Christine MacDonald

Last week we reported on the glut of unlawful immigrant detentions in Michigan. We now go deeper into the cases of 100 detainees who sought release. 1/2 lived in the US for 10+ yrs. 1/4 are parents. Few had criminal recs. w/ @Dave_Boucher1 @BekiSanMartin1: freep.com/story/news/loc…

A hand in a pocket. A red solo cup. A teen out 7 mins past curfew. Detroit cops jumped out on these males for minor reasons. Major violence followed. See what drives 20% of dept shootings in my latest investigation & how 1 caused a family to flee the city freep.com/story/news/inv…

We've been without a contract, a newsroom, or even an all-staff meeting for 3 years. No raises in at least 5. Our editors never come to the bargaining table — our hedge fund owners only send their lawyers. So last night we went looking for Exec. Ed. Andrew Julien on the UWS.

@andreamsahouri @MichiganPress Exactly! ❤️

Journalist of the year ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 THANK YOU @MichiganPress

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, weighs in on our story about a local woman detained by ICE after going to police to report an alleged assault freep.com/story/news/loc…

Four years after journalists from three North Jersey newspapers voted to unionize, @gannett has agreed to a contract with @therecordguild. newjerseyglobe.com/media/gannett-…

Police: Tamela ran when they asked 4 her cell/had her laptop wiped after a boy burned alive inside a hyperbaric chamber. Still, they found msgs: Pics of his body &“If my leg was on fire,I would at least try to…put it out. He just laid there &did nothing” freep.com/story/news/loc…

Lawsuits: A deputy at 1 point refused to search for a mom,kids who froze to death in a field, complaining it was a “dumbass welfare check,” “homeless ppl being homeless.” “The kids will still be there in a f—ing hour… people in Pontiac just don’t die.” freep.com/story/news/loc…

Pontiac housing inspectors visited rental when kids were living alone freep.com/story/news/loc… via @violetikon

Brother of mom accused in Northfield Twp. killings says he knows why she may have snapped freep.com/story/news/loc… via @freep

Authorities investigate how foster home was found before Northfield Twp. tragedy freep.com/story/news/loc…

@andreamsahouri Love little Andrea ❤️

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extra extra, from the Detroit revolving door chronicles: Detroit planning director leaving for firm involved in RenCen revamp🚨🗞️ freep.com/story/news/loc…

What happens when families have extra cash on hand each month, no strings attached?   We go to two different cities across the country — Flint, MI and Jackson, MS — to find out. freep.com/story/news/loc…

Dan Campbell lookalike contest draws 22 competitors, won by a machinist from Manchester freep.com/story/sports/n… via @freep

According to her atty, the woman who drove her car into a Monroe Co boat club, killing 2 young siblings, was told she could drive despite a medical condition by a doctor who now faces his own criminal case — 35 felonies in an alleged “pill mill operation” freep.com/story/news/loc…

Sometimes I get to write happy stories ❤️ freep.com/story/news/loc…

GM now floating a full, self-funded RenCen tower demo if it can't get pub $. "The idea of ‘if you don’t go with this, then we’ll just tear it all down’ seems like extortion to me," said a UM prof. New by me: freep.com/story/news/loc…

A Yemeni mother from Detroit said she doesn't know why a man slit her daughter's throat at a park full of children, in broad daylight. But she does have questions- her daughter, 7, who survived the knife attack is Arab & Muslim. "Why did he aim for her?" freep.com/story/news/loc…