Category Archives: State News
Republican National Committee sues Michigan over voter registration
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are being sued by the Republican National Committee and former President Trump. The two are acc...
Jul 17, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Governor Whitmer calls for "better path" after Trump assassination attempt
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling on Michiganders and all Americans to "chart a better path for our politics." Her comments last night come a day after former President T...
Jul 15, 2024 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing her Lowering MI Costs Plan in Lansing, MI Feb 6, 2022 (courtesy Office of Governor)
VP Harris to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While the Republican National Convention will be going on in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek th...
Jul 14, 2024 Sheilaf2002 / Depositphotos.com
Scholten becomes first congressional Democrat from Michigan calling for Biden to withdraw
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Congresswoman Hillary Scholten of Grand Rapids has become the first congressional Democrat from Michigan to call for President Biden to not seek another term. She said ...
Jul 12, 2024 Official portrait of Vice President Joe Biden in his West Wing Office at the White House, Jan. 10, 2013. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
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Michigan Supreme Court re-evaluating life sentences for young offenders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Supreme Court is set to reexamine the life without parole sentences of three men who have spent two decades in prison, convicted of murder at ages 18, 19 and 20...
Jul 11, 2024
Michigan absentee ballot requests, return rate, outpace 2020's four-week pre-election mark
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says with just under four weeks until Michigan's Primary Election Day, over 1.5 million of the state's voters have requested an ab...
Jul 10, 2024 GPA Photo Archive
Bird flu response in Michigan sparks COVID-era worry on farms
By Tom Polansek, P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas MARTIN, Michigan (Reuters) - Some dairy farmers are resisting Michigan's nation-leading efforts to stop the spread of bird flu for fear their incomes...
Jul 10, 2024
Second Adopt-A-Highway cleanup begins this Saturday across Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says motorists should be on the lookout beginning Saturday as Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out across the state picking up litter...
Jul 10, 2024 (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
BlueOval Battery Park Michigan receives reduced MEDC incentive package, still worth between $384 million and $409 million
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with Ford Motor Company say their BlueOval Battery Park Michigan remains on track to begin production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in 2026 for Ford's...
Jul 09, 2024 BlueOval Battery Park Michigan under construction in Marshall, MIchigan (courtesy Ford Motor Company)
Natural Resources Commission to vote Thursday on changes to Michigan's deer harvest
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an effort to control the state's growing deer herd, the Michigan Department of the Natural Resources Commission will vote on a series of recommendations Thursday that inc...
Jul 09, 2024 yrjö jyske / CC
