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08/04/2024

It has been a long time since we posted. While Motor City Muckraker isn't currently active, I (Steve Neavling) am still writing for Metro Times. Here is a series of stories I recently wrote about a Detroit detective, known as "the closer," who put innocent people in prison by terrorizing suspects and witnesses. The series is starting to gain traction, with police commissioners calling for a comprehensive investigation of all the detective's cases.

The Closer: Part I

11/07/2023

A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges the city of Hamtramck’s Pride flag ban violates free speech rights and numerous other state and federal laws.

Conservative Muslims violated the free speech rights of LGBTQ+ supporters, the suit alleges

05/24/2023

The University of Michigan is pressuring department chairs to submit grades for students they haven’t taught, which is resulting in straight As for some.

Some of the students are getting straight A’s, regardless of their work

05/12/2023

From flipping burgers to making ma*****na products: Cannabis company in Michigan begins to hire up to 350 laid-off Burger King workers.

Of the roughly 400 laid-off Burger King workers, an astonishing 350 have applied for a job with Stiiizy

05/11/2023

Detroit woman evicted from tiny home gets a second chance at life – and she plans to use her new energy to help others.

Taura Brown had stage-five kidney disease when she was kicked out of her house in April

05/09/2023

The Detroit Fire Department shut down a packed Star Wars-themed party on Saturday, saying the event was a “nightmare in progress.”

‘It was a nightmare in progress,’ fire spokesman says

05/04/2023

Imagine being an 8th grade girl on your period and the school forces you to strip search for an object you don't have. That's what happened to a Detroit teenager at a charter school, according to a recent lawsuit.

Another student with a history of bullying the 8th grader falsely claimed she had a v**e in her underwear

04/28/2023

A Bangladeshi festival is too "ethnic" for the city of Warren? Here's the latest from Mayor Fout's administration.

In response, the outraged city council is drafting an anti-discrimination ordinance

04/27/2023

Highland Park's cannabis ordinance is problematic, but the city's mayor doesn't want to her about it.

And Mayor Glenda McDonald doesn’t want to hear about it

04/24/2023

From flipping burgers to working with w**d: A cannabis company in Michigan is offering jobs to hundreds of Burger King employees who were laid off in metro Detroit.

New Stiiizy workers would earn at least $16 an hour – more than most fast food employees make

04/21/2023

All he wanted to do was buy a building in Detroit, clean it up, and occupy it with businesses. Then this happened.

Patrick Giroux was even told he’d have to pay more than $1,100 to reimburse the city — for taking his property

04/20/2023

Michigan’s legal cannabis market is in trouble — there’s too much w**d, and prices are plummeting. Here’s how state regulators could help.

Too much of a good thing

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