Category Archives: State News
U.S. Homeland Security Director to attend Republican Mackinac Island Conference
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Department of Homeland Security director Kristi Noem has been confirmed to be attending the Michigan Republican Leadership Mackinac Island conference this weeke...
Sep 18, 2025 The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan (courtesy Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce)
Governor Whitmer to lawmakers: Negotiate budget deal now
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is pressuring state lawmakers to find common ground on the Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The state is two weeks away from a state government shutdown if...
Sep 17, 2025
Vice President Vance to speak in Howell tomorrow
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Vice President JD Vance will visit Howell tomorrow. Vance will speak about President Donald Trump's accomplishments, including tax cuts included in what the President cal...
Sep 16, 2025
Portage Office Depot fires employee for not printing Charlie Kirk posters
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Office Depot employee in Portage is out of a job after she refused to print posters for a customer for a vigil for Charlie Kirk. She called the posters "propaganda" Frida...
Sep 15, 2025
Michigan's average gas price falls 13-cents
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average gas price in Michigan is down 13-cents a gallon in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is now $3.05, down 12-cents in the past month and...
Sep 15, 2025
State Budget Office starts contingency planning for government shutdown
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The State Budget Office is going over contingency plans if state government shuts down October 1. The SBO is looking at several different scenarios if a deal on the Fiscal Y...
Sep 15, 2025 Violka08 / Depositphotos.com
Planned Parenthood of Michigan not eligible to accept Medicaid
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Planned Parenthood of Michigan is no longer allowed to accept Medicaid. That follows a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit blocking over a million pati...
Sep 15, 2025 Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo (Photo by John McNeil)
WMU professor says we're getting numb to political violence
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University political science professor John Clark says Americans are numb to political violence. Clark says people regardless of their political beliefs a...
Sep 12, 2025 Western Michigan University political science professor John Clark (courtesy WMU)
Lieutenant governor's home targeted in bomb threat
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's lieutenant governor is safe after his home was targeted in a bomb threat yesterday. Garlin Gilchrist says the threat has been cleared, but says it was credible an...
Sep 12, 2025 Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist in Kalamazoo March 5, 2024 (courtesy John McNeill)
Sue Carnell named interim State Superintendent
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Sue Carnell will serve as Michigan's interim state superintendent starting early next month. She will be the first Black woman to serve in the post. The Michigan Department ...
Sep 11, 2025
