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Sarah Cwiek
Detroit Reporter/ProducerSarah Cwiek joined Michigan Public in October 2009. As our Detroit reporter, she is helping us expand our coverage of the economy, politics, and culture in and around the city of Detroit.
Before her arrival at Michigan Public, Sarah worked at WDET-FM as a reporter and producer.
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According to EGLE, issues at the US Ecology South facility included “problems with waste screening procedures, failures of internal controls, and structural damage to waste treatment tanks and drum storage areas.”
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A federal investigation launched in 2018 found that the Wayne County Jail routinely failed to provide critical services for inmates with disabilities. A new settlement lays out requirements for addressing those issues.
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The Detroit Public Schools Community District board unanimously approved the two-year deal this week. It contains across-the-board pay raises for teachers, with veteran teachers eligible for a 43% increase.
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The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) will use the $75,000 grant to help pin down locations that were noted in what was known as the Negro Motorist Green Book. That book helped African American travelers find safe, friendly places to eat, sleep, or get other services throughout the country from the 1930s-60s.
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Detroit officials are encouraging residents to report illegal block parties after what Mayor Mike Duggan says was a weekend of violence rarely seen in Detroit anymore.
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An EPA report says climate change-driven weather patterns are having a growing impact on all aspects of life across most of the U.S., and Michigan is no exception.
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Detroit's city council voted Tuesday to hire an independent evaluator to look at whether the city is assessing homes at their true market value. According to a property tax reform ordinance the Detroit City Council passed last year, that was supposed to happen this past February.
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The ACLU of Michigan says it’s reached a landmark legal settlement with the Detroit Police Department over the department’s use of facial recognition technology.
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The effort will install solar arrays on about 100 blighted acres.
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Four of the six groups working in high-crime neighborhoods showed violent crime reductions well above the citywide average of a 20% drop–posting drops in homicides and non-fatal shootings ranging from 33% to 67%.