Sarah Cwiek
Sarah Cwiek joined Michigan Radio 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 Radio, Sarah worked at WDET-FM as a reporter and producer.
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Michigan has a now-dormant 1931 law that criminalizes abortion in nearly all cases. It would be revived if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. But seven Michigan county prosecutors have said publicly that they won’t prosecute abortion cases, and they've signed onto Governor Whitmer's effort to have the Michigan Supreme Court overturn that law.
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The CDC recently lowered the standard for what’s considered elevated blood lead levels in children, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is following suit.
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Environmental and ratepayer advocate groups largely praised the proposed settlement, noting that it puts Consumers on a faster track toward more renewable energy sources, primarily solar. The company says 90% of its energy generation will come from renewable sources by 2040.
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Prosecutors described Shipps as a revered violin instructor, who held the key for his young students to advance in the competitive world of classical music. They say Shipps took advantage of that fact to have what prosecutors describe as “coercive and damaging sexual relationships” with his teenage students.
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During a Thursday press conference, the Oxford Community Group said they’re disappointed that the district and school board haven’t taken certain steps to improve security at Oxford High, after the November mass shooting that killed four students.
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The concentration of COVID-related genes found in wastewater is considered an early indicator of where COVID infections are heading. The latest data from the state's 20 "sentinel sites" show concentrations rising in 13 of them.
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Genesee County Clerk John Gleason has been arrested and charged with two criminal offenses, witness intimidation and willful neglect of duty.
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The state got more $240 million from the federal government for the Michigan Homeowner Assistance Program. It's meant to help homeowners struggling with housing costs due to the COVID pandemic.
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The proposed ballot measure, backed by a coalition of reproductive and civil rights groups, would “amend the Michigan Constitution to enshrine the right to reproductive freedoms, including abortion, as well as reproductive health care like birth control [and] miscarriage care.”
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Students Returned to classrooms in Oxford High School Monday almost eight weeks after a mass shooting there killed four students.