Category Archives: Michigan News
Investigation Shows State of Michigan Awards Millions in Questionable Bussiness Relief Funds
Photo: Detroit Free Press ~ USA TODAY NETWORKPODCAST:June 13, 2024 ~ A Detroit Free Press investigation revealed Michigan businesses were awarded $7 million in questionable COVID-19 payouts. Sue Selas...
Jun 13, 2024
Blue Water Festival Returns to Port Huron this July
Photo: Sergio Montanez ~ USA TODAY NETWORKPODCAST:June 13, 2024 ~ Michael Hensley, president and CEO of Blue Water Convention & Visitor Bureau, joins Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds t...
Jun 13, 2024
PODCAST: Sky’s the Limit ~ How Detroit’s Aerotropolis is Shaping our E-Commerce Future
June 10, 2024 ~ 760 WJR's Guy Gordon examines how the e-commerce era has led to the creation of an aerotropolis in the communities that surround Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Learn how leaders are tou...
Jun 12, 2024
Michigan State Board of Education Asks State Legislature to Investigate Oxford High School Shooting
Photo: Nick King ~ USA TODAY NETWORKOAKLAND COUNTY, MI, June 12, 2024 ~ The Michigan State Board of Education is asking the state legislature to order a comprehensive, independent review of the 2021 O...
Jun 12, 2024
GM Cuts 2024 Electric Vehicle Production Goal By 50,000
Photo: David Rodriguez Munoz ~ USA TODAY NETWORKPODCAST:June 12, 2024 ~ On Tuesday, General Motors announced it is cutting its electric vehicle production goal for 2024 from 200,000 – 300,000, t...
Jun 12, 2024
Detroit Restaurants Now Required to Display Color-Coded Cards Displaying Compliance with Health Department
Photo: Eric Seals ~ USA TODAY NETWORKDETROIT, June 12, 2024 ~ It’s been six years in the making, and now Detroit restaurants will be required to display a color-coded card indicating they comply...
Jun 12, 2024
Michigan Childcare Providers Worry Over New State Budget Proposals
Photo: Alyssa Keown ~ USA TODAY NETWORKLANSING, June 12, 2024 ~ The Michigan Legislature changed language in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer‘s proposed Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) which has some ...
Jun 12, 2024
DTE Announces Retired Coal Plant Will be Converted to Battery Storage Facility
Photo: David Rodriguez Munoz ~ USA TODAY NETWORKMICHIGAN, June 11, 2024 ~ A new massive battery storage facility is coming to the site of the retired Trenton Channel Power Plant in Trenton, Michigan.D...
Jun 11, 2024
Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson Looks to Crackdown on Candidate Signature Fraud
Photo: Sarahbeth Maney ~ USA TODAY NETWORKPODCAST:June 11, 2024 ~ With election petition fraud on the rise, Michigan election officials are looking for ways to change the way candidates can get onto t...
Jun 11, 2024
PHOTOS: Detroit Musicians, Community Members Celebrate Michigan Central Station Reopening
Photo: Andrew Mullin ~ 760 WJRDETROIT, June 7, 2024 ~ After decades of a crumbling existence, the Michigan Central Station got to shine once again as a concert welcomed its reopening after being resto...
Jun 07, 2024
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SPOTLIGHT PODCAST
April 8, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds spoke with Education Secretary Linda McMahon. They discussed Education Freedom Tax Credits, school choice, and returning education control to the states.
April 8, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson talk with State Rep. Matt Koleszar (D-22) about Michigan’s Education Freedom Tax Credit. They discuss its impact and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s concerns about the program.
April 8, 2026 ~ Brad Barnett joins the show live from the Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism to discuss travel trends in the Keweenaw Peninsula, outdoor recreation, and what’s drawing visitors to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
