Today on WML Tom Norton joins the show to discuss why he is running for congress against Justin Amash. Henry Erb of 24 Hour News 8 joins the show to share the story he will have for WOOD TV today about push back on more parking meters being added in Grand Rapids. Patti Poppe, President & CEO of Consumers Energy is the subject of this weeks Corp! Magazine CEO Spotlight on West Michigan Live!
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1 Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi will meet today at the White House.
They won’t be talking about impeachment.
Trump and Pelosi (along with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer) are getting together to hash out a $2 trillion infrastructure proposal.
2 Fiat Chrysler can move forward with plans to build a new, $1.6 billion assembly plant in Detroit and invest $900 million to retool and modernize another. Land deals and community benefits agreements tied to the project were approved Tuesday by the Detroit City Council.
$6500 new jobs and as many as 50,000 spin off jobs are expected to be created.
3 West Michigan Congressman Justin Amash has called the two men challenging him for his seat “not serious.”
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They disagree
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Notables
-Tigers lose to the Marlins 5-4 last night in 11
-Twenty-two percent rated the economy as excellent, and 49 percent said it was good. That's a dramatic 71 percent giving the economy a thumbs-up. It's "the highest total number for American voter attitudes on the economy in almost 18 years," according to a Quinnipiac poll.
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