WSJM Morning News – December 17, 2018

  • Michigan State Police say skeletal human remains found near I-94 in Lawrence last Wednesday have been identified.
  • The Berrien County Treasurer’s Office has teamed up with the United Way of Southwest Michigan to set up a new fund to help people in danger of losing their homes due to unpaid taxes.
  • $26 million in recreation grants have been announced for the year by the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board.
  • A survivor of sexual assault by former Michigan State Dr. Larry Nassar took the MSU Board of Trustees to task this week for shutting down the survivor healing fund
  • We could get word this week that legal action is being taken to block the creation of a new authority to oversee the construction of a tunnel to house an oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.
  • State lawmakers will work their final three days of the year and session this week in what is expected to be the busiest lame-duck period in nearly 50 years.
  • Former F-B-I Director James Comey returns to Capitol Hill today for a second closed-door interview with House lawmakers regarding the F-B-I’s actions in the early days of the Russia investigation.
  • President Trump offered praise for the new federal court ruling that strikes down the Affordable Care Act.
  • A rare Hollywood movie memorabilia auction millions.