Category Archives: State News
Governor Whitmer signs education budget
FLINT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A $23.4-billion education budget for Fiscal Year 2025 has been signed by Governor Whitmer. The budget includes free pre-K and community college tuition along with free school ...
Jul 24, 2024 Governor Whitmer (Photo courtesy Office of Governor Whitmer).
Report: Michigan $3.9 billion in the hole annually for road work funding
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new report says Michigan still has a massive gap in road maintenance funding. A national transportation nonprofit, TRIP, released the Keeping Michigan Mobile report and sa...
Jul 24, 2024 Photo provided by the Road Commission of Kalamazoo.
Man dies from fall inside abandoned building in Parchment
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man police say was removing scrap metal from an abandoned mill in Parchment has died after falling inside the building Tuesday morning. The Township of Kalamazoo Police ...
Jul 23, 2024 BMN Network / CC
Whitmer endorses Harris for President, not seeking VP slot
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency. Whitmer made the endorsement announcement yesterday and also said she is not going to...
Jul 23, 2024 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was in Portage for the Grand Opening of the new Senior Center on Friday, May 20, and commented on the latest tax cut proposal from the Legislature. (Photo by John McNeill)
Whitmer officially endorses Harris for President, says she won't be VP candidate
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More Democrats are coming out in support of Vice President Harris's presidential bid. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined Midwestern Democratic governors from Illinois...
Jul 22, 2024 Gov. Whitmer signs legislations No. 20, 2023 at the YWCA in Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Office of the Governor)
Pensler drops bid for U.S. Senate, throws support behind Mike Rogers
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Sandy Pensler has dropped out of the Republican race for the U.S. Senate in Michigan and endorsed former Congressman Mike Rogers. Pensler made the announcement at forme...
Jul 22, 2024 (courtesy of Sandy Pensler For Michigan)
AUDIO: Senator Nesbitt says President Biden should resign
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County says with President Biden exiting the presidential race this fall, he needs to take one more step. Nesbitt...
Jul 22, 2024 State Senator Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton. (Photo courtesy Michigan Senate Republicans).
Trump said Xi wrote 'beautiful note' after assassination attempt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote him a note after the Republican presidential nominee suffered a gunshot wound to his ...
Jul 20, 2024
AUDIO: Vice President Kamala Harris holds Kalamazoo rally on reproductive rights
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo Wednesday to discuss reproductive freedom and its importance in the November election. Harris was on ...
Jul 17, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris on stage at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo
Former President Trump, U.S. Senator Vance holding rally Saturday in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, U.S. Senator JD Vance, are holding a campaign rally in downtown Grand Rapids on Saturday. The two will speak at Van ...
Jul 17, 2024 Former President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, MI April 2, 2024
