Category Archives: State News
Unions Balk Over MDOT Putting Techs Behind Snow Plows
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The Michigan State Employees Association and the Service Employees International Union claim that M-DOT’s new specifications for a transportation technician could cost...
May 21, 2015
Battle Over State Community Colleges Offering Four-Year Degrees Heats Up Again
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Addressing a nursing shortage in Michigan is the major thrust of a state Senate bill that would allow some community colleges to offer four-year degrees in nursing and other...
May 21, 2015
State House Dems Want Probe into State Senate Office Deal
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Minority Democrats in the state House are calling on that chamber’s Oversight and Ethics Committee to look into the Senate’s purchase of new office space in down...
May 21, 2015
Jury Duty Scams
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – Police are warning people about a jury duty phone scam in Grand Rapids. They say a caller tells someone they have failed to report for jury duty and has to pay money or...
May 21, 2015
Old Guard places flags at Arlington National Cemetery
ARLINGTON, VA ( WHTC) – A memorial Day tradition continues today as the 3rd U.S. Infantry heads to Arlington National Cemetary to place hundreds of thousands American flags at the gravestones of...
May 21, 2015
Three cases of dog flu reported in Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – There are three cases of canine influenza now confirmed in Michigan, with two of those in Kent County and the other in Macomb County near Metro Detroit. Flu for dogs is...
May 21, 2015
Michigan jobless rate drops to 5.4%, matching national number
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Michigan's unemployment numbers improved enough in April to pull even with the national rate for the first time in 15-years, at 5.4%. But there's still plenty of work to. Mi...
May 21, 2015
Dog flu now being reported in Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) – After serious outbreaks in surrounding states, the dog flu has now been confirmed in Michigan. There are two cases in Grand Rapids and one in Macomb County. The virus d...
May 21, 2015
Legislative Leaders, Snyder Administration Staff Reach Agreement on Budget Framework
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The Snyder Administration and state legislative leaders have agreed on spending targets for the Fiscal 2016 budget. It provides a framework for a House-Senate conference com...
May 20, 2015
State House Moves Local Govt. Bill to Senate
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state House approved on a five-vote margin a bill that would prohibit local ordinances involving business-employee relationships that exceed state or federal standards, ...
May 20, 2015
