Zena Issa
Criminal Justice ReporterZena Issa is Michigan Public’s new Criminal Justice reporter, joining the team after previously working as a newsroom intern and Stateside production assistant. She has contributed to award-winning projects like Voter Voices and What the Vote. A fluent Arabic speaker and experienced multimedia journalist, she has reported for WLNS-TV, WDIV-TV, and WBAL-TV, and brings strong social media storytelling skills to her new role. She's also a graduate of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. (Go Blue!)
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Work is getting started on the Brewster Wheeler redevelopment, which is set to create 211 affordable housing units and restore the historic Brewster Wheeler Rec Center. -
FBI Director Patel says multiple people were arrested in Michigan in a Halloween weekend attack plotFBI Director Kash Patel says federal officials have arrested multiple people in Michigan who had allegedly been plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend. -
Unionized Starbucks baristas in Ann Arbor rallied as part of a national wave of actions calling for a fair contract. Workers are demanding better pay, hours, and staffing while Starbucks says it’s ready to negotiate. -
Detroit city leaders and DTE Energy broke ground on the city’s first neighborhood solar array that will generate clean energy for city buildings and create green jobs for Detroiters. -
President Donald Trump has chosen Metro Detroit marijuana businessman Mark Savaya as his special envoy to Iraq, citing Savaya's role in securing "a record vote with Muslim Americans" in Michigan. -
The Detroit mayoral candidates debated some of the challenges the city faces. -
Residents of Detroit’s Cadillac Heights neighborhood are citing dust, noise, and serious health risks, including asthma and chronic lung disease. -
The community around Grand Blanc came together in the wake of a deadly attack on a local church that left five people dead, including the gunman, and eight others injured. -
Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies gathered to highlight continued declines in the number of homicides, shootings, and carjackings since the pandemic. -
Michigan Democrats blame Republicans for the federal government shutdown that began at midnight Wednesday. Republicans say Democrats are holding government hostage over political disagreements.
