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AG Nessel leads suit against DOGE Feb 14, 2025

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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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Flint is ready for a Catholic renewal Feb 13, 2025

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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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Pope Francis appoints next Archbishop of Detroit Feb 12, 2025

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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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New taxes on marijuana to pay for the roads? Feb 11, 2025

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Good morning, it is Tuesday, February 11th, 2025. Today is the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes.

On the program:

* Governor Gretchen Whitmer calls for new corporate and marijuana taxes to pay for $3 billion road plan

* Otsego organization recieves $500,000 grant to study pollution0linked health issues after hundreds of rare cancers discovered

* Requiescat in pace: Bishop Sarhad Jammo (emeritus Chaldean Catholic Epharchy of St. Peter the Apostle)

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: The Catholic debate on immigration

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Archbishop Vigneron releases plan to build "Mission-Ready Families of Parishes" Feb 10, 2025

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Good morning, it is Monday, February 10th, 2025. Today is the memorial of St. Scholastica.

On the program:

* Archbishop Allen Vigneron releases pastoral note on plan for the Archdiocese of Detroit going forward

* Trump Administration cuts funds for EV chargers in Michigan

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Dr. Marcus Peter discusses why Americans should care about US involvement overseas

Our goal is God, the source of all good. As we say in our prayer, we are to place our trust in God and in no one else.

St. Jerome Emiliani

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Genesee County Sherriff Chris Swanson announces run for governor Feb 07, 2025

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Good morning, it is Friday, February 7th, 2025.

On the program:

* Genesee County Sherriff Chris Swanson announces run for governor

* Republicans look to make cuts from Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget

* Requiescat in pace: One of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen

* Requiescat in pace: Mr. Earl Boyea, Sr.

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: The Michigan High School Athletics Association says they won’t change their transgender policy … for now.

Those who have been found worthy to become children of God and also to be born again through the Holy Spirit, those who carry Christ within them, shining within them and renewing them – these people are guided by the Spirit in various ways and led forward by grace working invisibly in the inner peace of their hearts.

A fourth century spiritual writer

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Michigan Catholic Conference releases newest policy priorities Feb 06, 2025

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Good morning, it is Thursday, February 6th, 2025. Today is the memorial of St. Paul Miki and his companions.

On the program:

* Michigan Catholic Conference prioritizes life, education, and immigration in latest policy publication

* Mayor of Windsor, Ontario (Canada) says he will veto funding for Windsor-Detroit Tunnel bus over tariffs

* US Customs and Border Protection intercept rare insect at Detroit Metro Airport

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Why President Donald Trump wants to take over the Gaza strip

Just as it proceeds from man, so human activity is ordered towards man. For when a man works, he not only alters things and society, he develops himself as well.

Gaudium et Spes

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Immigration resource center in Detroit reopens Feb 05, 2025

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Good morning, it is Wednesday, February 5th, 2025. Today is the memorial of St. Agatha.

On the program:

* The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center reopens after a federal judge pauses Trump Administration’s order to halt grant payments

* Nitrogen leak at Faygo factory in Detroit

* General Motors laying off half of remaining Cruise robotaxi developersLIVE General Motors stock price: $GM

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Can the state and the Church work together to promote the common good?

Agatha, her mere name wins all men over to her company. She teaches them by her example to hasten with her to the true Good, God alone.

St. Methodius of Sicily

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Oxford High School shooter further appeals his sentence Feb 04, 2025

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Good morning, it is Tuesday, February 4th, 2025.

On the program:

* Ethan Crumbley appeals his sentence and asks to withdraw his guilty plea to Michigan Court of Appeals

* Former Republican Attorney General candidate Matt DePerno facing Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission complaint

* Newest and one of the youngest Knights of Columbus councils now in Michigan

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: What kind of listener are you?

God bore with man patiently when he fell because he foresaw the victory that would be his through the Word. Weakness allowed strength its full play, and so revealed God’s kindness and great power.

St. Irenaeus

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Investigation after child dies in hyperbaric chamber Feb 03, 2025

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Good morning, it is Monday, February 3rd, 2025. Today is the memorial of St. Blaise.

On the program:

* Five-year-old dies during explosion in hyperbaric chamber

* Governor Gretchen Whitmer responds to President Trump’s tariff plans

* WNBA team could be returning to Detroit

* Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Should the government adhere to the 4th Commandment?

The Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many. There you have how the Lord served; there you have the sort of servants he commanded us to be. He gave his life as a redemption for many: he redeemed us.

St. Augustine

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