Category Archives: State News

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The debate in Lansing over whether to mandate body cameras for armed state troopers, county sheriff's deputies and municipal police officers in Michigan may come down to mon...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Three state House committees held a joint hearing into last Friday's Office of the Auditor General report that the Michigan Department of Transportation was lax in its overs...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state film tax incentive program that now-Congressman Bill Huizenga of Zeeland had sponsored while in the state House could be coming to an end soon. The House Tax Polic...

JACKSON, MI (WHTC) – Consumers Energy officials are alerting customers of a phone scam involving the use of a prepaid credit card. They say that "imposters are ramping up efforts in Michigan and...

LANSING, MI (WTVB) – The Republican majority in Lansing is pushing through a number of gun bills this week, including measures that would do away with local gun boards, declassify pellet guns as...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Two bills dealing with body cameras for law enforcement officers in Michigan have been introduced in the state House. One would require any armed trooper, deputy or officer ...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Former state lawmaker Joe Haveman of Holland testified before the House Criminal Justice Committee on two reintroduced bills that he had championed before he was term-limite...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state is issuing bonds for 50 million dollars to be sent to community colleges statewide in helping them train students in skilled trades. The 18 schools selected are pu...

ST. IGNACE, MI (WHTC) – The Mackinac Bridge, closed since 9:45 AM today due to a multiple vehicle crash and whiteout conditions, has reopened as of 2:18 PM.

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Two state House subcommittees may hold hearings this week into Governor Snyder's proposed merging of the Michigan Department of Community Health with the Michigan Department...