Category Archives: State News

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Michigan Supreme Court Justice Mary Beth Kelly is stepping down from the bench, effective October 1st, to join a private law firm in Detroit. She was first elected to the Hi...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Due to an approximately seven million-dollar shortfall, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation is trimming their staff an unspecified amount prior to the start of Fis...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – State lawmakers head back to Lansing on Tueday after a summer break. While the Senate is back for the fall, the House only holds three sessions this week before taking anoth...

ROYAL OAK, MI (WHTC) - A former aide to Michigan state Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat will speak up this afternoon about the affair between the two lawmakers. Joshua Cline, who stopped ...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Governor Snyder’s office says that the state has sold 129 million dollars in general obligation bonds after Moody’s Investors Service upgraded Michigan's credit ...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – According to MIRS News, state House leaders have been attempting to round up the necessary 55 votes among majority Republicans to pass a long-term road funding compromise wi...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Although not responding to a call by state Senator John Proos (R-St. Joseph) to begin an investigation into possible gas price gouging in the wake of the Whiting, Indiana re...

SANDUSKY, OH (WTVB) – A roller coaster accident Thursday afternoon killed a man at the Cedar Point amusement park. Authorities in Sandusky, Ohio say the victim entered a restricted, fenced area ...

DUBLIN (WHTC) – The tug-of-war between generic drug makers Mylan and Perrigo continues. Mylan is making a 34 billion-dollar hostile takeover bid, saying now that they only need just over 50 perc...

WASHINGTON (WHTC) – The US Department of Education has granted a three-year No Child Left Behind continued flexibility waiver for Michigan, based on what the agency is calling "comprehensive, st...