WSJM Morning News – December 31, 2018

  • Cornerstone Alliance will continue to work hard to convince companies that southwest Michigan’s economy is worth their investments.
  • Optimism is what Michigan Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Rich Studley has about 2019.
  • Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has moved to bar state contractors and the recipients of state grants or loans from discriminating against LGBTQ employees.
  • The Palisades nuclear power plant in Van Buren County is back in service following a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage.
  • ‘Twas a deadlier Christmas holiday period on Michigan roads this year than last.
  • Next month’s North American International Auto Show will be the last one to be held in the winter.
  • Looks like soon-to-be former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has Pure Michigan traveling on his to-do list once he leaves office.
  • Northern Michigan’s Lake Superior University has released its 44th annual “list of words banished from the Queen’s English for mis-use.
  • In the middle of the government shutdown … the White House is losing its chief of staff.
  • Three months after her death, an attorney for Aretha Franklin say she owes millions in back taxes.