The Week That Was on Deadline Detroit

Craig's guest today is friend, colleague, and fellow long suffering Lions fan Pat Batcheller.  Pat is better knows as the morning anchor on 101.9 WDET, Detroit Public Radio.   The two have been wringing their hands over our beloved Lions for many years, and many sad Mondays.   

Craig and  Allan Lengel of DeadlineDetroit.com sit down to discuss the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.    Deadline Detroit Editor Allan Lengel was a reporter at The Washington Post, working on the disappearance of an intern from California named Chandra Levy. On Sept. 11, 2001, his assignment changed.  Around 9:30 a.m., he was walking to the subway in northwest D.C., heading to work, when he...

Join host Craig Fahle and his panelists as they discuss the big stories of the week so far...and it has indeed been a busy week.  The group will focus on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Hurricane Ida and its path of destruction, the fight against COVID continues to be a struggle, and of course, the Supreme Court and Texas' new abortion law.   Panelists this week include regulars Nancy D...

Today, Craig revisits a conversation from earlier this year with John Lindstrom, former publisher of Gongwer News Service in Lansing.  They discuss Michigan's constitution, and a provision that allows for voter referendums that are basically veto proof.  Under Michigan law, petition drives that gather enough signatures under the law can go straight to the Legislature, which if they approve, c...

Join host Craig Fahle and his panelists as they try and untangle the news of the week. On the agenda, terrorism and chaos attempt to disrupt the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan; COVID still rages, with our schools becoming the latest battlegrounds over masks and mandates; the FBI continues digging into the Detroit City Council; Trump's lawyers get a judicial beat down; A Governor Whitmer kid...

Craig's guest is Dan Lijana, spokesperson for the QLine M1 Rail project.   The QLine is getting ready to reopen to passengers in late September, after shutting down due to COVID last year.   The company says it has taken the last 18 months to make improvements to the system,  to make it more useful and reliable for commuters in Detroit.  

Join host Craig Fahle and his panelists as they discuss the big news stories happening this week.  On this week's show, they will discuss the situation in Afghanistan as the U.S. evacuation struggles; the COVID fight continues, as many states struggle with the Delta variant, and new battle lines are being drawn over mask and vaccine mandates; former Tiger pitcher Jack Morris gets suspended fo...

Craig is joined by Saeed Khan, Senior Lecturer in Near East and Asian Studies at Wayne State University.  The two discuss what's happening as the U.S. tries to evacuate it's personnel and many of those that aided the U.S. during it's 20 year war in Afghanistan.  The hectic scene is reminiscent for many of the fall of Saigon in 1975 as the U.S. exited Vietnam.  Many are questioning w...

Craig's guest is Paul Eisenstein, Publisher of TheDetroitBureau.com.    The two discuss recent lengthy power outages for tens of thousands of Metro Detroit residents, and whether or not the uncertainty about the reliability of the local electric grid may impact people's faith in emerging electric vehicle technology.  Will the government's push for electric vehicles force utilities t...

Join Craig and his band of merry political pranksters as they discuss the important (sometimes less important, but silly or strange) stories of the week!   On the agenda: President Biden gets a win in the Senate; COVID threatens to spike again; Former Acting AG Jeffrey Rosen spills the beans on Trump's post election tantrum; The American withdrawal from Afghanistan; Governor Cuomo resigns, th...

Craig's guest is Jeffrey Miles, Senior Director for Early Childhood Excellence with the United Way for Southeastern Michigan.  They just announced that their Connect4Care Kids program has expanded beyond just the city of Detroit, and now is available for residents in all of Wayne County.  The program is  a free, centralized resource designed to make it easier and less overwhelming for familie...

Craig's guest today is longtime Detroit Free Press reporter John Gallagher.  He has just written a book called "The Englisman and Detroit: A British Entrepreneur Helps Restore a City's Confidence" .   The book tells the story of Randall Charlton, a so called "serial entrepreneur" who started Asterand in Detroit, an unlikely biotech success story at a time when the cit...

Join host Craig Fahle and his panelists as they discuss the news that is happening this week.   On the agenda:  Trump's election lies are still causing problems for everyone involved, including the DOJ, the insurrectionists, his lawyers, and more; COVID and the Delta variant have everyone rethinking their positions on vaccines and masks; New York Governor Cuomo is in deep trouble; Detroit had...

Craig's guest is Eli Newman, who covers city government and politics for WDET, Detroit Public Radio.   They discuss the results of Tuesday's primary election, which had few surprises, but was significant for a number of reasons.  Mayor Mike Duggan coasted to a first place finish, leaving second place finisher Anthony Adams with a big hill to climb if he is to unseat Duggan.   Proposal P,...

Join host Craig Fahle and his panel as they discuss the big stories of the week...and what a week this has been!  They begin with a discussion about the late Sen. Carl Levin, who died on Thursday at age 87.   Also on the agenda:  local politicians in some trouble; fights over masks and vaccinations continue; the congressional hearing on the January 6th insurrection is underway; Governor Whitmer is...

Today, Craig discusses House Bill 5086 with Allison Donahue of MichiganAdvance.com.  Her recent story  has her speaking with doctors and abortion rights advocates about the impact of the bill, which among other things would require doctors to inform patients about "abortion pill reversal".  The language of the bill is as follows:  " If I am undergoing an abortion procedure that util...

Join host Craig Fahle and his panel as they make merry with the news of the week.  On the agenda: the billionaire space race; Covid is sticking around, and maks are making a comeback; Republicans find religion on vaccines; Pelosi boots two Republicans from the panel investigating January 6th; Anthony Fauci and Rand Paul really don't like each other; phones are being hacked by the bad guys; th...

Craig's guest is Eric Starkman, Deadline Detroit contributor and author of the blog Starkman Approved .   His latest story for DeadlineDetroit.com shows that high ranking executives are being let go in advance of the proposed merger with Grand Rapids based Spectrum Health.  If the merger goes through, the combined company would have over 64 thousand employees and 22 hospitals in the state.  T...

Join host Craig Fahle and his panelists as they discuss the big stories of the week.  On the agenda (so far):  The race for Governor in Michigan is taking shape;  The FBI is under fire for their handling of the Larry Nassar investigation; a new book is taking a very critical look at Trump's last months in office; voting rights fights are getting uglier; COVID is still very much with us; and o...

Craig's guest is Saeed Khan, Senior Lecturer in Near East and Asian Studies at Wayne State University.   They discuss the end of the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.  After 20 years, and over 3 trillion dollars spent, what did the U.S. accomplish?  Who will fill the void created by the U.S. exit?  Will the Taliban continue to gain territory, and if they do, will they attain credibility on the...

Craig's guest is former U.S. Attorney, law professor, podcaster, and MSNBC contributor Barb McQuade.  The two discuss Monday's sanctions hearing for the Trump supporting attorneys that filed the so called "Kraken" lawsuit that sought to overturn the election results in Wayne County and the state of Michigan.  After the original case was withdrawn, Michigan Attorney General Dana...

Join host Craig Fahle and his panel as they analyze and crack wise about the big stories this week!  On the agenda:  James Craig makes political moves; former President Trump sues social media,  the Delta variant means COVID is still very much with us, as Japan says no spectators for the upcoming Olympics; the debate over Critical Race Theory continues to be weird; some Republicans in Michigan are...

Craig's guest is Deadline Detroit's Nancy Derringer, who attended yesterday's speech in Jackson Michigan given by James Craig, the recently retired Chief of Police in Detroit.  Craig was expected by many to officially announce his candidacy for Governor of Michigan.  While he stopped short of making an announcement, he took the opportunity to show off his Republican Bona Fides, focu...

Join host Craig Fahle and his panel as they break down the big stories of the week.  On the agenda: The Trump Organization is formally charged; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appoints members for a select committee to investigate January 6th; The Supreme Court rules on a big voting rights case; Michigan starts a vaccine sweepstakes; Detroit struggles to recover from severe flooding; Michigan misses a...

Craig's guests are Detroit City Council Member Raquel Castaneda-Lopez and Denzel McCampbell, a member of the Detroit Charter Revision Commission.  The two are arguing in favor of voters passing proposal P in Detroit, which would revise the city's charter for the second time in 10 years.   Proposal P, if passed, would make a number of major changes to how the city operates, and would incl...