Category Archives: State News
AUDIO: Palisades owner says nuclear plant will have "ultra-safe" small reactor
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The owner of the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township says they are planning to have an "ultra-safe" small modular reactor at the site by 2030. Holtec In...
Feb 26, 2025
Whitmer to give State Of The State Address tonight
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will address a joint session of the Michigan House and Senate tonight as she delivers her State of the State Address. She will lay out her agenda f...
Feb 26, 2025 Governor Whitmer during State of the State address 2022. (Image via Governor Whitmer Livestream).
Former Florida mayor and Battle Creek native running for Michigan governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Cape Coral, Florida mayor Marni Sawicki is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in Michigan. The 55-year-old Battle Creek native filed paperwork with th...
Feb 26, 2025 (courtesy marnisawicki.com)
AG Nessel re-issuing tax season consumer alerts
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is re-issuing her tax season consumer alerts. Nessel is encouraging people to file their taxes early to help prevent tax-related identi...
Feb 25, 2025
Senator Jim Runestad to lead Michigan Republicans, Curtis Hertel new Democrat chair
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senator Jim Runestad has been selected as the new chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, beating President Trump's pick, Meshawn Maddock. Runestad was selected Sat...
Feb 24, 2025 cowardlion / Depositphotos.com
Gas prices up slightly this week in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is up one-cent in the past week. AAA Michigan says the average price is now $3.08 a gallon, five-cents less than last month and 13-cents less t...
Feb 24, 2025 A Shell gas pump in Coldwater M (Midwest Communications Inc 2020)
AUDIO: Lawmakers beat deadline for tipped wage save, changing paid sick leave law
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's lower tipped wage credit has been saved with a nearly-11th hour deal in the Legislature. The state House and Senate had a deadline of midnight Friday to pass two ...
Feb 21, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Michigan Court of Appeals sides with Enbridge Energy in pipeline case
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Enbridge Energy this week as the Canadian firm is in a legal battle with the state over its planned tunnel project in the Str...
Feb 21, 2025 Brian Turner / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo office of Michigan Immigrant Rights Center urging Trump to change course
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Immigrant Rights Center managing attorney Elizabeth Santana says they are continuing to urge the Trump administration to change course after being ordered to stop...
Feb 20, 2025
AUDIO: House passes bill to save tipped wages; Democrats speak about opposition to paid sick time changes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The tipped credit for minimum wage is a step closer to being preserved in Michigan as the state House passed a Senate bill yesterday to keep it in place and raise minimum wa...
Feb 20, 2025
