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Ferndale Pride isn't just a single day in May. It's a months-long celebration of joym community, and giving back that has its roots in a meeting at Soho 16 years ago.

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What voters get wrong about Michigan's national rankings; 4 in 10 haven't heard of data centers; and Duggan pulls even in the 2026 governor's race.
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Construction on the $250M University of Michigan Center for Innovation is well underway, so let's take a look.
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Melting snow means dirty air; big fines for pollution; and a ton of restaurant updates around Metro Detroit

Today's Daily Detroit is about being real with each other and with this city we love.

Norris and I start with the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, what he meant to Detroit, and how

On our Daily Detroit podcast, we talk with Steve Watson of the consulting firm Watson & Yates about where the money comes from and where it might go.​

First, we look at Detroit's budget

On today's show with Devon, Norris and Jer talking all things Detroit:

01:04 - Where we've been: Empire in Midtown Detroit

03:21 - Where we've been: Mother Handsome in Oak Park

04:

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Gov. Whitmer navigates federal cuts, Mayor Sheffield taps operations expert, and Detroit gets an outdoor sauna club

On today's Daily Detroit, Jer and Norris talk about three big changes in the city: a loved restaurant closing, a historic building maybe turning into a hotel, and a new business district along the

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Justin Verlander back in a Tigers uniform, a controversial meeting, and big changes from Ford to the Renaissance Center.
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I've followed this project for nearly a decade. Trump's threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe — demanding half of a bridge we didn't pay for — deserves context. Here's the line-by-line reality check.

On today’s Daily Detroit from the floor of the Detroit Policy Conference, we’re digging into what it really took to get the Gordie Howe International Bridge this close to the finish line — and

Mr. Friday Devon O'Reilly is in and we've got some recommendations on where we've been — two cheap but good lunch spots.

Plus, Devon shares a requiem for Bahama Breeze that after April

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Plus an excellent latte, some news bites around town, and a ship.

On your Daily Detroit, we learned that owning a tank is apparently legal in Michigan. Should we get one?

Plus, Detroit's the City of the Year, Michigan Central has a new thing, and we

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Plus 6 Stories Around Town (and Some House Music)

Justin Onwenu is a Detroit-born organizer, environmental justice advocate, and attorney who is now running for State Senate in Michigan's newly redrawn District 1, which stretches from neighborhoods on Detroit's west side

Today, we're taking you inside the Second Baptist Church of Detroit — the oldest historically Black church in Michigan, a former last stop on the Underground Railroad, and now a hub for human trafficking awareness

Devon, Norris, and Jer tackle three topics live at the Detroit Policy Conference. First, we get into lunch spots we like and are disappointed by recently.

Then, there's a proposal to provide transit to

The rundown:

02:07 - Michigan's population is growing, we discuss

05:13 - Amazon Fresh fizzles out in Metro Detroit, leaving a number of empty potential storefronts

09:11 - MOCAD is reopening in April after

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Detroit's Papers Push Together, Major I-94 Work Starts Soon, Happy Birthday Michigan 🎂 and more

Today's podcast conversation is in two parts.

First, we dig into USA Today (formerly Gannett) buying the Detroit News - just a month after a joint operating agreement ended between the two papers and bringing