Category Archives: State News
State's average gas price up six-cents
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It is a little more expensive to fill the gas tank than last week in Michigan. Triple-A Michigan says the average price of a gallon of gas is up six-cents to $3.09, which i...
Oct 06, 2025
Budget cuts 1,800 state government jobs, but no layoffs
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new state budget cuts 1,800 full-time jobs, but Governor Gretchen Whitmer says no layoffs will happen. Most of the job cuts are from Michigan State Police, the Michigan ...
Oct 06, 2025 Gov. Whitmer signs legislations No. 20, 2023 at the YWCA in Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Office of the Governor)
Great blue heron in Cass County tests positive for West Nile virus
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A great blue heron in Cass County has tested positive for West Nile virus. The Van Buren/Cass District Health Department was notified by the Michigan Department of Natural ...
Oct 03, 2025 Van Buren/Cass District Health Department logo. (Photo courtesy Van Buren/Cass District Health Department).
State House, Senate approve $51.8-billion omnibus budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives has approved the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The Senate early this morning voted to approve the $51.8-billion omnibus budget, se...
Oct 03, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Whitmer says free meals for students in budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer says free breakfast and lunch for all public school students will continue. The budget for the current fiscal year has not yet been passed by the House and ...
Oct 02, 2025 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing her Lowering MI Costs Plan in Lansing, MI Feb 6, 2022 (courtesy Office of Governor)
Votes expected today on state budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House and Senate are both expecting to vote today on the Fiscal Year 2026 state budget. They passed a one-week extension of the 2025 budget earlier this week. H...
Oct 02, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Meijer to expand to Pennsylvania
WALKER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Walker-based grocery retailer Meijer is confirming plans to expand into Pennsylvania. The company says they have started acquiring property in the western part of the Keyston...
Oct 02, 2025
Pfizer agrees to $70 billion investment, lower drug prices, under agreement with Trump administration
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, whose largest manufacturing site is located in Portage, has agreed to a new federal program that will allow U.S. patients to purchase their medi...
Oct 01, 2025 Pfizer logo
No state budget approved yet, but no state government shutdown
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says state government will remain open despite lawmakers not yet approving a budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which began at midnight. House Appropriat...
Oct 01, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Michigan budget deal reached, final vote expected later this week
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A state government shutdown in Michigan has been averted. Late Tuesday Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, and Speaker Matt Hall issued statements that...
Sep 30, 2025 sugarfrizz / CC
