Today’s program was recorded before last night’s breaking news. Lawmakers have come to a deal on paid sick leave.

Good morning, it is Friday, February 21st, 2025. Today is the memorial of St. Peter Damian.

On the program:

* State lawmakers reach deal on tipped wage but have not agreed on paid sick time ahead of today’s dealine

* President Donald Trump re-appoints Governor Gretchen Whitmer to Council of Governors

* Budget cuts may see more than thirty teachers lose their jobs in Jackson School District

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: National and international news

In serenity look forward to the joy that follows sadness. Hope leads you to that joy and love enkindles your zeal

St. Peter Damian

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Good morning, it is Thursday, February 20th, 2025.

On the program:

* Police in Grand Blanc say someone called in a bomb threat to Grand Blanc High School; official say it is likely not credible

* Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says the nearly 400 homes flooded on Monday should be inspected immediately

* Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib announces bid for re-election with support from President Donald Trump

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Advice for having difficult conversations with parents about assisted living

We must always meditate on God’s wisdom, keeping it in our hearts and on our lips. Your tongue must speak justice, the law of God must be in your heart.

St. Ambrose

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Good morning, it is Wednesday, February 19th, 2025.

On the program:

* The Pope Francis Center in Detroit opens as an emergency shelter due to frigid temperatures

* Bay City residents unhappy with Bay City Bridge Partners tolling decisions

* US Army Corp of Engineers considers designating Line Five Tunnel project with “emergency” status following President Trump’s energy emergency declarationLIVE Enbridge stock price: $ENB

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Why do we celebrate the feast of a chair?

For as the word we speak is an image of the Word who is God’s Son, so also is the wisdom implanted in us an image of the Wisdom who is God’s Son.

St. Athanasius

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Good morning, it is Tuesday, February 18th, 2025.

On the program:

* Fire at Consumers Energy powerplant in Bay County; no risk of power lossLIVE Consumers Energy stock price: $CMS

* Michigan Department of Education keeping diversity, equity, and inclusion for now

* Rep. Debbie Dingle (D MI-06) says Veterans Affairs employees in her district are worried about job loss

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: An update on Pope Francis’ health and other world news

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Good morning, it is Monday, February 17th, 2025. Today is the memorial of the Seven Founders of the Servite Order.

On the program:

* Detroit restaurants and bars remain hopeful legistlature will keep the tipped wage by Friday

* Attorney General Dana Nessel files amicus brief in lawsuit against Trump Administration’s ban on transgender military service members

* General Motors dropping DEI language from investor reportLIVE GM stock price: $GM

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Michael New shares how pro-life laws have actually saved lives

Let us work for the food which does not perish – our salvation. Let us work in the vineyard of the Lord to earn our daily wage in the wisdom which says: Those who work in me will not sin. Christ tells us: The field is the world.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

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Good morning, it is Friday, February 14th, 2025. Today is the memorial of Sts. Cyril and Methodius.

On the program:

* Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel leads fourteen state lawsuit against Trump Administration over Department of Government Efficiency

* Detroit Economic Club says employment in 2024 in the Motor City dropped below pre-pandemic levels

* Eighteen libraries in Wayne County were shorted over $1 million due to accounting errors

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: The lastest from Washington

Be thankful then for what you have received, and do not be saddened at all that such an abundance still remains. What you have received and attained is your present share, while what is left will be your heritage.

St. Ephraem

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Good morning, it is Thursday, February 13th, 2025.

On the program:

* Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says homeless services will be reviewed after two children freeze in a van

* Genessee County Sheriff’s deputy charged after leaving firearm at a school

* Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield becomes first to file petitions for mayoral run

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Fr. Matthew Bonk shares why Flint is primed for a Catholic revival

Whatever religious practice or observance it leads to, any teaching or discipline that fosters a stronger love of God and, through God, of our neighbours, is most acceptable to God for that reason.

Blessed Isaac of Stella

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Good morning, it is Wednesday, February 12th, 2025.

On the program:

* Bishop Edward Weisenburger (Tuscon, Arizona) appointed to be next Archbishop of Detroit

* Lawmakers have yet to pass reforms to tipped minimum wage and paid sick time law ahead of February 21 effective date

* Ford CEO Jim Farley says 25% steel tarrifs causing “a lot of chaos” in the auto industryLIVE Ford stock price: $F

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Archbishop Allen Vigneron (Detroit, Michigan) thanks those he worked with and Archbishop-elect Weisenburger shares how he responds to God’s call

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