Michigan News

Maple Syrup season well underway

Spring in Northern Michigan marks the return of the maple syrup season. For many this is the first opportunity to get back into the woods after a long winter. There is a lot of debate over the origins of maple tapping, but the practice goes back to indigenous culture where […]

Whitmer signals veto of bill to freeze state gasoline tax

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signaled Friday she will veto Republican-sponsored legislation that would freeze Michigan’s 27-cents-per-gallon gasoline and diesel taxes for six months amid high prices at the pump. The Democratic governor has instead called on Congress to pause the federal 18-cents-a-gallon gas tax and 24-cent diesel tax. Whitmer […]

MyMichigan Health CEO and husband killed in Florida plane crash

Diane Postler-Slattery, CEO and president of the University of Michigan Health-affiliated MyMichigan Health, died Tuesday evening following a plane crash in northwest Florida, the health system announced. She was 62.  Postler-Slattery and her husband, Don, who also was killed, were believed to have been on board a single-engine Cessna 182 that went missing […]

Michigan announces 1st charges in Boy Scouts investigation

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan authorities on Wednesday announced the first criminal charges stemming from the state’s review of child sexual abuse lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America, charging a former troop leader before his release from a New York prison on separate crimes. Mark Chapman, 51, is accused […]

Michigan Supreme Court hears major gay rights case

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general on Wednesday asked the state Supreme Court to overturn key decisions and extend the state’s anti-discrimination law to gays and lesbians. People who claim discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation have not been protected by Michigan’s civil rights law because the word […]

MDOC Retirees Could Return To Field, And Keep Pensions, Under Bill

Former officers with the Department of Corrections could return to Michigan’s prisons, while not jeopardizing the security of their retirement allowances, under legislation which came before the House Appropriations Committee Track on Wednesday. While the panel did take up two bills, the focus of the hearing was to predominantly speak with Michigan Economic […]

Gov. Whitmer on Illegal Blockade of Ambassador Bridge: “We are pushing the Canadian government to resolve this swiftly and safely.” 

LANSING, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer appeared on WXYZ and CNN this morning to reiterate her call on Canadian officials to take all appropriate steps to swiftly and safely reopen traffic so we can keep growing Michigan’s economy, supporting good-paying jobs, and lowering costs for families.  Here is a link to her full interviews on WXYZ and CNN linked here.  On actions Governor Whitmer is taking to end the illegal […]