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Amy Barczy

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Assistant Managing Editor @crainsdetroit. Views are my own. Formerly: @bcbsm, @MLive, @hollandsentinel, @thetimesherald

 Detroit, MI
Joined January 2012
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Welcome to the new and improved Crain’s Detroit Business website

Welcome to the new and improved Crain’s Detroit Business website

Our redesigned website makes it easier to find the business stories that matter to you most.

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Full moon over downtown Detroit
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Now run this equation for how much time I waste resetting my passwords because I forget them.
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@60Minutes13 Nov 2025
So long, penny. The U.S. Mint pressed its final one-cent coin on Wednesday. In 2008, 60 Minutes reported that MIT scientist Jeff Gore estimated Americans waste 2.4 hours a year dealing with pennies. cbsn.ws/3LJlxgS
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Exclusive by @annafifelski + @kirkpinhoCDB
Crain's Detroit Business (@crainsdetroit) profile pictureCrain's Detroit Business@crainsdetroit15 Oct 2025
Michigan Central campus to get new transit center in bid to bring trains back crainsdetroit.com/transporta…
Michigan Central campus to get new transit center in bid to bring trains back

Michigan Central campus to get new transit center in bid to bring trains back

A new transit center is coming to the Michigan Central campus, featuring a new intercity bus transit station, and with any luck, a new passenger rail line.

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It is time.
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A connected Chicago family is raking in cash from Michigan’s weed industry crainsdetroit.com/real-estat… (reporting with @dustinpwalsh and Steven Strahler of @CrainsChicago)
A connected Chicago family is raking in cash from Michigan’s weed industry

A connected Chicago family is raking in cash from Michigan’s weed industry

A prominent family from the Windy City struck paydirt with its real estate purchases in a Southwest Michigan community by turning legal kush into a free-flow of cash.

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Social Security Lists Thousands of Migrants as Dead to Prompt Them to ‘Self-Deport’ (Published 2025)

Social Security Lists Thousands of Migrants as Dead to Prompt Them to ‘Self-Deport’ (Published 2025)

By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.

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Emily Peck@EmilyRPeck9 Apr 2025
NEWS: Social Security is backing off the drastic changes to phone service that would've sent tens of thousands of senior schlepping many miles to in-person offices, after a big outcry. axios.com/2025/04/09/social-…

Social Security backs off cuts to phone services amid outcry

"Telephone remains a viable option to the public," the agency said in a statement.

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We're tracking international student visa revocations across the country, follow our data updates here: insidehighered.com/news/glob… for @insidehighered
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Officials are considering a space near Michigan Central Station for a new transit hub, which could see passenger rail service to Toronto as soon as late 2028. crainsdetroit.com/transporta… with @kirkpinhoCDB via @crainsdetroit.
Michigan Central train station plans reveal when — and where — passenger rail could return

Michigan Central train station plans reveal when — and where — passenger rail could return

A new transit facility plus a 1,300-space, eight-story parking deck are being considered for land west of Michigan Central Station.

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Texas Senator Ted Cruz joins the ranks of Republicans sounding the alarm over Trump's tariffs, @j_lovinger reports. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Ted Cruz Warns Tariffs Risk Sparking GOP Wipeout in 2026 Elections

Senator Ted Cruz, usually a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, sounded the alarm on the administration’s move to ramp up tariffs, saying they pose “enormous risks” to the US economy and...

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The much-debated relationship between President Trump and Saudi Arabia will be front and center this weekend, when Trump’s Florida golf course hosts a tournament for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit on.wsj.com/4lhBHLQ

The Trump-Saudi Relationship Behind LIV Golf

President Trump’s Florida golf course is hosting a tournament for the Saudi-backed tour this weekend.

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A tariffying day for the stock market.
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Here's one way to understand what happened today - in a visual.
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one surprise target of today's tariffs: (literally) an island inhabited by penguins
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The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that the odor of marijuana alone isn't reason enough for police to search a car without a warrant. cbsloc.al/3R3aoqN
Michigan Supreme Court says police can't search cars solely because of marijuana odor

Michigan Supreme Court says police can't search cars solely because of marijuana odor

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that the odor of marijuana alone isn't reason enough for police to search a car without a warrant.

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Here are all of the reciprocal tariffs from a multi-page list given to reporters at the White House (via @detroitnews automotive correspondent @GrantSchwab) 1/2
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spring in Michigan.
The News-Herald (@NewsHeraldMI) profile pictureThe News-Herald@NewsHeraldMI20 Mar 2025
Michigan’s 12,000 bears are waking up. It’s time to pull the bird feeder. trib.al/g6eFtXP
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HHS removes surgeon general’s gun violence advisory from its website cnn.com/2025/03/18/health/su…
HHS removes surgeon general’s gun violence advisory from its website | CNN

HHS removes surgeon general’s gun violence advisory from its website | CNN

The US Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence from its website.

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If Michigan creates a DOGE-esque acronym agency, it should be OPE.
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Wisconsin's version of DOGE, dubbed GOAT, takes on telework, sets stage for talks on DEI jsonline.com/story/news/poli…

Wisconsin's version of DOGE, dubbed GOAT, takes on telework, sets stage for talks on DEI

The new Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency questioned agency heads about state employees who telework.

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