Daily Detroit News Byte

Your Daily Detroit podcast for September 5, 2018: - In order to have more influence on the final law, the Michigan Senate passed two ballot initiatives Wednesday to raise the minimum wage and mandate employers provide sick leave for employees. But they didn't pass them to make them into law; they passed them to change them and control them. - The man brought in to help stabilize Detroit's finances since shortly after the city declared bankruptcy is leaving his post. John Hill will leave his job as the city's chief financial officer at the end of the year. He was hired back in 2013 by former emergency manager Kevyn Orr during the city's bankruptcy. Mayor Mike Duggan later persuaded him to stay on longer. - A couple of gubernatorial endorsements among groups representing police officers have been announced. - Fiat Chrysler says it has invested more than $30 million in a new facility to develop and test autonomous vehicles and advanced safety technology at its Chelsea Proving Grounds west of Ann Arbor. - Meanwhi