Parke D. Hayes building.
By Patrick Hobin
May 24, 2012
By: Maureen Groppe
Congress is rejecting the Pentagon's plans to cut planes and personnel from the Air National Guard and to review all military bases for potential closure next year.
That should block for now changes that could have cost hundreds of jobs from the Michigan Air National Guard, including about 70 in Battle Creek.
June 20, 2012
By: John Jessup
Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court banned school-sponsored prayer, the subject still stirs strong emotions on both sides.
The ban, however, fits into a larger debate about prayer in the public square.
Two-term Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg believes prayer is a part of America's DNA, pointing to the founding fathers who sought divine guidance as he himself does.