Wayne State board dysfunction makes case for reform
This week, Howes says the governance of Wayne State University is so screwed up that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state's bi-partisan legislative lea...
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Daniel Howes is columnist and associate business editor of The Detroit News. This podcast is a posting of his radio show, airing weekly on Saturday on Michigan Public Radio and here.
Howes says meddling shapes MSU coaching search
Daniel Howes says Michigan State University's chaotic search for a new football coach demonstrates two things: the Spartans are willing to spend big t...
Iowa's caucus flub should be Michigan's gain
This week, Howes says Iowa's Democratic caucus debacle is an opportunity — for Michigan to become a go-first state in presidential politics. Unlike th...
Whitmer's 'Plan B' undercuts her deal-making cred
This week, Daniel Howes says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a former state Senate minority leader, is not living up to her widely touted knack for working wit...
Tesla's revenge jolts Detroit Three
Howes says the Silicon Valley automaker, Tesla Inc., is getting its revenge. In one day last week, the company got approval to sell its electric vehic...
Arrival of election year deep sixes trade wars
This week, Daniel Howes says the winding down of President Donald Trump's parallel trade wars signals that an election year is here. Despite impeachme...
UAW is hurtling toward a reckoning of its own making
This week, Daniel Howes says the birthplace of the modern American labor movement is facing a reckoning. Thank a growing cadre of United Auto Workers ...
Michigan is shaping up to be the whole ballgame for 2020
This week, Daniel Howes says President Donald Trump chose Michigan to counter the House impeachment vote because the state is shaping up to be a linch...
Howes says there are no coincidences in politics, business
This week, Daniel Howes says surreal juxtaposition of Democrats moving ahead with impeachment of President Donald Trump and even as reach agreement wi...
Howes says new UAW boss has leverage -- if he'll use it
This week, Daniel Howes say the new president of the United Auto Workers, Rory Gamble, has leverage to drive reform within -- and if he falters, the m...