Category Archives: State News
Average gas price in Michigan down 11¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average price for a gallon of gas in Michigan is down 11 in the past week and stands at $2.70. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is down 18 from last month and 4...
Jan 05, 2026
LSSU releases 50th annual "Banished Words List"
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Lake Superior State University has released its 50th annual "Banished Words List" to start 2026. LSSU professors began the list in 1976 as an idea from a New Year's...
Jan 02, 2026
SNAP benefit requirements changing in 2026
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits have changes they will face starting January 1st. As part of President Trump's "One Big, Beautiful...
Dec 31, 2025 SNAP logo
Cannabis wholesale tax takes effect Thursday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 24% wholesale tax on cannabis takes effect Thursday in Michigan. The tax was included in the Fiscal Year 2026 state budget and is lower than the 32% wholesale tax that h...
Dec 31, 2025 jeremyn / Depositphotos.com
FBI Detroit Field Office arrests rise 120% in 2025
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The FBI Detroit Field Office says its agents made 841 arrests in 2025, a 120-percent increase from 2024. The FBI says they also secured over a billion-dollars in restitution...
Dec 31, 2025
Fuel taxes changing in Michigan Thursday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The tax Michiganders pay on fuel is changing Thursday as the fuel tax increases to 52.4-cents a gallon from 31-cents. However, the 6% sales tax on fuel will go away and the ...
Dec 31, 2025 A Shell gas pump in Coldwater M (Midwest Communications Inc 2020)
Michigan's minimum wage rate set to increase to $13.73 beginning January 1
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hundreds of thousands of Michigan workers are preparing for a significant boost in their paychecks as the state's minimum wage is set to rise January 1, 2026. The increase, ...
Dec 31, 2025 AndreyPopov / Depositphotos.com
Governor Whitmer asks for Attorney General's opinion on House cuts
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is asking Attorney General Dana Nessel to weigh in on the $645-million in cuts to non-statutory work projects from the state House. Whitmer says he...
Dec 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
Winter storm blasts Michigan, leaves over 60,000 without power
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michiganders are digging out from a winter storm that blasted the entire state Monday. Consumers Energy says crews have been brought in to Michigan to help them restore powe...
Dec 30, 2025 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Michigan gas price rises 8¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices are up 8 a gallon across Michigan compared to last week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now $2.81, down 19 from last month and down 22 from last yea...
Dec 29, 2025
