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Dan Musser and his wife, Amelia, on the hotel porch.

Grand Hotel Owner, Dan Musser Jr., Dies

Under Dan Musser Jr.’s guidance, Grand Hotel doubled both its size and the length of its season and achieved world class status.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/13

Deadline Set For City To Appeal Governor’s Declared Financial Emergency

The city of Detroit has until March 11th to appeal Governor Snyder’s declaration that the city is in a financial emergency.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/03

Snyder Opposed To Increase In The Minimum Wage

Governor Rick Snyder is opposing proposals at the state and federal levels to increase the minimum wage.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/16

New Bill Would Increase Minimum Wage To $10 An Hour

Michigan’s minimum wage would gradually increase to $10 an-hour under legislation introduced in Lansing Tuesday.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/12

File photo - rally for gun control Janurary 2013. (Getty Spencer Platt)

Clergy Ask Governor To Take Stronger Stance On Gun Control

About 50 clergy members asked Snyder to take the lead on addressing gun violence during a prayer service outside the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/29

Governor Looks To Skip Hurdles On Right To Work Issue, Goes Directly To Mich. Supreme Court

The governor said he wants to resolve the uncertainty over the law’s impact on state employees because new contract talks will begin this summer.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/28

Governor Declares Energy Emergency In U.P.

Gov. Rick Snyder has declared an energy emergency in the Upper Peninsula due to a shortage of propane.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/27

Protesters Rally During State Of The State Address

Pat Hartzel traveled to Lansing to voice her opposition to fracking, a process of extracting natural gas from miles underground through high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/16

State Of State Centerpiece: Shift Taxes To Repair Roads

Gov. Rick Snyder proposes raising billions of dollars to patch up Michigan’s ailing roads and bridges; the centerpiece message in his third State of the State address.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/16