Category Archives: State News
Michigan House again doesn't vote on tipped minimum wage change
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Lawmakers in Lansing are running out of time to change Michigan's tipped-worker minimum wage. The House yesterday adjourned until after Christmas. Lawmakers are now not due ...
Dec 20, 2024 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Judge denies Oxford shooter's request for new sentence
OAKLAND COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Oxford High School shooter will not be resentenced. An Oakland County judge Thursday denied Ethan Crumbley's request for a new sentence as well as his request to ...
Dec 20, 2024 Ethan Crumbley mug shot (courtesy of Oakland County Sheriff's department)
AUDIO: Speaker-elect Hall says Republicans hear the cries of tipped wage workers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State House Speaker-elect Matt Hall of Richland says the issue of saving the lower tipped wage for restaurant servers and bartenders is the biggest one facing lawmakers ri...
Dec 19, 2024
State House Republicans boycott session Wednesday, holding press conference today
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican lawmakers in the Michigan House did not show up for session on Wednesday as they are protesting the refusal of House Speaker Joe Tate to take up the issue of tipp...
Dec 19, 2024 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
No-show ends Wednesday attempts to change Michigan minimum wage law
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's tipped workers may be hit because lawmakers in Lansing once again didn't show-up to vote. Republican lawmakers refused to show-up at the Capitol yesterday. They s...
Dec 19, 2024 Tom Chapman / CC
Nearly 4,000 Michigan child care providers receive state operational grants
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly 4,000 child care providers across the state will be receiving a share of $24 million in one-time operational grants from Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Ad...
Dec 16, 2024 stuartmiles / Depositphotos.com
Michigan's average gas price back above $3
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gasoline price has gone back above $3 a gallon, rising ten-cents in the past week to $3.04. Triple-A Michigan says the price is 13-cents less than last m...
Dec 16, 2024
DNR says 2024 deer hunting similar to prior years
9LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The number of deer harvested in the 2024 firearm deer hunting season in Michigan was down slightly according to the state Department of Natural Resources. The DNR says, how...
Dec 13, 2024 yrjö jyske / CC
Whooping cough cases increasing in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cases of whooping cough are increasing across Michigan. Health officials are urging people to get vaccinated, as 66-percent of this year's cases of whooping cough, also know...
Dec 13, 2024 designer491 / Depositphotos.com
All-MIAA basketball player killed in Wednesday night I-94 crash
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Detroit man who was an All-M.I.A.A. basketball player for two seasons at Trine University in Angola, Indiana was killed on Wednesday night in a crash on westbound I...
Dec 12, 2024 Courtesy Trine University
