manufacturing

A conversation about how Donald Trump’s first-term trade war set the stage for the present dispute over manufacturing tariffs.

Today, translating campaign rhetoric into real talk about trade and tariffs. Also, the grinding hard work of modern agriculture, and an innovation that might be enough to keep one Michigan family in the game. Plus, an elegant and insightful history about the utopian vision of Detroit’s Shrine of the Black Madonna.

“We know that securing clean energy economic development opportunities not only grows our economy and supports local workers, but it also helps us meet our statewide climate goals," said Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Researchers look at how to control the parasite that causes swimmer’s itch, a husband-and-wife team of professional mushroom hunters offer their spring foraging tips, and the history of an undergarments factory run by women in the Upper Peninsula.

The White House is calling for higher import taxes on Chinese steel to counter that country's subsidies. That could have big consequences in industry-heavy Michigan.

On today's show, 1A host Jenn White joined for a conversation about her Michigan roots. Plus, more on proposed manufacturing plants, the Reconstruction era revisited, and Dearborn's new health department.

On today's show, we chatted about the tantalizing possibilities for the Lions in the playoffs, plus other football news. Then, a word with a creative writing professor on the 2022 "words of the year." We also discussed the controversy surrounding concrete crushing facilities in Detroit. Plus, we spoke about a new partnership that'll make Detroit a manufacturing hub for one electric bike company. To end, a review of a memoir that was shaped by Detroit's landscapes.

Elements of semiconductors that power electric vehicles will soon be made in Bay County. The multinational corporation SK Siltron said it invested $300 million in the new facility and said it will bring up to 150 new jobs to mid-Michigan.

One of the largest operators of charging networks for electric vehicles in North America is bringing a manufacturing operation to the Great Lakes State.

Some Michigan manufacturing businesses will re-open for production starting Monday. That opens up a whole new set of places where people could potentially…