Category Archives: State News
State House Clears MEGA Credits Tax Liability Cap Bills
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state House approved two bills capping Michigan’s estimated 9.3 billion-dollar tax credit liability that analysts say will impact the state budget over the next 17...
May 08, 2015
Expert Claims Michigan Can Reach 30% Sustainable Energy by 2030
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Union of Concerned Scientists Midwest Analyst Sam Gomberg told the state House Energy Policy Committee that Michigan could generate 30 percent of its energy from renewable s...
May 08, 2015
Deer Season Still On in The Upper Peninsula
EAST LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The deer season is not going to be cancelled in the Upper Peninsula this year. The Natural Resources Commission on Thursday agreed to limit hunting due to a sharp decli...
May 08, 2015
More Jobs for Teenagers
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Teenagers looking for work this summer around Michigan will have better luck than those in the job market five years ago. The unemployment rate for teens between 16 and 19 t...
May 08, 2015
Rick Snyder for President? Governor Finally Nixes Idea
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Governor Snyder has issued a statement saying that he will not seek the 2016 Republican Nomination for President. The Ann Arbor venture capitalist had generated some specula...
May 07, 2015
PETA Offers Reward in South Haven Geese Abduction/Murder Case
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC) – PETA is getting involved with an apparent case of animal cruelty in South Haven. A woman who was raising geese in her yard claims that five of them were taken and four o...
May 07, 2015
Genetski, Haveman Land New Jobs After Legislative Gig
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Both of the Lakeshore's state lawmakers term-limited out of office at the end of last year have landed new jobs. MIRS News reports that Saugatuck's Bob Genetski has been the...
May 07, 2015
State Dem Leader Takes Shot at Tulip Time
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – State House Minority Leader Tim Greimel has given Holland’s Tulip Time Festival a proverbial backhand slap. The suburban Detroit lawmaker chided Governor Snyder and Re...
May 07, 2015
Meekhof: Prevailing Wage Law Repeal on State Senate Fast Track
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – State Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof told reporters in Lansing that three bills aimed at repealing Michigan's prevailing wage law will be taken up in the Upper Chamber...
May 07, 2015
State Senate to Consider Bill Maintaining Charitable Groups' Gaming Rights
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state Senate Regulatory Reform Committee moved legislation that would allow charitable organizations to continue operating fund-raising gaming operations. The bill would...
May 07, 2015
