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Jim Schaefer

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Executive Editor @freep, over autos, biz, education, investigations. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Tweets on news, sports and the occasional freak show.

Great reporting from our Wolverines beat writer here.

Michigan football suffered a fallout this month, but behind the scenes the signs were brewing for months. Coaches not speaking, storming out of meetings and a focus on women instead of the team. How Sherrone Moore lost his locker room and so much more. freep.com/story/sports/c…



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massive reveal by Duggan within a week of his departure from office: at least 400 Detroit demo sites have potentially toxic dirt & replacing the soil at a single one is ~$18K -- almost the cost of the demo itself. who'll be left holding the bag? could be u freep.com/story/news/loc…


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Shawn Fain's chief of staff to leave UAW amid federal monitor allegations freep.com/story/money/ca…


Violet continues to keep an eye on policing in Detroit. Check out her latest.

thinking more and more about this... someone needs to do something about this turkey. I'm pretty sure he's at least 7 years old. end of life, probably thinks he's the only turkey left standing. its like an apocalypse film. he needs to find other turkeys. i'm calling the DNR



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Detroit police oversight board on back-to-back shootings of men fleeing stops for an obscured plate, plastic cups: “It’s profiling,” “stop-and-frisk,” “STRESS”-esque. Ann Arbor has barred stops for plate violations + more. Can that happen here? My latest: freep.com/story/news/loc…


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of Lake Huron to Lake Superior, from Port Huron to Detroit, Duluth & back. This video was fun to shoot & edit as well. In 30 yrs as a photojournalist w/ many amazing assignments around the 🌎 it ranks up there in my top 5 most fulfilling ones. youtu.be/AGGFOw3gFn0?fe…

ericseals's tweet card. Paul R Tregurta

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Judge prevents public disclosure of witness names in high-profile Devon Hoover murder case freep.com/story/news/loc…


U-M in my experience is the most recalcitrant entity in our entire state when it comes to FOIA.

Last week, I sent an open records request for some pretty basic and targeted records to 20 major public universities across the country. Records have begun to flow in, none with a charge, except for one: @UMich wants $367 and will do their best to get it to me within 60 days.



Big news in Detroit, from @freep Chris Ilitch, wife file for divorce: What it could mean for Detroit Tigers, Red Wings freep.com/story/news/loc…


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Spirit of Detroit statue dons Honolulu blue. Where was its Tigers jersey? freep.com/story/news/loc… via @freep


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In Michigan, @freep obtained logs showing staff at the state's specialty schools for students with complex behavioral problems have called the police on children at higher rates than traditional schools. freep.com/story/news/edu…


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11/ So: No, we are not publishing a story. This is how journalism is supposed to work. Hear something. Check something. Repeat steps 1 and 2 as many times as needed. The end.


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Mayors, township officials, local police departments and municipal department heads are subject to open records requests in Michigan. But the governor — the most powerful political figure in the state and who guides an $80 billion budget — is not.


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By 1900, settlers had wiped out wild turkeys in Michigan. Now they're thriving in even more places in the state than they ever did before. And along the way back, they helped restore moose to the U.P. @freep freep.com/story/news/loc…


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New from @jlareauan: Massive tank explosion at GM Proving Ground in Milford damages nearby homes freep.com/story/money/ca… via @freep


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At least 32 Detroit cops have been working without active law enforcement licences, the state agency MCOLES said. They were hired between Nov 2019 and Aug 2024; Detroit police didn't submit the proper paperwork to activate licences. freep.com/story/news/loc… via @freep


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My “On Guard” column returns with a story more than one year in the making - all about how Michigan lawmakers take free lunches, trips and great jobs, but they won't take your questions. Watch my students track them down and ask anyway! freep.com/story/news/col… via ⁦@freep

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Lawmakers take free lunches, trips and great jobs, but they won't take your questions

Michigan lawmakers took $6.3 million in free meals and trips from lobbyists, but most of them won't discuss the freebies or great jobs they got.


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