Category Archives: State News
RNC says Hoekstra, not Karamo, is chair of the Michigan Republican Party
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra is being recognized as the chairman of the Michigan Republican Party by the Republican National Committee. Hoekstra was elected to repla...
Feb 15, 2024
AUDIO: Second wave of winter illnesses upon us
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second wave of winter illnesses is upon us. Dr. Gretchen Newman is an infectious disease specialist with the Detroit Medical Center. She says the holidays marked the fir...
Feb 14, 2024 Bronson Battle Creek (Photo by John McNeil)
MSU community marks one year anniversary of on-campus shootings that killed three
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday marked one year since a Lansing man opened fire in several buildings on the Michigan State University campus, killing three students and injuring five others. H...
Feb 14, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Former Detroit police chief Craig drops his bid for U.S. Senate, may run for Motor City mayor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Republican field in the U.S. Senate race is thinning, after former Detroit Police Chief James Craig announced Tuesday he is ending his bid just over four months after la...
Feb 13, 2024 Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig
Michigan's Right-To-Work law repealed today
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan has become the first state to repeal the right-to-work law as the repeal takes effect today. It was passed in 2013 under former Governor Rick Snyder when the state ...
Feb 13, 2024 sugarfrizz / CC
Yellen to visit Pittsburgh, Detroit to tout Biden's economic wins
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan this week as part of an election-year push aimed at showcas...
Feb 12, 2024
Many Dearborn residents reconsider voting for Biden in upcoming election
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Biden administration officials traveled to Dearborn on Thursday to meet Muslim and Arab-American community leaders, in an effort to repair relations with this key Michigan ...
Feb 12, 2024
Whitmer expresses concern about Democrats taking a pass on Biden in the upcoming primary
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she is concerned by the number of Democrats who say they will vote "uncommitted" in the Michigan presidential primary February 27. Whitmer say...
Feb 09, 2024 The White House
Governor calls FY25 budget a "Roadmap for Making it in Michigan," Republicans call it "unsustainable"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is proposing an $80.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2025. She unveiled the budget proposal to a joint session of the House and Senate App...
Feb 08, 2024 Gov. Whitmer unveils her FY25 Budget proposal Feb.7, 2024 (courtesy Office of the Governor)
Nearly 1.3 million in Michigan apply for absentee ballots before this month's presidential primary
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says nearly 1.3 million people have requested an absentee ballot ahead of the presidential primary. Benson says that is an 80-perc...
Feb 07, 2024 (courtesy of the State of Michigan at michigan.gov/sos)
