Category Archives: State News
MIRS: Could Governor be Considering Toll Roads?
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – MIRS News is reporting that Governor Snyder is open to the possibility of creating toll roads in Michigan if Washington allows it. A roundtable discussion in Detroit held wi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 01, 2015
Meekhof Testifies Before Indiana State Senate
INDIANAPOLIS (WHTC) – Currently on a two-week-long spring break from Lansing, state Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof testified before the Indiana Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Commitee in sup...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 01, 2015
Support for Proposal One continues to fade
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Two new polls show that Proposition One seems to be losing support as the election draws near and the opposition isn't coming just from the usual anti-tax forces. The new EP...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 01, 2015
Lawsuit Filed Against State Corrections Dept. on Behalf of Hearing-Impaired Inmates
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service has filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections, claiming that hearing-impaired inmates in ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 31, 2015
Governor Crows Over Success of Healthy Michigan Plan
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – As the Healthy Michigan Plan ends its first year of existence, over 605 thousand have enrolled, which is 187 percent more than initial projections of 323 thousand when it wa...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 31, 2015
New fishing license starts tomorrow
LANSING, MI ( WHTC) – The new fishing license season starts tomorrow and that coincides with the new regulation cycle according to Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources. Anglers have ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 31, 2015
Ride Safe
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state Office of Highway Safety Planning is offering a specially-designed, high-visibility vest for bikers as part of an effort to improve motorcycle safety. The vest is ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 31, 2015
Spring Break for state lawmakers underway
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – State lawmakers are on a two-week-long "spring break" from business sessions at the Capitol, although many Senators and Representatives will be conducting office hours and t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 30, 2015
Biker Safety Course Incentive Introduced by State Agency
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – In an effort to "dramatically" improve motorcycle safety, the state Office of Highway Safety Planning is offering a specially-designed, high-visibility vest for bikers who s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 30, 2015
Blue Water Bridge Renovation Begins
PORT HURON, MI (WHTC) – Construction crews have narrowed the Blue Water Bridge that connects I-69 from Port Huron with the Kings Highway 402 in Sarnia, Ontario. One-lane traffic in each directio...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 30, 2015




