Steve Neavling
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Steve Neavling is an investigative reporter at Detroit Metro Times & creator of Motor City Muckraker, an independent watchdog news site.
Detroit, MI
Joined May 2012
My next story in a series about wrongfully convicted people in Detroit. While Mike Duggan was prosecutor, his office illegally destroyed thousands of files, making it impossible for some prisoners to prove their innocence.
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Sheffield dominates Detroit mayoral primary and will face Kinloch in general election
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Voters also cast ballots for five seats on the city council
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James Craig, who has struck out again in politics, ended up in fifth place with just 5.2% of the vote. Detroit says No to MAGA.
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Ex-Detroit Police Chief James Craig is finding out tonight that Detroiters are not going to elect a Trump loyalist to serve as mayor. Early returns show him in fourth place, far behind the top three.
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Who is Mayor Duggan really? As mayor, he repeatedly slammed Trump. Now he's taking money from Trump megadonors and other GOP leaders, and he's refusing to comment on the president. Political theater or a true lurch to the right?
metrotimes.com
After four decades of championing Democrats, Detroit’s mayor is now echoing conservative rhetoric
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Video shows white Flint cops macing Black residents, arresting boxer for dancing
metrotimes.com
Witnesses say the officers were out of control and escalated the encounter
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Jonathan Booth is married to Meghyn “Meg” Booth, the Republican treasurer of Maple Valley Township in Michigan.
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Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels lives in Michigan.
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Chris Booth’s channel – rife with neo-Nazi ideology, antisemitism and racism – garnered 2.3m views and likely thousands of dollars from YouTube in about two months
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Racist scheme to suppress voter turnout in Detroit leads to convictions of right-wing fraudsters
metrotimes.com
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman recorded a robocall intended to discourage Black voters from casting a ballot
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Michigan regulators approve first cannabis pact with sovereign tribal nation
metrotimes.com
The agreement balances tribal jurisdiction with state oversight to ensure product safety
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Eastside Alchemy is raising the bar for live rosin in Michigan
metrotimes.com
At a time when cannabis concentrates are flooding Michigan’s cannabis market, few producers are delivering the kind of consistent, flavorful, and clean hash rosin that Eastside Alchemy puts out with...
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I always wondered why the Duggan administration fought so hard for this project. Turns out, Duggan’s family members stand to benefit from controversial steam project in Detroit's Lafayette Park
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Records reveal city officials helped override preservation safeguards for a private utility deal tied to the mayor’s relatives
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Trump’s megabill threatens safety net for millions of struggling Michiganders
metrotimes.com
Republicans slashed Medicaid and food assistance funding to pay for tax corporate cuts and increased spending on military and immigration enforcement
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Cannabis regulators fine 25 businesses for violations across Michigan
metrotimes.com
Metro Detroit marijuana retailers, cultivators, and processors were fined more than $160,000 combined
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Video captures moment Detroit driver crashes through Midtown building
metrotimes.com
According to WSU police, the man had a suspended license
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Duggan’s campaign draws big money from Trump supporters and wealthy GOP donors, raising serious questions about his political pivot.
metrotimes.com
The Detroit mayor’s donations raise big questions about his political realignment as he runs for governor as an independent
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U-M also hired Donovan Golich to interrogate students after he made headlines at the University of Virginia for his treatment of students accused of wrongdoing. He allegedly threatened to withhold diplomas from pro-Palestinian protesters at UVa.
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U-M escalates punishment of pro-Palestinian activists after failed prosecution
metrotimes.com
Protesters say the University of Michigan built a “private court system” to silence calls for divestment from Israel
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Judge rules against Detroit Thermal in Lafayette Park dispute over steam line. Now 600 residents at a nearby high-rise must find an alternative for heat.
metrotimes.com
Now 600 residents of a nearby high-rise must find another source for their heat
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Real Token is connected to a lot of properties in Detroit.
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Big win for Detroit tenants of hundreds of properties owned by slumlord empire Real Token, which cannot collect rent until the apartments are up to code.
metrotimes.com
The city calls the ruling a “major win” for tenants living in the blighted homes
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