Happy 317th Birthday, Detroit!

We're having an informal happy hour at our Detroit studio to celebrate 100 episodes Thursday. Link on our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1882753571790877/

Phil Lewis, Front Page editor of the Huffington Post, joins us to talk about Detroit, the influence of the city, and the upcoming National Association of Black Journalists conference in Detroit. http://www.nabjconvention.com/

A lot of ink has been used covering downtown Detroit’s comeback, but one group that feels they have been slighted are the janitors working in many of the skyscrapers and large buildings in the city.

In an interesting turn of events, Ford is spinning off a separate company to inhabit that old train station in Corktown. It has created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC.

Over the weekend, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne was replaced by the board of the company due to quickly-escalating health problems. He had gone into a Swiss hospital for what was expected to be a quick procedure on his right shoulder, but things have quickly spiraled downward.

The old Free Press building is getting an $8 million brownfield incentive package from the Michigan Strategic Fund. The renovation, being done by Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock, is now going to have a price tag of almost $79 million.

No more paper tickets at Little Caesars Arena

Dining changes at Detroit Metro Airport

Stroh’s has a new Michigan-only beer coming out for the summer. It’s called "Spirit Witbier."