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HILLSDALE — Governmental officials from around the state took time out Monday to remember those who are serving and those who have served in our nation's armed forces.
State Representative Ken Kurtz and State Senator Bruce Caswell spent part of the day in Hillsdale as they took part in the Hillsdale County Veterans Day ceremony at the Hillsdale County Courthouse. Congressman Tim Walberg also took part.
The ceremony featured Ken Benge, veterans affairs director for Hillsdale County.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week Rep. Walberg met with Sean Hilbert, president of Cobra Motorcycle in Hillsdale, to honor him for Cobra's 20 years of manufacturing and consistently delivering the most successful line of competition mini-motocross bikes in the country.
Designed and produced in Hillsdale, Cobra bikes were recently ridden to victory by three youth national champions at the 2013 Red Bull Amateur National Motocross Championship in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. Riders have driven these bikes to more than 300 titles.
CHARLOTTE, Mich. (WLNS) - On Thursday morning Congressman Tim Walberg hosted a town hall meeting in Charlotte.
And dozens of community members showed up to express their frustrations.
Government spending and the possible loss of insurance policies were the biggest issues discussed at the meeting.
Though Walberg promised to take concerns back to the house, veterans and retirees say they just want him to stand firm in his promise and represent them.
The Senate passed a House bill Tuesday that would transfer some responsibility from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the Department of Labor.
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) introduced the Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act, H.R. 2747, which transfers authority from the GAO to the Department of Labor (DOL) to pay federal wage adjustment claims under the Davis-Bacon Act.
By Matt Durr
WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Just because the federal government is shut down doesn't mean those who have made an impact in their communities won't be honored during the yearly Angels in Adoption ceremony in Washington, D.C.
One of this year's recipients is Hillsdale resident Heather Tritchka-Stuchell, who is being recognized for her commitment to helping children in the Hillsdale area.
Tritchka-Stuchell and her family ? which includes husband Greg and two children, Chloe, 11 and Olivia, 9 ?
WASHINGTON ? A day after the federal government officially shutdown many services and limited others, U.S. Rep Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, went on the offensive Wednesday saying the shutdowns were caused by Democratic leaders in the Senate and the President.
BLACKMAN TWP., MI – Congressman Tim Walberg's excitement for what small business can do was renewed when he visited SeaLandAire Technologies, a Blackman Township company that designs and creates innovative sensor and surveillance systems.
"In here, you have a very creative environment," Walberg said about SeaLandAire, 1510 Springport Road. "The amazing things they are doing in Jackson, Michigan … it's not in Silicon Valley."
The Obama administration's newly installed regulatory chief has turned down an invitation to testify before a House panel about the decision to postpone a crucial component of the Affordable Care Act, a pair of incensed GOP lawmakers said Wednesday.
Overly-generous disability benefits create a disincentive for some federal workers injured on the job to return to work or ever retire, a top Department of Labor official told a House subcommittee Wednesday.
Federal employees can receive more money on disability than their counterparts who keep working under the current system, said Gary Steinberg, acting director of DOL's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
They also make more by staying on disability once they reach retirement age than they would by going onto a federal pension plan.
Not wanting to employ a criminal makes you a racist. At least that is what the Obama administration has determined to be law with a regulation made without congressional approval. Businesses are fighting the charge that not wanting ex-cons on the payroll is illegal discrimination.