Category Archives: State News
Prop 1 Foe Seeking Congressional Seat - Again
DRYDEN TWP., MI (WHTC) – Congressional hopefuls are already positioning themselves now for spots on the November 8, 2016 ballot. Paul Mitchell, who helped spearhead a successful campaign to defe...
Jul 13, 2015
Michigan to terminate contract with prison food provider Aramark
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – After several years of criticism for understaffing, running out of food and a few cases of maggots near food prep areas, Michigan is terminating a three-year $145 million co...
Jul 13, 2015
Dillon tapped as chairman of Michigan Democratic Party
PORT HURON, MI (WHTC) – State Representative Brandon Dillon will be taking over as the chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party. Dillon succeeds Lon Johnson who resigned the post to run as a ca...
Jul 13, 2015
Meeting Monday To Discuss Possible Holland-To-Detroit Rail Line
HOLLAND (WHTC) – Holland residents can easily get to Chicago by train through Amtrak. Now there’s an effort to connect the Tulip City with the Motor City by rail. Michigan by Rail is a gro...
Jul 12, 2015
Presidential Hopeful Rand Paul Campaigns In Holland
HOLLAND (WHTC) – Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul is seeking to drum up support in West Michigan. The U.S. senator from Kentucky visited Holland Saturday afternoon, meeting with support...
Jul 11, 2015
DNA proves Baby Doe is not Baby Kate
LUDINGTON (WKZO) — DNA comparisons show the body of a four-year-old girl discovered in Boston Harbor is not that of Katherine Phillips, a baby who disappeared in 2011 near Ludington. Mason Count...
Jul 11, 2015
Governor Snyder axes state film incentive program
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Michigan's controversial film incentives program will be no more. Governor Snyder signed legislation that phases out this remnant from his predecessor Jennifer Granholm's ad...
Jul 10, 2015
Three Lakeshore Counties Honored in Nationwide Digital Survey
FOLSOM, CA (WHTC) – Three Lakeshore counties were among the 54 most innovative and pioneering counties in the nation in using technology. The 13th annual Center for Digital Government survey pla...
Jul 10, 2015
GVSU to raise tuition for next year, but below state cap
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC) – Grand Valley State University Trustees passed an Academic 2016 budget with a $163 per-semester tuition hike, which is under the 3.2% cap established by Lansing. A full-tim...
Jul 10, 2015
Michigan House Speaker says lower chamber will look at Senate road funding plan next week
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – State House Speaker Kevin Cotter told reporters in Lansing that the lower chamber next week will focus on the $1.4 billion road funding plan that the Senate passed last week...
Jul 10, 2015
