Category Archives: State News
Report Encouraging for Wind Power Supporters in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The Natural Resources Defense Council cites a new US Department of Energy report showing Michigan could get up to 45 percent of its energy through wind power by 2050. Some 1...
Jun 01, 2015
Missing Allegan toddler found on Saturday morning
OTSEGO, MI (WHTC) – A missing two-year-old Allegan County boy was found at around 4 a.m. on Saturday. Allegan County Sheriff's deputies were called to a home on 26th Street near Baseline Road ar...
Jun 01, 2015
Mackinac Policy Conference Ends
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI (WHTC) – The Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference concluded this morning with a third straight day of remarks from Governor Snyder. Discussing Michigan’s...
May 29, 2015
New Poll Shows Conflicting Statewide Feelings About Detroit Schools
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – A survey released for Michigan Radio by Denno Research and Public Sector Consultants showed 82 percent of 600 statewide respondents feel the state has an obligation to ensur...
May 29, 2015
New Report Casts Shadow on State of State Health Care
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – According to MIRS News, a George Mason University study showed that Michigan’s Certificate of Need law may be reducing the availability of health care in the state due...
May 29, 2015
Summer-long road safety initiative unveiled in Lansing
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state Office of Highway Safety Planning unveiled a new, summer-long awareness campaign designed to raise awareness of motorcycle, pedestrian, child passenger and bicycle...
May 28, 2015
Meekhof, Pscholka Tops MIRS Survey
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – According to a new EPIC-MRA biennial survey conducted for MIRS News, the most effective members in each chamber of the state legislature are Senate Majority Leader Arlan Mee...
May 28, 2015
More State Budget Bills Move Forward in Lansing
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Although many state legislative leaders are at the Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island this week, some have stayed behind in Lansing to deal with the Fiscal 2016 s...
May 28, 2015
Mackinac Policy Conference Continues
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI (WHTC) – As the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference continues at the Grand Hotel, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan flatly refuted speculation that he’s...
May 28, 2015
Court hearing for accused baby murderer in Allegan
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) – A pre-trial hearing was slated this afternoon in Allegan County Circuit Court for Jonathan Colby, the 22-year-old Allegan man charged with open murder and first-degree child...
May 27, 2015
