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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A group of political, faith, and community leaders gathered in Detroit on Wednesday, calling on Congress to use its powers to stop what they called an “illegitimate” act of war. -
Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin says creating a strategic critical minerals reserve is important "to ensure China or other hostile nations never have a veto over our national security or our economy.” -
Michigan Democratic Senators Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin sent U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a letter this week, demanding that she halt plans to make a Romulus commercial warehouse into an ICE detention center. -
The Great Lakes Water Authority board approved an average 5.8% increase for water services, while raising sewer rates by just over 4% on average. -
Bills introduced in the state House, with bipartisan support, would preempt local decision-making on some zoning issues, including multi-unit housing like duplexes, lot sizes, and dwelling sizes. -
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield and others say the new Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety will support neighborhood-based work to interrupt cycles of violence. -
“Literacy is the number one priority of the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and State Board of Education,” Michigan’s new Superintendent of Instruction, Glenn Maleyko, said in a statement when the proposed budget was announced. -
President Donald Trump is threatening to delay the opening of a nearly-completed bridge between Michigan and Canada unless the U.S. owns at least half of the span. Leading officials say the U.S. already does. -
President Donald Trump is threatening to delay the opening of a nearly-completed bridge between Michigan and Canada unless the U.S. owns at least half of the span. Leading officials say the U.S. already does.
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Many modern technologies share small but vital components called critical minerals — and China has a near-monopoly on the supply chain for most of them. But what if we got more of those minerals by recycling our old iPhones, computers, and so many other electronics?
