Crain's Detroit Business

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Crain’s Detroit Business reporters and editors discuss the latest news and interview the people who are making things happen in metro Detroit.

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Pet Supplies Plus booming | Hope Network expands | Special report on Monroe 09.12.2019 6:53

Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer talks about this week's top stories.

Michael Lee on WJR: Weed black market perseveres | Lines around the block for 1st rec sales 02.12.2019 7:18

Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about top stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.

Mary Kramer on WJR: Adient aims to rebound | Saga of Southfield office park 25.11.2019 7:25

Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue.

Michael Lee on WJR: Sakthi collapse | Whitmer vetoes' impact | Governor woos business in Israel 18.11.2019 7:41

Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about top stories from this week's issue.

Chad Livengood on WDET: Flint's new mayor saddled with legacy costs, bleak financial outlook 11.11.2019 16:22

Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood discusses his report on the City of Flint's financial outlook and underfunded pension system on WDET's "Detroit Today" with host Stephen Henderson.

Mary Kramer on WJR: Richard Gabrys dies | Executive pessimism hits high | Focus on Flint 11.11.2019 7:47

Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.

Chad Livengood on WDET: UM innovation center a bet on luring talent to Detroit 04.11.2019 23:12

Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talked with Stephen Henderson on WDET's "Detroit Today" show about how the innovation center and satellite campus the University of Michigan wants to build in downtown Detroit could help the city lure and retain talent for business and population growth.

Michael Lee on WJR: UM campus in Detroit | Biz leaders bullish on city | ACM live up to promise? 04.11.2019 7:06

Crain's Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.

Rana Awdish, M.D., author of "In Shock," Crain's 2019 Health Care Leadership Summit 28.10.2019 42:38

Henry Ford Health system physician Rana Awdish, M.D., speaks on her experience as a patient in her own hospital and what it taught her about healing in a talk at Crain's 2019 Health Care Leadership Summit.

Former Aetna Inc. CEO Mark Bertolini at Crain's 2019 Health Care Leadership Summit 28.10.2019 50:43

Former Aetna Inc. CEO Mark Bertolini on how fixing the health care system starts far outside the hospital doors.

Mary Kramer on WJR: Fewer hunters, fewer conservation dollars | WSU mess 28.10.2019 8:21

Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.

Michael Lee on WJR: Clock ticks on Wilson foundation's $2B | Sterling Group seeks Joe Louis Arena 21.10.2019 8:04

Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about this week's top stories. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.

Chad Livengood on WDET: Switch seeks new tax break amid struggle over public support of K-12 schools 14.10.2019 36:46

Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood spoke with WDET's Stephen Henderson on "Detroit Today" about his article on data center giant Switch Inc.'s request to the Legislature for additional tax breaks for its Grand Rapids-area data center and conflict it's creating with public school groups.

Chad Livengood on WJR: State pension funds drop money manager Ken Fisher after offensive remarks 14.10.2019 6:04

The State of Michigan Retirement Fund's pension account, worth more than $70 billion, ended its relationship with the investment firm of Ken Fisher in the latest backlash to offensive remarks the billionaire made last week at an investment conference. Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talked about the state Treasury Department's move Monday in an interview with Kevin Dietz on WJR 760 AM.

Mary Kramer on WJR: Credit union takes high-risk canna-business | Schmoozing app backed by Gilbert 14.10.2019 8:44

Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Kevin Deitz on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.

Michael Lee on WJR: Municipalities mull over marijuana 07.10.2019 7:59

Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Kevin Dietz on WJR AM 760 about this week's top stories.

Chad Livengood on WJR: Whitmer seeks leverage with GOP with budget vetoes 02.10.2019 8:04

Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talks with WJR's Guy Gordon about the $947 million in line-item vetoes that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made to a $60 billion state budget in a budgetary standoff with the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Sherri Welch on WDET: Paving magnate Bob Thompson commits $200M toward college scholarships 01.10.2019 14:36

After investing more than $100 million in schools in Detroit, Michigan paving magnate Bob Thompson and his wife, Ellen, are prepared to invest $200 million more — this time for scholarships, not buildings. Crain's Senior Reporter Sherri Welch talked with Stephen Henderson on WDET about the scholarship program Thompson is creating for graduates of the University Prep charter schools he founded.

Mary Kramer on WJR: Thompsons to give $200 million to college scholarships 30.09.2019 8:48

Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Kevin Deitz on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.

Michael Lee on WJR: Detroit's vacant land could be its great opportunity 23.09.2019 8:48

Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from the latest issue.

Annalise Frank on WDET: Detroit seeks to regulate Airbnb, short-term rentals 19.09.2019 9:10

Crain's reporter Annalise Frank spoke with WDET's Ryan Patrick Hooper Tuesday on "CultureShift" about a proposed ordinance in Detroit that would restrict short-term home rentals through online platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO, and the arguments for and against.

Chad Livengood on WDET: Detroit Homecoming and the city's ability to weather another recession 19.09.2019 21:34

Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood spoke to WDET's Stephen Henderson on "Detroit Today" about the longterm outlook of the City of Detroit's finances and previews the sixth annual Detroit Homecoming event this week for former metro Detroiters that is produced by Crain's Detroit Business.

Mary Kramer on WJR: UAW strikes GM | Detroit Homecoming 16.09.2019 6:43

Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.

Dustin Walsh on WDET: State rebuffs tobacco retailer Wild Bill's medical marijuana business bid 10.09.2019 23:42

Crain's Senior Reporter Dustin Walsh talked with WDET's Stephen Henderson on "Detroit Today" about Troy-based Wild Bill's Tobacco getting denied licenses for 38 stores to sell medical marijuana and how Michigan's cannabis industry is starting to take shape following voter approval of recreational marijuana in 2018.

Mary Kramer on WJR: New life for RecoveryPark | State stubs out Wild Bill's pot bid 09.09.2019 6:11

Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories.