Category Archives: State News
State House adds eight session days for budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives is adding eight session days to their calendar as a budget deal remains at risk before Tuesday's deadline. The House has added tomorrow...
Sep 25, 2025 jittawit.21 / Depositphotos.com
Optimism budget deal could be reached soon
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There is optimism that a deal on the state's next fiscal year budget can be reached before next Tuesday's deadline. The framework for the spending plan and long-term road fu...
Sep 24, 2025 sugarfrizz / CC
New York man sentenced for threat against Attorney General Dana Nessel
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man from Bayside, New York will spend the next 366-days in federal prison after pleading guilty to threatening Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Forty-year-old Kevin ...
Sep 23, 2025
U.S. Department of Justice: Whitmer cannot revoke Line 5 permit
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Department of Justice says Governor Gretchen Whitmer does not have the authority to revoke Enbridge Energy's permit for their Line 5 pipeline on the bed of the S...
Sep 23, 2025
Governor Whitmer, Speaker Hall believe budget deal still possible
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One week from today is the deadline for state lawmakers to get a budget for the next fiscal year passed and on the desk of Governor Gretchen Whitmer or state government shut...
Sep 23, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Canadian tourism to Michigan down in 2025
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Canadian visits to Michigan are down every month in 2025 so far. Statistics Canada says auto traffic from that country into the U.S. was down 34% for August compared to 2024...
Sep 22, 2025 Dejan Krsmanovic / CC
Senator Nesbitt wins Michigan Republican Conference straw poll for governor
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt is the winner of the Michigan Republican Mackinac Island Leadership Conference straw poll in the governor's race. The Va...
Sep 22, 2025 State Senator Aric Nesbitt filing for paperwork for the 20th Senate District (submitted photo)
Republican state representative says her committee stripped of bills in retaliation
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican state Representative Jaime Greene of Richmond says she is being punished by House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland for taking a bipartisan diplomatic trip to Israel....
Sep 19, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Michigan's unemployment rate drops in August
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state's unemployment rate for August fell a tenth-of-a-percent to 5.2%. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget says jobs declined by 7,000 and the...
Sep 19, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
House passes bill requiring photo ID, signature for Bridge cards
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state House has passed a bill requiring Bridge cards in Michigan to have the recipient's photo and signature on the back of the card. Sponsor Jason Woolford of Howell sa...
Sep 18, 2025
