Category Archives: State News
State House Speaker unveils new road funding plan
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – State House Speaker Kevin Cotter unveiled a road funding plan that he claims would generate over a billion dollars annually. The Mount Pleasant Republican wants to tap into ...
May 13, 2015
State, Enbridge Reach Settlement on Oil Spill Lawsuit
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – A 75 million-dollar settlement has been reached to end a lawsuit filed by the state against Enbridge over the 800 thousand-plus-gallon oil spill into Talmadge Creek and the ...
May 13, 2015
Bills to End Prevailing Wage Law in Michigan Clears Legislative Hurdle
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – A three-bill package that would revoke Michigan's prevailing wage law cleared a Senate committee after a two-hour hearing. To prevent a possible referendum, an appropriation...
May 13, 2015
Pay Hike for State High Court Judges Recommended
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – As expected, the Michigan Officers Compensation Commission recommended a three-percent pay raise for state Supreme Court judges, a hike that will also be reflected in lower ...
May 13, 2015
Bill to Revoke Planned Student Costs Study in Michigan Introduced
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – State Senator Mike Shirkey has introduced a bill that would rescind a new law mandating a statewide study on costs to educate students in Michigan. That legislation was part...
May 13, 2015
State Senate sets summer session dates; House expected to follow suit
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The Michigan Senate has approved 30 summer business sessions in the wake of last Tuesday's defeat of Proposal 1. Majority Floor Leader Mike Kowall of White Lake will have th...
May 12, 2015
Fire Strikes Shelbyville-Based Business
SHELBYVILLE, MI (WHTC) – Investigators are looking into the case of an overnight fire that struck the Kraai Well Drilling building off of 124th Avenue in Shelbyville. Neighbors in that eastern A...
May 12, 2015
Capitol Media Tour Consumers Energy's Zeeland Power Plant
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) – Officials of Consumers Energy and DTE Energy took members of the state Capital press corps through a tour of Consumers’ 930-megawatt Zeeland Generating Station off of ...
May 12, 2015
State House Committee to Consider Personal Property Tax Phase-Out Tweaks
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state House Tax Policy Committee is slated to vote tomorrow on a six-bill package that makes some adjustments on the phase out of Michigan’s Personal Property Tax ...
May 12, 2015
Asparagus might be tough to find this year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WHTC) – Michigan’s second crop of the year is Maple Syrup. It’s second crop is Asparagus. John Baker with the Michigan Asparagus Advisory board says a lot of it is goi...
May 12, 2015
