Daily Detroit

On today's show, Jer and Devon run through stories around metro Detroit. Plus, Engineer Randy makes a special appearance. 00:31 - Pandemic update, including a discussion on bars and restaurants reopening to 50%. 06:50 - Cannabis news, including municipalities getting $28,000 per recreational dispensary and a lawsuit that's come up questioning the city of Detroit's "Legacy Detroiter" licensure prog...

In a previous episode of the podcast, we talked about how metro Detroit's economy is diversifying. But the ways we get around town? We've been stuck in the same mode for a lifetime. And that's almost completely being dependent and investing only in the car. A recent piece in Planetizen talks about how we might, as a region, build a culture of transit. After all, even automakers themselves are embr...

On today's show, with timestamps: 00:24 Vaccinations expand to Michiganders 50 and older. Pandemic restrictions lift. We run down the gamut from bars and restaurants at now 50% to gyms and venues. Plus, manufacturing workers in Detroit can now get the vaccine. Detroit's public schools are reopening and a snapshot at the region's low positive test rates. 03:37 Detroit's fire department is wrestling...

Today's topics with timestamps: 00:38 U.S. Soccer Federation repeals former policy barring players from kneeling during anthem, discussion on Seth Jahn and local impact. 05:46 Detroit City FC has some new faces on both the men's and women's teams. 10:32 Former Detroit Red Wing Tod Bertuzzi arrested for a DUI in Auburn Hills. 13:08 Fletcher has a new piece in Hour Detroit about college basketball....

On today's show: Should we pay people to move to Detroit? Detroit native Monica Williams posed the idea in a recent Detroit Free Press op-ed. We discuss it.  Background reading: https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2021/02/18/detroit-housing-incentives-pandemic/4488055001/ Plus: The Detroit City Council says no to about half of the proposed demo contracts before them. And the Robocop s...

Show notes: 00:45 The Hate Has No Home Here rally supporting Black Lives Matter happened, in part, outside of Fletcher's front door. We were going to cover this on the show in a different way, but we ended up talking about about what happened in his community plus the bigger picture of a changing Southeast Michigan region as a whole. 10:58 The Detroit Pistons have continued woes as their season st...

Our feature conversation is with Karen Dybis talking about the new Portillo's in Sterling Heights. She went to the media preview and spills the details. Show notes w/ timestamps: 00:30 COVID-19 update. A restaurant and bar association in Macomb County sues seeking damages due to the state-ordered pandemic shutdown. Wayne County has a series of vaccination sites.  02:50 Detroit vs. Everybody is col...

On your Daily Detroit for Friday, February 19, 2021: 00:37 Michigan's marijuana industry has skyrocketed, with more people employed in the cannabis industry than police; and roughly as many as there are auto mechanics.  03:23 There's new leadership at the QLINE, and it's a familiar face to Daily Detroit listeners. What are the challenges ahead and when will it get back on the rails? 08:01 Fernando...

Today, Fletcher Sharpe joins us to talk: 00:46 Blake Griffin's benching until the Pistons find a place to trade him or something else. 07:11 Michigan is doing very well in the AP College Basketball rankings, but so is the rest of the Big 10 with three teams in the top five for the first time ever. 10:24 For the first time Fletcher can remember, Michigan State University basketball is in the baseme...

My mom was in her 20s in the 1960s, and Motown - be it Marvin Gaye, Tammy Terrell, Stevie Wonder or you name it - that was the music she'd have on the radio in the Detroit flower shop where she worked. When she had me years later, those same songs were installed in my heart as lullabies. Today's episode honors founding Supreme Mary Wilson and tells some of her story. Her sudden passing at age 76 i...

Along Jefferson from I-375 to the Grosse Pointe border, one of the organizations that's undoubtedly making an impact is Jefferson East Inc., or JEI. It's not just with flashy projects, but in very personal ways such as helping Detroiters stay in their homes. The nonprofit covers five neighborhoods with more than 18 square miles of land area and 42,000 people. That's bigger than many suburbs. As so...

Today: 00:23 Contact high school sports can resume under a new MDHSS order. 03:18 Free community college is now available in Michigan for those 25 years or older. Additional background on Metro Detroit's education issues: https://www.detroitchamber.com/soe/ 05:57 Demolition may begin as soon as this summer at the Detroit incinerator. More: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/...

On today's show: 00:34 Unemployment is among the highest in the nation in Metro Detroit, only behind Las Vegas 03:24 A new report shows Black Michiganders had worse outcomes with COVID-19. More: https://news.umich.edu/black-michiganders-with-covid-19-suffer-worse-health-socioeconomic-outcomes-than-whites/ 05:44 Little High Flyers shutters their brick and mortar shop in Midtown and go online only:...

Today: 01:02 Vaccines are now available to people who work with food and beverage, including employees at restaurants, grocery stories, meatpacking facilities, and more. Janitors and security guards are all also eligible. 02:25 Reports are swirling that the Suburban Collection, a large auto dealer group, will be bought by a publicly traded company. 03:40 The historic Birmingham 8 has been bought b...

There was a lot of news last week around GameStop, Reddit, Robinhood, hedge funds and more. But what should people actually do about it? To get some ideas and a reset on what's actually happening, Matthew X. Roling - Professor X of Personal Finance - joins me on the show. His channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK2P--Ph7HbCaBKZMychKQ Benzinga video talking about what actually happened: http...