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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Stewart passed away “peacefully” at his Bloomfield Hills home on Sunday, according to the Detroit chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen. Even by the standards of the now-revered unit, he had a particularly remarkable career.
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The ACLU of Michigan has filed a lawsuit challenging what it calls the University of Michigan’s “repressive” policies toward some pro-Palestinian protesters. The civil rights group is suing on behalf of five people who received “trespass bans” after participating in protest activities. -
The law, set to go into effect in 2027, will “increase access to impactful computer science skills that will lead to high-wage, high-demand career options for Michigan students,” according to a state agency. -
The ACLU of Michigan is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over what it calls a “legal loophole” that lets those agencies keep immigration detention records “completely secret.” The lawsuit focuses on people who are detained for immigration violations in county jails. -
Sometimes making the call to close schools can be a tough decision, since there are no hard and fast rules about how long it takes for someone to develop cold-related illness under certain conditions. -
A property is considered an heirs’ property when it’s passed down through the generations among family members without a formal will or estate plan. -
Consumers says that, working with the Canadian company Ashcor Technologies, its coal ash will be transformed into something that could benefit the environment instead. -
ACCESS has a harm reduction orientation across the board. Among other efforts, the group distributes the opioid-overdose reversal drug naloxone in overdose hotspots. -
Wayne and Oakland counties recently announced they’re already wiped out about $36 million in medical debt for thousands of residents. -
The sites are the Kalamazoo Regional Fire Training Center, and an area near U.S. 131 in Wexford County, near Cadillac.
