Daily Detroit

Your Daily Detroit is in four parts.

First, we discuss a speeding crackdown in Michigan as state police say there's rampant speeding over 30 miles an hour of the limits.

Fletcher Sharpe shares his NB…

We talk about the reopened Hudson Cafe in downtown Detroit and their expansion into Northville and Troy; La Bodega in Lincoln Park brings a Dominican market to downriver. Brisa Bar is open, and the c…

One of the things that I thought I knew but learned differently when I started this was that I thought most people were on board with growing metro Detroit and Michigan.

I have since learned that is …

Today's show is brought to you by the letter F. Robin Runyan from Urbanize Detroit and Norris Howard joins us.

First, we talk the blockbuster purchase of the Fisher Building - what's involved, what i…

Without Detroit's Arsenal of Democracy, the Allied powers couldn't have defeated Germany in World War II. We dig into that and more with New York Times bestselling author Craig Nelson, who has a new …

Fletcher Sharpe joins in - We had to slip in a more serious story into the show, as the smokestack of the incinerator has been a part of our Detroit experience as long as we can remember. Good riddan…

Today we talk the new Tocororo in Eastern Market, a quick Northern Lights reopening review, Malek Al-Kabob in Dearborn and Taylor, there's more Wing Snobs coming, and hotel progress.

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Taylor Swift is coming to Detroit this weekend, but it's only the beginning of a ton of fun events in Detroit.

Yes, there's Taylor - and we discuss with Chris Moyer of Visit Detroit not only impact b…

Today's show is in four parts.

- First, Norris Howard talks about Michigan's new hands-free driving law and the impacts. https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/hands-free-distracted-driving-law…

Often there are stories about "two Detroits," but that also extends into Metro Detroit.

A survey out last week from the Gallup Center on Black Voices and the Detroit Regional Chamber is kind of revea…

Today's show is a busy one. First, we talk about the signage situation on Belle Isle beach, as there was an E.Coli outbreak and swimmers, according to reports, didn't know. So what level of signage s…

Catching up as we do every Friday, but this time at the end of a long week in the tail moments of the Mackinac Policy Conference. 

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It's not news that the city of Detroit has one of highest tax rates in metro Detroit, Michigan and the country.

What is news is a new land value tax plan to help change that and get, officials say, a…

In this conversation at the Detroit Policy Conference, Macomb County Public Works Commissioner gets into what she's doing to keep sewage out of our water systems and lakes, projects they're working o…

Today's show is in two parts. First, we do a first look and quick review of the new Mackinac Island Pizza as we've landed at the Mackinac Policy Conference. It is, according to the marketing material…

Lots to talk about on the this Friday before the holiday week. But we start with something that shook us to our core - what if Rock and Rye isn't really Rock and Rye?

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It's not that the robots and automation is coming. It's here. The question is now what are the opportunities and how can Metro Detroit capitalize on our advantages? The Automate Show is in Detroit, b…

Norris Howard joins us in the co-host seat today. We talk about an article that a bunch of you texted and emailed in about - Detroit possibly losing the title as America's Blackest city. https://www…

Today's show is a two-parter. First, we preview the upcoming Live Glassblowing Arts and Music Festival put together by the MIchigan Glass Project. Allison Key joins me for that.

Then, we talk to a li…

A bit of a mailbag episode as we answer some of your questions. Always can send them in at dailydetroit - at- gmail -dot- com.

We saved the sports questions for Fletcher Sharpe!

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