Category Archives: State News
Two Lakeshore State Lawmakers Propose Bills in Wake of Planned Parenthood Video
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Two members of the Lakeshore’s state House delegation have sponsored or are planning to sponsor legislation modifying Michigan’s abortion laws. Amanda Price of P...
Jul 24, 2015
Distracted Driver Causes Injury Crash Near Plainwell
PLAINWELL, MI (WHTC) – State police released no names, but details of yesterday's crash that closed US-31 near Plainwell for over three hours yesterday afternoon have emerged. Troopers believe t...
Jul 24, 2015
Lake Michigan's rising waters causing damage
SPRING LAKE, MI (WHTC) – Lake Michigan is on the rise and rebounding quickly from historically low water levels just a few years ago. The village of Spring Lake is blaming the rising water level...
Jul 24, 2015
MPSC says 2016 energy shortfall projections for Michigan lower than first feared
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – During today's Michigan Public Service Commission meeting, chairman John Quackenbush said that a projected shortfall in the state's electric resources for next year is likel...
Jul 23, 2015
Collective Bargaining for Unionized State Employees to Begin
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The next round of collective bargaining between the state and its public employee unions begins tomorrow when the Office of the State Employer meets with the United Auto Wor...
Jul 23, 2015
Labor-Backed Group Wants to Nearly Double Michigan's CIT for Roads
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The group Citizens for Fair Taxes, led by leaders of some of the leading labor groups in Michigan, has begun an effort to put on the November 2016 ballot a request to raise ...
Jul 23, 2015
MIRS: GOP Votes Not There in State House for Senate Road Plan
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – According to MIRS News, 19 state House Republicans aren’t supporting a 1.4 billion-dollar annual road-funding package sent from the Senate, effectively blocking passag...
Jul 23, 2015
Review finds Wayne County in deep financial trouble, Governor concurs
DETROIT (WHTC) – Detroit may no longer be in deep financial trouble, but Wayne County has now that miasma surrounding it. An independent review team has declared a fiscal emergency for that unit...
Jul 22, 2015
Michigan New Jobs Training Program Extended
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Add another five years to Michigan's New Jobs Training Program. Legislation sponsored by northwest Lower Peninsula Republican state Senator Darwin Booher was signed into law...
Jul 22, 2015
Former Summit Place CEO Charged with Fraud, Embezzlement
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Ten-year felony charges of Medicaid Fraud Conspiracy and Embezzlement by a Public Officer were filed by the state Attorney General's office against the former CEO of Summit ...
Jul 22, 2015
