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Jennifer Chambers

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Detroit journalist. Projects Team. Public Ed Nerd. @detroitnews @MSUjschool @EdWriters Priors: @thesnews @TheOaklandPress

 Detroit, Michigan
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Detroit News photographer Katy @kildee92756 and I spent three days with Oxford High shooting survivor Keegan Gregory and his family to talk about his journey of trying to live after a violent gun attack. Read his inspiring story here detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
He escaped a killer at Oxford High School. His fight for survival was only beginning

He escaped a killer at Oxford High School. His fight for survival was only beginning

Keegan Gregory has been rebuilding his life in Florida and working toward graduation after the trauma that unfolded inside Oxford High School in 2021.

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Detroit could see 40% to 45% voter turnout in Nov. 3 election detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews

Detroit could see 40% to 45% voter turnout in Nov. 3 election

Detroit election officials project a 40%-45% voter turnout on Nov. 3. That would be significantly higher than last fall when a new mayor was elected.

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Check out this article from The Detroit News: Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate

Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate

Jason Turkish, a Democratic mega donor, described his decision to back Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed as "putting country before party."

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More Michigan voters concerned about medical costs than gas, groceries detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews
More Michigan voters concerned about medical costs than gas, groceries

More Michigan voters concerned about medical costs than gas, groceries

For a plurality of Michigan voters, the ability to pay for health insurance and medical costs has eclipsed other concerns about gas or grocery prices.

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Harry Houdini's last Detroit magic trick: Did he truly die on Halloween? detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
Harry Houdini's last Detroit magic trick: Did he truly die on Halloween?

Harry Houdini's last Detroit magic trick: Did he truly die on Halloween?

Magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit on Halloween in 1926. But a retired Michigan fraud investigator and an LA surgeon are questioning the legend.

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Polymarket agrees to stop offering sports contracts in Michigan detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews
Polymarket agrees to stop offering sports contracts in Michigan

Polymarket agrees to stop offering sports contracts in Michigan

Prediction market giant Polymarket will stop offering new sports-related event contracts in Michigan under an agreement with the state.

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Developers eye 423-acre Holt data center, stress community buy-in detroitnews.com/story/busine… via @detroitnews
Developers eye 423-acre Holt data center, stress community buy-in

Developers eye 423-acre Holt data center, stress community buy-in

Officials want to build a data center for a 423-acre site south of Lansing, but are hoping to do so with a more community-centered process.

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Michigan election is 'most important' in U.S., Vance tells Howell audience detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews
Michigan election is 'most important' in U.S., Vance tells Howell audience

Michigan election is 'most important' in U.S., Vance tells Howell audience

The vice president said Michigan highlights a clash between "competing visions" while urging support for Mike Rogers, John James

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Check out this article from The Detroit News: Fired MSU coach Tucker offered ‘remorseful’ apology to sex accuser | Exclusive detroitnews.com/story/sports…
Fired MSU coach Tucker offered ‘remorseful’ apology to sex accuser | Exclusive

Fired MSU coach Tucker offered ‘remorseful’ apology to sex accuser | Exclusive

Confidential settlement offers the fired head coach sent the woman who accused him of sexual harassment undermine his aggressive public denials.

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Dearborn's $1.5B bond leads Metro Detroit school asks amid economic concerns detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
Dearborn's $1.5B bond leads Metro Detroit school asks amid economic concerns

Dearborn's $1.5B bond leads Metro Detroit school asks amid economic concerns

Dearborn is pledging to stop collecting on an operational millage if voters approve the bond ask to overhaul the district's aging infrastructure.

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Bernie Sanders sees 'racist campaign' against Abdul El-Sayed detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews
Bernie Sanders sees 'racist campaign' against Abdul El-Sayed

Bernie Sanders sees 'racist campaign' against Abdul El-Sayed

"They are going after Abdul because he is a Muslim," Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told The Detroit News on the Political Insider podcast.

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Grosse Pointe coach accused of boat sex assault. What accuser alleges detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
Grosse Pointe coach accused of boat sex assault. What accuser alleges

Grosse Pointe coach accused of boat sex assault. What accuser alleges

A St. Clair Shores District Court Judge ordered Benjamin Warda to stand trial on two criminal sexual conduct charges.

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Broadcaster Kevin Adell files bankruptcy after losing $62.2M race case detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
Broadcaster Kevin Adell files bankruptcy after losing $62.2M race case

Broadcaster Kevin Adell files bankruptcy after losing $62.2M race case

The filing means a Black pastor could get less money after winning a $62.2 million jury verdict in a race discrimination case against Kevin Adell.

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Trump removes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods to help GOP in midterms detroitnews.com/story/busine… via @detroitnews
Trump removes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods to help GOP in midterms

Trump removes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods to help GOP in midterms

The US is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian goods in a bid to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins and other Republicans in the midterms.

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Celebrity donors, executives supply cash to Michigan's midterm races detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews

Celebrity donors, executives supply cash to Michigan's midterm races

These celebrity donors have quietly poured money into Michigan's competitive midterm election races, albeit mostly on one side of the aisle.

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Former Detroit nurse gets prison sentence as other sex assault cases await detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
Former Detroit nurse gets prison sentence as other sex assault cases await

Former Detroit nurse gets prison sentence as other sex assault cases await

Wilfredo Figueroa-Berrios was convicted of sexually assaulting a patient at Sinai-Grace Hospital in 2025.

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Check out this article from The Detroit News: AD Dan Bartholomae likes to work fast, but has big job at Michigan State detroitnews.com/story/sports…

AD Dan Bartholomae likes to work fast, but has big job at Michigan State

Dan Bartholomae arrived at Michigan State after a successful run at Western Michigan. He has similar goals in East Lansing, but on a grander scale.

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Did a fake poll collapse McMorrow's US Senate campaign? She thinks so detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews
Did fake poll help collapse McMorrow's US Senate campaign? She thinks so

Did fake poll help collapse McMorrow's US Senate campaign? She thinks so

A purported polling firm revealed that most of its polling data wasn't real, saying in a now-deleted social media post that it put out made-up polls of voters about the midterm elections.

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GM grants $500K for Dearborn, Detroit middle school career tech labs detroitnews.com/story/news/e… via @detroitnews
GM grants $500K for Dearborn, Detroit middle school career tech labs

GM grants $500K for Dearborn, Detroit middle school career tech labs

The program will bring advanced manufacturing labs with 3D printers, robotic arms and other tech to Dearborn and Detroit middle schools.

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Enrollment falls at Michigan public colleges after years of steadiness detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
Enrollment falls at Michigan public colleges after years of steadiness

Enrollment falls at Michigan public colleges after years of steadiness

Three Michigan public universities experienced enrollment increases, while the other 12 lost students, according to a trade group.

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Traveling exhibit about Epstein in Detroit shifts attention to Trump detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
Traveling exhibit about Epstein in Detroit shifts attention to Trump

Traveling exhibit about Epstein in Detroit shifts attention to Trump

A traveling exhibit about the federal investigation of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein also casts the spotlight on President Donald Trump.

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