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Scientology HQ in Detroit, Farrakhan on reparations, 8 school board candidates: Your Monday morning briefing

By Steve Neavling on October 15, 2018 Morning Briefing

Scientology opened its new downtown Detroit headquarters; Nation of Islam’s Farrakhan links climate change with reparations; and eight candidates are running for Detroit’s public school board.

Plan to improve DPS gives Snyder, Duggan more control over Detroit’s education

By Steve Neavling on January 14, 2016 Headline, Schools and Education

Gov. Snyder and Mayor Duggan would gain more control of DPS under new legislation.

DOJ complaint: School officials ignored warnings about Charles Pugh seducing students

By Steve Neavling on August 3, 2015 Emergency Manager, Government, Headline

DPS officials are accused of ignoring numerous complaints that Charles Pugh was preying on students.

Confronting drug dealers, prostitutes when police won’t

By Steve Neavling on September 30, 2013 Headline, Life in Detroit, posts

It was getting dark as we met on a hardscrabble street in Detroit, just a few houses from a suspected drug den.