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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Several Republican candidates who were disqualified from Michigan's gubernatorial primary ballot earlier this month are making efforts to revert those decisions.
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Tlaib says the country is facing a gun violence crisis, and that “this is a moment of urgency."
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The tour is to highlight the barriers to safe drinking water that some households face, particularly in communities with lots of lead service lines. President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill provided $15 billion for cities nationwide to remove lead service lines, but Tlaib says that only covers a fraction of the estimated cost.
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The candidates struggled to break out of the pack. Garrett Soldano, Kevin Rinke, Tudor Dixon, and Ralph Rebandt were largely in lockstep, expressing hard right-wing stances on the majority of issues discussed.
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said he never knew the towing contractor who bribed former City Council member Andre Spivey was also a confidential informant. He said he only told others the contractor's identity because the city was acting in parallel to purge corrupt towers.
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The Detroit-based Coalition for Police Transparency and Accountability called for federal monitoring of the DPD in a memo to the Justice Department.
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Demonstrations were held in Ann Arbor, Detroit and other Michigan cities.
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COVID-19 case numbers are rising again, but experts say that due to the prevalence of rapid home tests there are likely many more cases than reported. One indicator is the statewide test positivity rate, which is now averaging above 16%.
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Highland Park and the Great Lakes Water Authority have been battling in court for years. The city contends that it should only be paying rates agreed to in 1996, when the city of Detroit provided its water. Last year, Highland Park stopped putting water payments in escrow, supposedly because of the overcharges.
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Housing advocates hailed the ordinance, which had been in the works for years. They say too many Detroiters were evicted before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the vast majority didn’t have legal help.