Category Archives: State News
Speaker Hall says FOIA expansion passed by Senate a "very low priority" in House
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says bills that have been passed by the state Senate to expand the Freedom of Information Act will not get a vote in the House. The FOIA exp...
Jan 31, 2025
AUDIO: Grand Rapids mother now charged with murder of daughter
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In Grand Rapids, charges against 46-year-old Roconda Singleton have been revised to include murder in the Saturday fire that killed her 12-year-old daughter Shamiya Ste...
Jan 30, 2025
State superintendent wants changes to in-person instruction time rules
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan schools Superintendent Michael Rice is urging lawmakers to tighten regulations on the rules for what would qualify as in-person instruction time. Rice says the chan...
Jan 30, 2025 State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice (Photo by John McNeil)
Congressman Bill Huizenga among those weighing a U.S. Senate run in 2026
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several politicians are weighing a run for the U.S. Senate in Michigan next year with the announcement that Democratic Senator Gary Peters won't seek a third term. Veteran...
Jan 29, 2025 Michigan 4th District Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland)
U.S. Senator Peters not seeking a third term in 2026
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's senior U.S. Senator Gary Peters will not seek a third term in 2026. Peters made the announcement Tuesday morning that he will leave Congress, but says he is no...
Jan 28, 2025
Battle Creek Cadet disarms child with loaded handgun during subpoena service
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No one was injured as a Battle Creek Police cadet disarmed a five-year-old child holding a loaded handgun while serving a subpoena on Inn Road Saturday. According to th...
Jan 26, 2025
MITA tells state lawmakers $3.9 billion a year needs to go to road repairs
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association is telling state lawmakers they need to put $3.9 billion a year into fixing roads. That is the figure that MITA of...
Jan 23, 2025
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announces run for governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Jocelyn Benson is making it official that she is seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2026. Michigan's Secretary of State announced Wednesday morning that she ...
Jan 22, 2025 Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson during a July 29, 2024 press conference. (YouTube image courtesy State of Michigan)
AG Nessel, other Democratic attorneys general sue President Trump
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is joining 21 other Democratic attorneys general in suing President Trump over his executive order to end birthright citizenship. The D...
Jan 22, 2025 (screenshot from video released by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel May 28, 2024)
Governor Whitmer issues statement upon President Trump's inauguration
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says in a statement that she is looking "forward to getting to work on the priorities we share," with President Donald Trump. She issued a...
Jan 21, 2025 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing her Lowering MI Costs Plan in Lansing, MI Feb 6, 2022 (courtesy Office of Governor)
