Category Archives: State News
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
State House approves minimum wage bill, ties it to paid sick leave
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives has passed a Senate bill to protect the state's tipped wage credit and increase minimum wage to nearly $15 an hour by February 2028. Th...
Feb 20, 2025 AndreyPopov / Depositphotos.com
State launches new program to help first-time homebuyers in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan State Housing Development Authority launched a new program this week to help first-generation homebuyers with their first purchase. The program provides eligibl...
Feb 20, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com
Michigan Supreme Court justice to step down to head National Center for State Courts
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement will step down from the court by April 30 to take over the National Center for State Courts. Clement is one of just tw...
Feb 20, 2025 Outgoing Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement (courtesy National Center for State Courts)
Coldwater teacher arrested following Calhoun County voyeurism investigation
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A teacher at Legg Middle School in Coldwater has been arrested following an investigation by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office and the Coldwater Police Department in...
Feb 20, 2025 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department and Hillsdale County Scanner Facebook page
Bills reintroduced in state House to ban deepfake pornography
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bipartisan bills have been reintroduced in the state House to ban "deepfake" pornography. Republican Representative Matthew Bierlein of Vassar and Democratic Representative ...
Feb 18, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Michigan's average gas price down three-cents
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is three-cents a gallon lower to start the week at $3.07. Triple-A Michigan says the price is seven-cents less than last month, and down 16-cen...
Feb 17, 2025
