Category Archives: State News
Prop 1 in Trouble, According to New MIRS/Target Insyght Poll
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – A new MIRS News/Target Insyght poll showed 55 percent of 700 respondents would vote no on the May 5th Proposal 1 question on the statewide ballot. Surveyors add that, when t...
Mar 27, 2015
State Dems Consider 2016 Presidential Primary
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – As state Republicans have already committed to a March 8th Presidential Primary next year, state Democrats may also follow suit. A state Democratic Party spokesman told MIRS...
Mar 27, 2015
Flags not to be flown at half-staff for Michigan Marines
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -Staff SGT. Andrew Seif of the Holland area is among 11 military members aboard a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Golf of Mexico off of the Florida panhandle. The funera...
Mar 27, 2015
State Legislature Continues Budget-Making Process
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittees of the state House and Senate moved forward separate Fiscal 2016 budgets, with the Upper Chamber concurring with the Govern...
Mar 26, 2015
State House Passes Vehicle Electronic Proof of Insurance Bill
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state Senate now gets its hands on a bill approved by the House that would allow motorists to provide proof of insurance electronically during traffic stops. Sponsor Eri...
Mar 26, 2015
State House Passes "Ticket Scalping" Bill
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Efforts to legalize what is commonly known as "ticket scalping" in Michigan now go to the state Senate after the House approved a measure that allows those purchasing ducats...
Mar 26, 2015
State Catastrophic Vehicle Insurance Premiums to Fall
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The per-vehicle charge on car insurance bills in this state for Fiscal 2016 will fall from 186 dollars to 150. The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association made the decision...
Mar 26, 2015
More State Budget Proposals Clear House Subcommittees
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state Senate School Aid Education Subcommittee endorsed a K-12 budget for Fiscal 2016 that MIRS News reports largely concurs with many of Governor Snyder’s propose...
Mar 25, 2015
State Lawmaker Offers Alternative to Proposal 1
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – An alternative to Proposal 1 has been put forward by a suburban Detroit state lawmaker. Republican Representative Pete Lucido told MIRS News that, based on his calculations,...
Mar 25, 2015
State Lawmaker Want to End Lame Duck
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Another effort to end the "Lame Duck" period at the end of each two-year state Legislative session has been introduced in the House. Republican Joel Johnson of Clare introdu...
Mar 25, 2015
