Michigan Cities Face Eviction Crisis — Here Are Some Solutions
Jake Neher/WDET A number of Michigan cities struggle with evictions and the social costs of housing insecurity. Three cities --...
Jake Neher is senior producer for Detroit Today and co-host of the weekly series and podcast MichMash for 101.9 WDET. Neher is a veteran public radio journalist who came “home” to WDET in March 2016 after four years covering the state Legislature and Michigan government in Lansing with the Michigan Public Radio Network.
Neher served as News Director at KBRW Public Radio in Barrow, Alaska. After his arctic excursion, he made the preposterous transition to New York City where he worked as a reporter, host, and editor at WFUV Public Radio in the Bronx. He's a Central Michigan University Broadcast and Cinematic Arts grad, and got his Master's degree in public communications at Fordham University.
He's an obsessive, but often ineffective vegetable gardener. He stays sane by spending a lot of time in his vegetable garden in the summer or obsessively watching gardening tutorial videos online when it's cold out.
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WDET Digital You may be hearing the phrase lately, “vote the whole ballot.” You’re hearing that because there are a...
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WDET Digital There are three ballot initiatives for voters to consider on November 6th. They involve legalizing recreational marijuana, changing...
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WDET Digital With the November election just around the corner, candidates for office and campaigns for and against ballot proposals are...
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WDET Digital We are weeks away from the November election and you’ve probably been focusing on those big, top of...
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WDET Digital The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether tens-of-thousands of people can sue the state after being wrongly accused...
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WDET Digital A controversial pipeline that carries crude oil and natural gas liquids under the Straits of Mackinac is on...
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WDET Digital The November election is fast approaching. And that means candidates, ballot campaigns, and other political organizations are pouring money into campaign...
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WDET Digital State lawmakers return to Lansing next week for a whopping two weeks of action before heading back out...
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WDET Digital There will be an independent candidate for Michigan attorney general on the November ballot. A federal judge recently...