Category Archives: State News
Candidates for Michigan governor meet in Traverse City for debate, agree that more guns in schools = safer schools
TRAVERSE CITY MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A debate held with several Republican candidates for Michigan governor featured a discussion prompted by the recent tragedy in Uvalde, TX. The six participants presente...
May 29, 2022 Five Republican candidates for governor meet in Traverse City for debate (logo courtesy of Michigan GOP)
Rep. Morse introduces resolution to fund gun violence research
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan State Representative Christine Morse of Texas Township on Thursday, May 26, introduced House Resolution 306, urging Congress to fund scientific research on gun vio...
May 27, 2022 Michigan State Representative Christine Morse (Texas Township)
U.S. Senator Gary Peters Memorial Day message
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and former Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, today released a video in hono...
May 27, 2022
Senate supports gas tax suspension to lower costs for Michigan drivers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Senate on Thursday, May 26, approved legislation aimed at lowering the cost of gas for Michigan drivers. The plan would eliminate the sales, excise and use tax...
May 26, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Michigan regional labor markets remain stable in April
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget released the figures on Thursday, May 26. Data indicated that not seasonally adjusted jobless rates fell in 13 ...
May 26, 2022 (Photo courtesy of City of Kalamazoo Facebook page).
State Board of Canvassers keeps Craig, Johnson, and three other GOP gubernational candidates off the August ballot
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who has led in most primary polls, and businessman Perry Johnson, along with three other lesser-known candidates for the GOP nominat...
May 26, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Upton visits Abbott Nutrition Facility in Sturgis
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton of St. Joseph, on Wednesday, May 25, released the following statement after visiting the Abbott Nutrition infant formula facility in Sturgis ...
May 25, 2022
MDOT to lift traffic restrictions to ease Memorial Day travel
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- This Memorial Day weekend, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is removing lane restrictions on more than 63 percent of its road and bridge projects statewide ...
May 25, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Gov. Whitmer orders flags lowered to honor victims of Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday, May 24th ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all public buildings and grounds across the State o...
May 25, 2022 Trump White House Archived
Upton issues statement on Uvalde school shooting
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton of St. Joseph released the following statement on Wednesday, May 25, after a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that reportedly left at le...
May 25, 2022
