Katherine Dailey
@kdailey.bsky.social
Reporter @michiganadvance.com
Big fan of all things FOIA + data reporting
🏳️🌈 Princeton + Medill alum, prev. Investigative Reporting Workshop, Chicago Tribune, POLITICO, International Press Institute
Big fan of all things FOIA + data reporting
🏳️🌈 Princeton + Medill alum, prev. Investigative Reporting Workshop, Chicago Tribune, POLITICO, International Press Institute
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“If the roles are reversed and our people are not having treaty obligations met by the U.S., then why are we still participating in a system that harms us?” Meredith Migizi, the executive director of indigenous advocacy organization Miigwech, Inc., asked.
Story by @kdailey.bsky.social
Story by @kdailey.bsky.social
After SNAP lapse, Michigan tribal officials and advocates reaffirm the need for food sovereignty • Michigan Advance
Amid November’s honoring of Native American Heritage Month — a time when many communities reflect on the responsibilities embedded in ancestral teachings —Meredith Migizi, the executive director of in...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“If the roles are reversed and our people are not having treaty obligations met by the U.S., then why are we still participating in a system that harms us?” Meredith Migizi, the executive director of indigenous advocacy organization Miigwech, Inc., asked.
Story by @kdailey.bsky.social
Story by @kdailey.bsky.social
It's the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I've had fun exploring a bit of why this shipwreck in particular has stuck in our memory, especially here in Michigan. michiganadvance.com/2025/11/10/i...
‘The gales of November come early’: Michigan remembers the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years later • Michigan Advance
Fifty years after the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, the 729-foot freighter that sank on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975 on its way from Wisconsin to Detroit, memorials around Michigan and the ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I've had fun exploring a bit of why this shipwreck in particular has stuck in our memory, especially here in Michigan. michiganadvance.com/2025/11/10/i...
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I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think.
"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think.
"Everybody loves Curtis," the failed Republican candidate said, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think.
"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Fair housing has been on the chopping block for the Trump administration since its early days. Here's a look into how last month's round of HUD layoffs might impact Michiganders, as well as some new statistics on what kinds of housing discrimination the state is seeing.
Although the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Region 5 office, which covers Michigan, avoided recent layoffs, fair housing advocates say the cuts elsewhere will still weaken enforcement against housing discrimination nationwide.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Michigan advocates warn HUD layoffs could weaken housing discrimination enforcement • Michigan Advance
Although the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Region 5 office, which covers Michigan, avoided recent layoffs, fair housing advocates say the cuts elsewhere will still weaken enforcem...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Fair housing has been on the chopping block for the Trump administration since its early days. Here's a look into how last month's round of HUD layoffs might impact Michiganders, as well as some new statistics on what kinds of housing discrimination the state is seeing.
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Eight noncitizen Michigan residents must be released or at least granted bond hearings within seven days, ruled Brandy R. McMillion, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan, in a case brought by the ACLU of Michigan.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Michigan father with leukemia released from federal custody following judge's order • Michigan Advance
Eight noncitizen Michigan residents must be released or at least granted bond hearings within seven days, ruled Brandy R. McMillion, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan, in a case brou...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Eight noncitizen Michigan residents must be released or at least granted bond hearings within seven days, ruled Brandy R. McMillion, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan, in a case brought by the ACLU of Michigan.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
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A judge, in a lawsuit where Lansing is seeking to shut down a homeless encampment on the north side of the city, will allow the lawyer for a defendant to present evidence that he claims the city pushed unhoused residents from other areas of the city onto the property.
From @kdailey.bsky.social
From @kdailey.bsky.social
Judge to let Lansing, property owners present evidence in lawsuit over homeless encampment • Michigan Advance
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, in a lawsuit where the city of Lansing is seeking to shut down a homeless encampment on the north side of the city, will allow the lawyer for defendant JAJ Property LLC, Step...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A judge, in a lawsuit where Lansing is seeking to shut down a homeless encampment on the north side of the city, will allow the lawyer for a defendant to present evidence that he claims the city pushed unhoused residents from other areas of the city onto the property.
From @kdailey.bsky.social
From @kdailey.bsky.social
In the wake of the Michigan DHHS announcement yesterday that SNAP benefits would be paused in November, mothers like Symone Wilkes began to question how to weather this storm.
Food banks, advocates and lawmakers respond to the news in @michiganadvance.com. Read it below!
Food banks, advocates and lawmakers respond to the news in @michiganadvance.com. Read it below!
“What went through my head at that moment is like, ‘Wow, they’re really gonna do this to families that’s trying to feed their children,’” Symone Wilkes, a Detroit mother of two young sons said. “It just made me just go into a panic. I actually had an anxiety attack.”
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Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
With SNAP benefits paused, Michigan recipients, advocates and lawmakers determine how to respond • Michigan Advance
At 1 a.m. Thursday morning, Symone Wilkes, a Detroit resident and mother of two young sons, received a loud alert on her phone. It was her MI Bridges app — the site through which state benefits are pr...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In the wake of the Michigan DHHS announcement yesterday that SNAP benefits would be paused in November, mothers like Symone Wilkes began to question how to weather this storm.
Food banks, advocates and lawmakers respond to the news in @michiganadvance.com. Read it below!
Food banks, advocates and lawmakers respond to the news in @michiganadvance.com. Read it below!
Reposted by Katherine Dailey
While Michigan food banks lost nearly 3 million pounds of food in cancelled deliveries through August 2025, the actual impact on the organizations varied widely.
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Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
After nearly 3 million pounds of food aid cancelled, impacts across Michigan vary • Michigan Advance
While Michigan food banks lost nearly 3 million pounds of food in cancelled deliveries through August 2025, the actual impact on the organizations varied widely. In March, $500 million was cut in fun...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
While Michigan food banks lost nearly 3 million pounds of food in cancelled deliveries through August 2025, the actual impact on the organizations varied widely.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
A recap of protests here in Lansing and across the state, including Detroit, Ann Arbor and Flint, from the @michiganadvance.com team.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A recap of protests here in Lansing and across the state, including Detroit, Ann Arbor and Flint, from the @michiganadvance.com team.
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Over a half hour before the official start, the crowds in Lansing are already here. Some very creative displays and signs are here! @michiganadvance.com @statesnewsroom.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Over a half hour before the official start, the crowds in Lansing are already here. Some very creative displays and signs are here! @michiganadvance.com @statesnewsroom.com
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In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.
This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.
A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.
This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.
I'll be out with @bensolis1.bsky.social later today covering the No Kings protest here at the state capitol in Lansing. For updates from us and the rest of the @statesnewsroom.com network, check out our national live feed: www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...
No Kings protest coverage | News From The States
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October 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'll be out with @bensolis1.bsky.social later today covering the No Kings protest here at the state capitol in Lansing. For updates from us and the rest of the @statesnewsroom.com network, check out our national live feed: www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...
Spent this morning at the Michigan Hall of Justice (my first time there!) covering a novel case in the Court of Appeals on the habeas corpus rights of seven chimpanzees currently at a zoo on the Upper Peninsula. They're seeking an order to show cause, which would let the case be heard fully.
October 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spent this morning at the Michigan Hall of Justice (my first time there!) covering a novel case in the Court of Appeals on the habeas corpus rights of seven chimpanzees currently at a zoo on the Upper Peninsula. They're seeking an order to show cause, which would let the case be heard fully.
Reposted by Katherine Dailey
Michigan's new school budget shifts more teacher pension costs onto local districts — prompting pushback from educators + advocates. Critics say it squeezes public schools, favors charters, and cuts into classroom funding.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
New Michigan school budget shifts more teacher pension costs to districts, prompting pushback • Michigan Advance
As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the state’s new education budget; she also made official a number of changes to the Michigan Public School Employees’ Retirement System, or MPSERS, which provides pensi...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Michigan's new school budget shifts more teacher pension costs onto local districts — prompting pushback from educators + advocates. Critics say it squeezes public schools, favors charters, and cuts into classroom funding.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Reposted by Katherine Dailey
MI House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp) blamed last week’s budget crisis on Democrats, who he called “a very dishonest group of people”, ignoring the fact that the House GOP did not introduce their budget proposal until nearly two months after the statutory deadline.
By @kdailey.bsky.social
By @kdailey.bsky.social
Hall lauds inclusion of GOP priorities of public safety, education, and roads in state budget • Michigan Advance
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) repeatedly criticized Democrats for what he called a lack of transparency and wasteful spending in the process of passing the state’s budget duri...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
MI House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp) blamed last week’s budget crisis on Democrats, who he called “a very dishonest group of people”, ignoring the fact that the House GOP did not introduce their budget proposal until nearly two months after the statutory deadline.
By @kdailey.bsky.social
By @kdailey.bsky.social
The state's budget is officially signed! And my story on GOP House Speaker Matt Hall's response is coming soon.
Gov. Whitmer signed Michigan’s state budget for FY 2026 on Tuesday, following its passage through the state House and Senate early last Friday. That followed legislators passing an eight-day continuation budget shortly after the constitutional deadline of Oct. 1.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Whitmer signs $81B budget for Fiscal Year 2026, including funding for road fixes and public schools • Michigan Advance
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Michigan’s state budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Tuesday, following its passage through the state House and Senate early last Friday, Oct. 3. That followed legislators pass...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The state's budget is officially signed! And my story on GOP House Speaker Matt Hall's response is coming soon.
In case you were wondering... we did not leave by midnight. But a general omnibus budget bill, an education omnibus bill and a marijuana tax that was key to the governor's roads funding plan all passed in the early hours of the morning.
The Michigan Advance team is in the Capitol and waiting on a budget.
What’s the over/under on them getting out of there before midnight?
What’s the over/under on them getting out of there before midnight?
October 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In case you were wondering... we did not leave by midnight. But a general omnibus budget bill, an education omnibus bill and a marijuana tax that was key to the governor's roads funding plan all passed in the early hours of the morning.
Reposted by Katherine Dailey
The Michigan Advance team is in the Capitol and waiting on a budget.
What’s the over/under on them getting out of there before midnight?
What’s the over/under on them getting out of there before midnight?
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Michigan Advance team is in the Capitol and waiting on a budget.
What’s the over/under on them getting out of there before midnight?
What’s the over/under on them getting out of there before midnight?
Reposted by Katherine Dailey
Hours before a budget deadline that if missed would shut down the state government, educators, activists, and lawmakers gathered on the steps of the Michigan Capitol to demand a budget that would fully “fund the damn schools.”
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Advocates, lawmakers urge Michigan Legislature to ‘Fund the Damn Schools’ ahead of budget deadline • Michigan Advance
Hours before a budget deadline that if missed would shut down the state government — and three months after the statutory July 1 deadline to fund the state’s public schools — educators, activists, and...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Hours before a budget deadline that if missed would shut down the state government, educators, activists, and lawmakers gathered on the steps of the Michigan Capitol to demand a budget that would fully “fund the damn schools.”
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Reposted by Katherine Dailey
The ACLU of Michigan and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center have issued new legal guidance to local law enforcement agencies around the state on how to engage with federal immigration authorities — and urging them not to do any of that enforcement themselves.
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Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Michigan civil rights groups push back on ICE partnerships, urge local police to step away • Michigan Advance
The ACLU of Michigan and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center have issued new legal guidance to local law enforcement agencies around the state on how to engage with federal immigration authorities — ...
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September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The ACLU of Michigan and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center have issued new legal guidance to local law enforcement agencies around the state on how to engage with federal immigration authorities — and urging them not to do any of that enforcement themselves.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
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Hello from my new job!
We are excited to announce journalist Katherine Dailey as the newest member of our reporting team!
“Katherine’s experience in data-driven reporting and her focus on housing and education issues make her a tremendous asset to our newsroom,” Michigan Advance Editor-in-Chief Jon King said.
“Katherine’s experience in data-driven reporting and her focus on housing and education issues make her a tremendous asset to our newsroom,” Michigan Advance Editor-in-Chief Jon King said.
Michigan Advance welcomes new reporter Katherine Dailey • Michigan Advance
LANSING — Michigan Advance has added journalist Katherine Dailey to its reporting team, expanding its commitment to in-depth, accountability-focused coverage across the state. Dailey is a graduate of ...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Hello from my new job!
An incredible piece of reporting from ProPublica on proposed changes to HUD's federal housing assistance, including an end to eligibility for mixed-status families. If you're interested in learning more, I published a piece last week examining the impacts of this: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
September 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
An incredible piece of reporting from ProPublica on proposed changes to HUD's federal housing assistance, including an end to eligibility for mixed-status families. If you're interested in learning more, I published a piece last week examining the impacts of this: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Haven’t ever posted on here before, so I guess this is as good a time as any to introduce myself on a new platform. I’m an investigative reporter, getting a master’s right now at the Medill Investigative Lab, and a fellow with the Investigative Reporting Workshop in D.C.
November 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Haven’t ever posted on here before, so I guess this is as good a time as any to introduce myself on a new platform. I’m an investigative reporter, getting a master’s right now at the Medill Investigative Lab, and a fellow with the Investigative Reporting Workshop in D.C.