Daily Detroit

There are a lot of people doing good work in Detroit. Folks that put their shoulder to the wheel and are making things happen and making the community better.

But often, those folks don't get as much…

On today's show:

Jer was back at Michigan Central Station today and checked in on the progress of the restoration and renovation as phase one kicks off.

The Michigan Legislature is taking up a set of…

In a very special episode of the podcast recorded on Noel Night at the Podcast Detroit studios in the Detroit Shipping Company, we run down the Detroit contributions to the L.A. Auto Show and an elec…

Big fancy towers downtown get all the press, but today we take you to Detroit's North End neighborhood and check out a revitalization project on John R between Kenilworth and Westminster.

There was $…

On today's show, we talk about the news that Hard Rock closed. Also, the bike share service MoGo shared a new report of ridership and usage.

The Winter Blast is expanding and has a new sponsor. Shian…

On today's show:

President Trump is taking aim at GM's electric car incentives that were going to sunset anyway

Ford's incentives for their $740 million Corktown campus are approved

Shield's is openi…

General Motors dropped a bomb on Monday, saying it will likely close three assembly plants including Detroit-Hamtramck in a pre-emptive move to cut costs and headcount ahead of an expected downturn.

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Detroit will get a professional soccer team, but in a different way than many expected. No, Major League Soccer isn’t coming to Detroit — not yet anyway — despite the efforts of Dan Gilbert and Pisto…

Dan Gilbert made headlines this week when he issued an ultimatum to state lawmakers: Find a fix for Michigan's broken no-fault auto insurance system by mid-2019 or I'll bankroll an effort to put a pr…

There's a lot of competition between Metro Detroit area downtowns lately. Detroit, Ferndale, Royal Oak and others are aiming for shoppers, diners and residents as urban centers and more dense living …

Devon O'Reilly, international man of intrigue, is Daily Detroit's Man About Town. He joins us today for a week-ending episode devoted to the things that truly matter: Where to eat, what to drink and …

Your show for November 14, 2018:

Greektown Casino will be sold to Penn National. Dan Gilbert's going to take the cash and invest in more Detroit properties.

Two popular art pieces - one by Shepard Fa…

Today we do a deep dive into a corner of Detroit. One that's making board games. 

Jer's guest is Nemo Rathwald. He's the designer and creator of the board game Overworld, a recently successfully fund…

Welcome to the work week, automatons!

Here's what to know:

1. We talk about the report Moody's Investors Services released on Detroit, which essentially asks where's the love (and money) for the neig…

On November 8, 2018:

Ford made news today by buying Spin, an e-scooter mobility company. Jer head to the Ford World Headquarters to talk with the VP of Ford X, Sunny Madra, about the purchase and wha…

It was a big Election Day here in Michigan, where the much-discussed "blue wave" helped sweep Democrats — all of them women — into the top statewide elected offices. A fourth, Debbie Stabenow, surviv…

Happy Election Day, Detroit! 

On today's show, we run down some news about long lines and voting machine hiccups across the region. Reports of long lines are widespread.

Elsewhere, Amazon HQ2 is said…

Welcome to Monday, friends. Here's your Daily Detroit for Nov. 5:

• The workers strike at the Westin Book Cadillac hotel is over, as the Unite Here union announces a settlement and a new contract. 
• GM…

On today's edition of your Daily Detroit podcast, the team goes deep on the major statewide races and ballot issues that will appear on next week's Nov. 6 ballot. We're not making newspaper-style "en…

This is your Daily Detroit for October 31, 2018. Happy Halloween!

A few of the stories on today’s show.

GM is offering buyouts to 18,000 workers. An update to the ongoing Michigan marijuana saga.

Dev…