Category Archives: State News
Help victims of Nepal locally with International Aid
SPING LAKE, MI (WHTC) – International Aid in Spring Lake has been responding to the needs of those around the world for 35 years. Nearly one-point-four million people need food in Nepal followin...
Apr 28, 2015
State AG Office Posts Legal Costs in Same-Sex Marriage Law Court Fight
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – As oral arguments are set tomorrow before the US Supreme Court on Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban, the state Attorney General’s office has told the Legislature ...
Apr 27, 2015
Healthy Michigan Costs Higher Than Anticipated
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – As the future of the Healthy Michigan expanded Medicaid program hinges on another federal waiver from Affordable Care Act mandates, the associate director of the Senate Fisc...
Apr 27, 2015
Study confirms Michigan has highest auto insurance rates in the country
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – A new study finds Michigan is the home of the highest car insurance rates in the nation. The report by InsuranceQuotes.com found drivers are paying 136% above the national a...
Apr 27, 2015
Plenty of Work Next Week for State Lawmakers
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – State lawmakers are home in their districts for the weekend, but plenty of work is in their collective in-boxes when they reconvene next Tuesday. MIRS News cites "a variety ...
Apr 24, 2015
Michigan ag officials preparing for possible outbreak of bird flu
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Is Michigan ready? Agriculture officials say they’re prepared to respond if the latest outbreak of bird flu makes its way into poultry farms around the state. The viru...
Apr 24, 2015
State Legislature Busy on Budget Work
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state Legislature continues work on a budget for Fiscal 2016. The two "budget" buses - omnibus spending plans for the General Fund and for Education - have moved to the ...
Apr 23, 2015
Schuitmaker to make keynote address at Crime Victims Rights Act commemoration
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – On the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Crime Victim's Rights Act in Michigan, the Crime Victim Foundation Awareness and Recognition Program holds a special program a...
Apr 22, 2015
Former State Legislative Leader Named New Head of MSHDA
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The Michigan State Housing Development Authority will have new leadership. The board of the agency selected former House Minority Leader Kevin Elsenheimer to replace Scott W...
Apr 22, 2015
Coast Guard Says No to Mississippi Barge Traffic for West Michigan
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The US Coast Guard has rejected a request by Lansing-based Michigan Agri-Business Association to allow shipping barges from the Mississippi River System to travel along the ...
Apr 22, 2015
