Category Archives: State News
State lawmakers adjourn for 2025 with fewest bills passed since 1842
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan lawmakers have adjourned for the rest of 2025 and passed the fewest bills in a regular session since 1842. The prior record was 90 public acts signed that year by G...
Dec 19, 2025
Holtec Palisades says nuclear power plant won't restart until early 2026
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec Palisades says it will not get the Palisades nuclear power plant restarted by the end of 2025, but officials say they expect to do so in early 2026. Senior ma...
Dec 19, 2025
Rank MI Vote drops ballot initiative push for 2026
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The grassroots organization pushing for a ballot initiative to establish ranked choice voting in Michigan has paused its statewide efforts to get that measure on the 2026 ba...
Dec 18, 2025 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Maximum unemployment benefits in Michigan to jump $84 per week January 1
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Those on unemployment in Michigan will get a financial boost at the start of the new year. The maximum weekly rate for unemployment benefits is scheduled to increase beginni...
Dec 18, 2025 EpicTop10.com / CC
Two former Chatfield aides receive delayed sentences
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two former aides to ex-Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield have received a six-month delayed sentence. 48-year-old Robert Minard and his wife, 38-year-old Anne Minard,...
Dec 18, 2025 Former Michigan Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield. (Photo courtesy of Michigan House GOP)
Attorney General Nessel to intervene in Consumers Energy's gas rate hike request
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel will intervene in Consumers Energy's natural gas rate hike request. The utility is asking the permission of the Michigan Public Service...
Dec 18, 2025
Bronson BirthPlace says Theodore and Violet are their top names for this year
KALAMAZOO, M (WKZO AM/FM) - Theodore and Violet top the list of Bronson BirthPlace's most popular baby names of 2025. Bronson welcomed more than 4,500 newborns in 2025, bringing with them a fresh list...
Dec 17, 2025
Whitmer says final 12 months as governor focused on literacy
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says her final 12 months in office will be focused on literacy. She says details will be included in her State of the State address early next year...
Dec 16, 2025 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing her Lowering MI Costs Plan in Lansing, MI Feb 6, 2022 (courtesy Office of Governor)
MSU plans second indoor arena at the Ag Pavilion
EAST LANSING, MI -- Michigan State University says it plans to pour millions of dollars into adding a second indoor riding arena to its Ag Pavilion just south of campus. The MSU Board of Trustees has ...
Dec 15, 2025
Statewide gas prices up slightly in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's 3 more expensive per gallon to fill the gas tank in Michigan this week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is now at $2.85, which is 19 less than last month ...
Dec 15, 2025
