State News

About ten-percent of Americans say they are allergic to penicillin, but is that truly the case? Health Reporter Dr. Deanna Lites details a new study.

It’s an annual rite for hundreds of thousands of people across Michigan–firearms deer hunting season, which starts Tuesday morning. Dave Purdy has been deer hunting for 50 years, but he says a recent influx of wolves makes bagging a buck tougher at his lucky spot in Ontonagon   Purdy followed …

After working only a handful of days over the past couple months, Michigan lawmakers are back on break until after Thanksgiving. Lawmakers were in session last Wednesday and Thursday after the election, but now the legislature is taking time off for firearms deer hunting. The House and Senate are due …

Gas prices have dropped about eleven cents in Michigan over the past week. AAA Michigan says the current statewide average is about $2.05 a gallon. The lowest prices can be found in the Traverse City area at about a $1.96 a gallon. The highest prices are in Marquette at $2.12 a …

Tom Leonard is the new leader of the Michigan House. He was chosen Thursday as Speaker to replace Kevin Cotter who is term-limited. The 35-year old Republican from DeWitt told reporters a priority is transitioning newly hired school employees to 401(k) accounts instead of also giving them a pension in …

A proposed bill calling for a contest to design a new state flag has been introduced in Lansing by state Senator Steve Bieda of Warren. The Democrat says the bill would create a flag commission to accept design submissions between January and July of 2018.

United Auto Workers union president Dennis Williams weighs in on the victory of President-Elect Donald Trump. Here’s Autobeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert.

As the White House is set to shift power from Democrat to Republican in January, the Alliance for the Great Lakes expects its relationship with rest of Washington to remain the same. Joel Brammeier is President and CEO of the Alliance, who says President-elect Donald Trump has said some things …

Today is Veteran’s Day, a day to honor service men and women who have served and who are currently serving in the Armed Forces. Some city, county and federal offices will be closed. On Thursday, Congressman Fred Upton and Michigan U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow announced legislation that …

New figures from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates hunting in Michigan has a $2.3 billion economic impact in the state. About $1.3 billion of that is spent on equipment, while other expenses are related to food and lodging. Opening day is November 15th, more than 525,000 hunters are …