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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Police say the person who rammed a vehicle through the doors of a synagogue outside Detroit is dead after an exchange of gunfire. A synagogue security guard was injured. -
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield’s budget plan is balanced, but slightly smaller than recent years due to what her administration calls “a tightening revenue environment." -
A new report finds that despite Trump administration efforts to push coal and natural gas, renewables are still gaining market share at a “blistering” pace — especially in Michigan and the Midwest. -
Cradle Kalamazoo launched in 2014 with the goal of closing the gap between the number of Black and white babies who die in the first year of life. Since then, the county has both cut that gap and reduced overall infant mortality. -
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.
