Category Archives: State News
Republicans rip Governor Whitmer's State of the State
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Republican lawmakers are ripping Governor Whitmer's 2024 State of the State address. House Republican Leader Matt Hall says she "played all her greatest hits. But even all ...
Jan 24, 2024
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer delivers State of the State
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling for lawmakers to pass legislation to make community college tuition free for any high school graduate in the state regardless of their ...
Jan 24, 2024
Hall and Nesbitt call on Whitmer to "Focus On The Big Picture"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ahead of her annual State of the State address Wednesday night, House Republican Leader Matt Hall Wednesday called on Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to work with Republi...
Jan 24, 2024
AAA: Michigan gas prices increase six cents from a week ago
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are up six cents from this time last week, with drivers now paying an average of $3.02 per gallon for regular unleaded. The price is six cents more t...
Jan 22, 2024 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
Hoekstra Voted New State GOP Chairman; Karamo Plans Legal Fight
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - There is a new leader of the Michigan Republican Party, but the state GOP is far from being united. On Saturday the state committee voted to name former Holland Congressman ...
Jan 20, 2024 Former US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra (R-Holland)
Hillsdale man pleads guilty to threatening county Sheriff
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - A Hillsdale man entered a guilty plea in Hillsdale County Circuit Court Friday to a charge of Assault on a Public Officer for threatening Hillsdale County Sheriff Scott B. Hodshir...
Jan 20, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Kalamazoo couple make $100 million donation to historically Black college in Atlanta
ATLANTA, GA (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo couple who previously donated millions to create the medical school at Western Michigan University has now donated $100 million to a college in Georgia. Spelman ...
Jan 19, 2024 (courtesy Spelman College)
Former congressman Amash considers run for open U.S. Senate seat
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Congressman Justin Amash of Grand Rapids is weighing a run for Michigan's soon to be vacated U.S. Senate seat. Amash was the first Libertarian party member to se...
Jan 19, 2024 Former Michigan congressman Justin Amash (courtesy of Libertarian Party)
Michigan's unemployment rate stays steady for December, slightly higher than the national average
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from November to December at 4.3 percent, Data released today by the Michigan Center for Data and Analyti...
Jan 18, 2024 EpicTop10.com / CC
Go Fund Me page set up for Michigan native who died in Arizona hot air balloon crash
ELOY, AZ (WTVB) - A Michigan native was one of four persons who died in a hot air balloon crash Sunday morning near Eloy, Arizona. 28-year-old Chayton Wiescholek from Union City was among those who di...
Jan 16, 2024
