U.S. builders started work on homes in December at the fastest pace in 4 ½ years and finished 2012 as their best year for residential construction since the early stages of the housing crisis.
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, released the following statement after being sworn in today to represent Michigan's 2nd Congressional District in the 113th Congress:
Congress' hectic resolution of the "fiscal cliff" crisis is the latest in a long series of decisions by lawmakers and the White House to do less than promised — and to ask Americans for little sacrifice — in confronting the nation's burgeoning debt.
Working with Congress against a midnight deadline, President Barack Obama said today that a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" was in sight but not yet finalized.
Federal health regulators say a genetically modified salmon that grows twice as fast as normal is unlikely to harm the environment, clearing the way for the first approval of a scientifically engineered animal for human consumption.
A vessel that has been plying the waters of Lake Superior for more than 50 years will get to keep on sailing. But the future's still in doubt for a coal-fired ferry that has been crossing Lake Michigan for about as long.
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