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Sarah Cwiek

Detroit

Reporter and Producer at WUOM-FM (Ann Arbor, MI)

Detroit reporter for Michigan Radio. Mom to 1 kid and 1 fur kid. Coffee drinker, bibliophile, nap-taker, truth-seeker with many doubts. Late bloomer.

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Articles

  • Suspended Hamtramck city manager to file "mind-blowing" lawsuit against mayor, councilmembers

    1 week ago | michiganpublic.org | Sarah Cwiek

    The suspended city manager of Hamtramck plans to file a lawsuit next week that his attorney claims will detail “mind-blowing” allegations of corruption and malfeasance against the city’s mayor, council members, police chief — and possibly “high-ranking officials in the U.S. government.”The Hamtramck City Council suspended Max Garbarino with pay at a meeting this week that featured a contentious back-and-forth between Garbarino and the city’s mayor, Amer Ghalib.

  • State: MI still struggling with causes of Lake Erie cyanobacterial blooms

    2 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Sarah Cwiek

    Michigan will not reach its goal of reducing phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie by 40%, according to an annual state report on the state of cyanobacterial blooms in the Western Lake Erie basin. Phosphorus inputs are the driving factor behind that problem, also called harmful algal blooms, that frequently plague the lake in the summertime. The nutrients feed the blooms, which deplete oxygen levels in the water, harming fish and the larger ecosystem.

  • Environmental groups put EGLE on notice over Detroit area smog

    2 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Sarah Cwiek

    A coalition of environmental groups says it plans to sue the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) if it doesn’t move to set stricter ozone regulations in southeast Michigan. That region is currently under an ozone maintenance plan because for many years, its ozone levels exceeded standards set by the federal Clean Air Act. Ground-level ozone—also known as smog—is known to worsen or even cause many breathing conditions, such as asthma and bronchitis.

  • State board of education approves new standards for special education certification

    3 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Sarah Cwiek

    Starting next year, people studying to become teachers in Michigan will be able to get a standalone endorsement in special education, thanks to new standards the state board of education approved this week. Currently, Michigan special education teachers must have an endorsement in a specific content area. Many school administrators and educators say that’s too restrictive, especially given the ongoing shortage of special ed teachers.

  • CDC cuts endanger Michigan sickle cell registry

    3 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Sarah Cwiek

    Recent Trump administration cuts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has thrown the future of Michigan’s sickle cell disease registry into doubt. The Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, has been collecting data on the estimated 4,000 Michigan residents who suffer from sickle cell since 2020.

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