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Mary Kramer on WJR: COVID-19 vaccine distribution | Impact of rising cremations | Screws tighten on Credit Acceptance | Nonprofits face tough talks

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Michael Lee on WJR: Home-based businesses take off | Tricky times for farmers | Return of Pure Michigan

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Mary Kramer on WJR: What's next after executive orders | D's Next Decade: Advancing Equity

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Michael Lee on WJR: Hotels fall behind on debt | Logistical challenges of mail-in voting | Mortgage giants in metro Detroit

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Detroit Homecoming kicks off | How FCA plant came together | COVID hurts income tax revenue | Hurdles in recruiting minorities for vaccine tests

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Michael Lee on WJR: Why recession is hitting women harder | From homeless to C-suite | Golf's decline changes landscape

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Mary Kramer on WJR: COVID liability for business | Tracking health data | 40 Under 40

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Michael Lee on WJR: Penobscot's fading glory | Arts & culture institutions struggle under capacity limits | Schlissel on reopening UM campus

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Chad Livengood on WDET: Why achieving education funding equity is difficult in Michigan

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Mary Kramer on WJR: School funding inequities | Comic book stores in jeopardy? | Detroit Homecoming to go virtual | Southeast Michigan's biggest employers

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Slow business mail delivery | COVID-19 survivors' complications | Nonprofits offer 'school day' support | Cool places to work

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Michael Lee on WJR: Marijuana sales soar | Quicken Loans goes public | What's Next

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Nonprofit CEO compensation growth stalls | East Jefferson corridor plans | Hope for Midtown Target | DCFC selling stake to fans

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Michael Lee on WJR: Re-examining police residency rules | Tigers' home opener | Brownfield incentives slow to take off

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Business travel coming back | The Henry Ford battles shortfall | Tigers aim to salvage season | Mortgage competition heats up

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Michael Lee on WJR: What Gilbert's Rocket Companies IPO reveals about worth, plans

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Mary Kramer on WJR: COVID-19 contact tracing, the 'canceled' Dream Cruise and a trip to the Upper Peninsula

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Michael Lee on WJR: Tough time to find workers | Rocket Mortgage Classic sees opportunity in sports vacuum | Health systems get $4.4 billion in relief funds

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Deserted office districts | Will Beaumont merger lead to expansion? | What new visitors bureau leader faces

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Michael Lee on WJR: Diversity and inclusion in the workplace | Quicken Loans going public? | Mall giant pulls plug on merger

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Nonprofits face new crisis | Mortgage firms hiring thousands | From protests to action

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Chad Livengood on WJR: Why Michigan auto insurance agents are selling extra liability coverage for new no-fault policies

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Michael Lee on WJR: No-fault auto reform law to take effect | Startup execs adapt | Belfor cleans up

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Push for outdoor dining | Retailers reopen in Michigan | Loves furniture lays out new strategy

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Michael Lee on WJR: Returning to work | A look inside Lear's restart | Trump to tour Ypsilanti plant

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Unemployment trust fund could be drained

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Chad Livengood on WDET: Epic power struggle in Lansing over emergency powers during coronavirus pandemic

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Michael Lee on WJR: Day care conundrum | Push for more COVID-19 data from nursing homes

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Managing a workforce in crisis | Higher ed takes big financial hit

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Michael Lee on WJR: How coronavirus twisted the food chain | Backlash over failures on loan program for small businesses

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Hospitals brace for worst | Surge in unemployment filings | Health care reporter Jay Greene's COVID-19 test

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Execs advise Whitmer on economy | Construction nonessential?

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Michael Lee on WJR: Auto show canceled | Elslander bids for Art Van brand | Suppliers make medical devices

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Whitmer weighs stay-at-home order

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DTE's Gerry Anderson, other Michigan CEOs put together coronavirus crisis playbook

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Coronavirus crisis: Financial consultant Pat O'Keefe’s strategies for Michigan businesses to survive the economic upheaval

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Mary Kramer on WJR: A week we've not seen before | Coronavirus cases climb to 53 | SMART manager out

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Michael Lee on WJR: What went wrong at Art Van | Real estate executive's lottery Ponzi scheme

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Kalitta Air could see boon in coronavirus wake

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Michael Lee on WJR: Gilbert's 1st public speech since stroke | For Livengood, Gilbert story recalls family experience

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Chad Livengood on WDET: How stroke has changed Detroit businessman Dan Gilbert

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Crain's exclusive Dan Gilbert interview | Art Van explores sale, possible bankruptcy

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The Dan Gilbert interview: Quicken Loans chairman talks about his stroke, recovery and determination to build Hudson's skyscraper

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Chad Livengood on WDET: Auto insurance reform brings big changes for motorists, employers and health insurers

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Michael Lee on WJR: Employers brace for no-fault reform

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Chad Livengood on WDET: How long-term road funding deal could get linked with teacher pension refinancing

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Mary Kramer on WJR: MLB considers rule change to accommodate Ilitch-owned casino | AAA wants driver's seat

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Auto Club Group CEO Joe Richardson talks about merger with AAA Carolinas, impact of Michigan no-fault auto insurance reform

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Chad Livengood on WDET: 3rd Lucido accuser speaks out on workplace culture at state Capitol

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Mike Lee on WJR: More women on boards | 3rd woman accuses Lucido | Casinos go all in on sports bets

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Michael Lee on WJR: Municipalities mull over marijuana

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Mary Kramer on WJR: UAW strikes GM | Detroit Homecoming

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

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

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Crain's Conversations: Bosch's Charlie Ackerman on building talent within vs. buying talent

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Chad Livengood on Michigan Radio: Whitmer, Legislature headed to showdown on roads, state budget

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Chad Livengood on 910AM: Roads rough for outstate Republicans, too | Is Michigan budget deal near?

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Survival of the fittest in craft beer | Detroit hosts Super Bowl of gaming

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Chad Livengood on WDET: Tourism industry adapting to more schools starting before Labor Day

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Chad Livengood on 910AM: Rethinking the school start law

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Michael Lee on WJR: Schools sidestep post-Labor Day start law | Workers ditch payday wait

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Chad Livengood on 910AM: Fate of Oakland County leadership | Marijuana industry gets investors

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Patterson deputies expected to scatter | 'Good Jobs' incentives running out

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Kurt Nagl on 910AM: Businesses struggle through construction on Livernois 'Ave of Fashion'

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Chad Livengood on 910AM: Brooks Patterson's legacy

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Michael Lee on WJR: Patterson leaves complicated legacy | Gilbert video shows recovery progress

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Chad Livengood on Michigan Radio: Dollar General's rapid expansion into small town Michigan

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Chad Livengood on 910AM: Birmingham bond question breeds criticism | United Shore out of space again

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Michael Lee on WJR: United Shore growing rapidly | Epicurean Group splinters

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Chad Livengood: How teacher pension financing got drawn into road funding debate

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Chad Livengood on 910AM: Enbridge's Line 5 | Mass transit in metro Detroit

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Mary Kramer on WJR: Quicken Loans teams with State Farm

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Chad Livengood on WJR: Medicaid cost-share payments fail to materialize, stricter enforcement looms

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Chad Livengood on 910AM: Duggan credibility could be in jeopardy

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Mary Kramer on WJR: New jail over budget | Goldfish Swim School grows

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Chad Livengood on 1320AM: GOP lawmakers explore using school pension bonds to free up cash for roads

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Chad Livengood on 910AM: Ilitches miss development deadline

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Michael Lee on WJR: Construction city takes shape at bridge site | Boyne's outdoor sporting empire

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Chad Livengood on 910AM: JPMorgan Chase helped get FCA deal done | Detroit-based unicorn: StockX