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LISTEN: Big Sean And Emagine Building A Movie Theatre, 140+ More Detroit Cops, Pothole Ice Cream, New Factory Opens & More

This is your Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast for February 27, 2018. Our Detroit news stories today: * Detroit has a new budget and that could mean more officers on the streets * All of Detroit’s election day poll workers are to be re-tested * A long time Detroit politician, Burton Leland, has died. * You can get some ice cream to soothe your pothole woes. * A new factory opens in Detroit. * Big Sean and and Emagine team up to open a movie theatre in the city. * A steel factory open...

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NEWS BYTE PODCAST: 400 Detroit Jobs, Burns Night, Antietam, The RenCen, And Detroit Rental Enforcement

Welcome to your Daily Detroit for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018! On the show: * Enforcement of rental regulations is becoming more stringent in the city * 400 jobs are coming thanks to Flex’N’Gate * Three fun happenings: Boogie Fever reopens, Antietam closes, and the top of the RenCen gets a James Beard chef * Burns Night celebrating all things Scottish is happening at Urbanrest Brewery with Ackroyd’s Scottish Bakery: https://www.facebook.com/events/838131263040408/ * Don’t forget to c...

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The Flint Water Crisis Could Have Been Prevented For Just $100 A Day

The Flint water crisis is perfect fodder for the Daily Show as this story just keeps getting weirder and weirder – and unfortunately, sadder and sadder. Daily Show host Trevor Noah in a three minute segment we embedded below (linked here in case it doesn’t play) calls on his native continent of Africa to save a city in the United States.. for just $100 a day. Why? Because treatment to prevent the horrific problems happening in Flint would have cost about $100 a day. The $100 number explanati...

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Mae's In Pleasant Ridge Sold, To Be Closed For Brief Time For Renovations

The Woodward corridor neighborhood favorite Mae’s (which we’ve written before about here) has been sold. The new owners are Valter and Elda Xhomaqi, who own Birmingham brunch spot The Whistle Stop and Double EE Restaurant in Ferndale. Those who will miss the creativity behind such hits as Mae’s Cap’N Crunch chicken tenders, will hopefully appreciate the Xhomaqi’s unique style. The Double EE’s Mac and Cheese omelet has quite the following. According to current owner Jessica Lundgren, M...

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Your Detroit Reading List For March 22, 2015

Here are 5 stories you don’t want to miss about Detroit. How Detroit Became a Maker Hotspot (Yahoo) Yahoo highlights a few of those that are part of the maker movement here in Detroit. Here’s a quote from the owners of Douglas & Co. (who we profiled earlier here). “Many people abandoned this city and ripped the ground out from under it. Those who remained are passion-driven people–artists, creators, and crafters who use their pleasures as a vehicle for business. There is such strength beh...

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Dan Gilbert Is Bringing Fiber Internet To Detroit: Meet Rocket Fiber

One of the biggest names in Detroit, not to mention the larger development and home loan business, is now in the internet business. Today, via Twitter, Dan Gilbert announced Rocket Fiber. Yesterday, we reported that Quicken Loans had a job posting that pointed toward building a fiber internet service, as well as put together a few clues around what’s been happening. Gilbert, via Twitter, says that in a few weeks that more details will be revealed and that it will be “Fast as Google or faster...