Category Archives: State News
Wortz says HB 4206 would reduce number of deer by offering free doe hunting licenses
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - With the increased number of car-deer crashes along with crops being destroyed due to the growing deer population, 35th District State Representative Jennifer Wortz has introduced...
Mar 12, 2025
AUDIO: Healthcare workers still feeling impact of COVID-19 after five years
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's first cases of COVID-19 were announced five years ago and the impact is still being felt by healthcare workers. At Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, respirato...
Mar 11, 2025
State House passes bills to address potential government shutdown
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives has approved two bills that set aside around $20-billion if a budget is not passed by October 1. Majority Republicans say the bills are...
Mar 11, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Michigan's average gas price up 8¢ a gallon in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The cost of a gallon of gas in Michigan is 8 higher to start the week. Triple-A Michigan says the price is now $3.04, which is 53 less than last year. A 15-gallon fill-up c...
Mar 10, 2025
Benson leads in polling in race for Governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is doing well in the latest poll from Target Insyght in her bid to become Michigan's next governor. In a hypothetical race between her, Con...
Mar 10, 2025 Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson during a July 29, 2024 press conference. (YouTube image courtesy State of Michigan)
MSU announces largest-ever fundraising campaign
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University is launching its largest-ever fundraising campaign. MSU is seeking to raise $4-billion in donations and its more than twice the size as their ...
Mar 10, 2025 Michigan State University Spartan helmet (courtesy of Michigan State University Athletics)
State House Republicans unveil road funding plan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Majority Republicans in the Michigan House have unveiled their plan to fund fixing roads in the state without raising taxes. House Speaker Matt Hall says all of the money co...
Mar 07, 2025 Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Some parts of the Upper Peninsula hit with over 20-inches of snow
MARQUETTE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A stretch of the Upper Peninsula is digging out after being hit with up to 24-inches of snow Wednesday and Thursday. The blizzard conditions brought winds of over 60-miles...
Mar 07, 2025 Snow drifts in Calumet, Michigan March 6, 2025 (courtesy Danita Johnson Sturos)
Report: Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist looking to run for the state's top job
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II has not yet said what his future plans are after his term ends at the end of 2026, but there is growing speculation he wants to take ...
Mar 06, 2025 Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist in Kalamazoo March 5, 2024 (courtesy John McNeill)
Slotkin blasts Trump and Musk during her Democratic response to the President's address to Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin says Americans want change, but it has to be done in a responsible way and not recklessly. Slotkin made the remarks while delivering...
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