Category Archives: State News
Unemployment rises again in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the third straight month, Michigan's unemployment rate is up. The Department of Technology, Management and Budget says the jobless rate for March was up to 5.5%, an incr...
Apr 18, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
Governor Whitmer orders MDHHS to study possible Medicaid cuts
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying "Medicaid is not for sale," Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order in Detroit yesterday ordering an impact study on possible cuts to the federal service....
Apr 18, 2025
Protesters demand WMU board protect international students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The last Board of Trustees Meeting for Western Michigan Universiy President Edward Montgomery was a contentious one as student protestors filled the room to urge the unive...
Apr 17, 2025 Some protestors stood, their backs facing the board, as public comments were made during the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees meeting April 17, 2025 (courtesy WMU News Services.)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fast-track Straits Of Mackinac tunnel permits
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZOAM/FM) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fast-track permits for the Enbridge Energy tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. They cite President Trump's executive order in Janua...
Apr 17, 2025
Former U.S. attorney from Kalamazoo announces run for Michigan attorney general
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Democrat Mark Totten, who served as U.S. attorney for the western district of Michigan from May 2022 to January 2025, announced Wednesday that he is running to succeed Dana...
Apr 16, 2025 Former U.S. atttorney Mark Totten is running for Michigan attorney general
Former Attorney General Mike Cox enters Michigan governor's race
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is officially running for the Republican nomination for governor in 2026. Cox was attorney general from 2003 through 2011 and is a ...
Apr 16, 2025 Former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox
Nessel joins effort to protect Affordable Healthcare Act coverage
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A coalition of 22 attorneys general, including Michigan's Dana Nessel, have sent a letter opposing proposed changes they say will undermine the Affordable Care Act. They say...
Apr 16, 2025 (screenshot from video released by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel May 28, 2024)
4-H license plates now available in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are now Michigan 4-H license plates available in the state. The plates cost 35-dollars for the first year and an extra ten-dollars a year afterward. The money will ben...
Apr 16, 2025 (courtesy Michigan Secretary of State)
Gas prices drop 15-cents a gallon on average in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is 15-cents lower to start the week at $3.08 a gallon. AAA Michigan says the price is eight-cents more than last month but 62-cents less than l...
Apr 14, 2025 Robert Geiger / CC
Mike Rogers to make second bid for U.S. Senate seat from Michigan
WHITE LAKE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Congressman Mike Rogers is launching another bid for U.S. Senate in Michigan. The former House Intelligence Committee chair made the announcement Monday morning, s...
Apr 14, 2025
