Michigan Radio: Sarah Cwiek

Will Emergency Manager Help Or Hurt Detroit?

Michigan Radio: Sarah Cwiek — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:01:00 +0000

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Residents of Detroit are absorbing the message sent by Michigan's governor. Rick Snyder swept aside the city's elected officials. He's using his power to appoint an emergency manager to take over city finances. Residents are deeply divided about this move, as we hear from Michigan Radio's Sarah Cwiek.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Nobody had a comment in regards to the lighting problem?

SARAH CWIEK, BYLINE: About a week before Governor Snyder's announcement, a few dozen people came to a community meeting at a northwest Detroit church.

In Michigan, A Contentious Battle Over A Bridge

Michigan Radio: Sarah Cwiek — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:04:00 +0000

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

On Election Day next week, Michigan voters will face a question about international bridges and tunnels. It's really a question about one bridge in particularly - a long-planned and highly-contested connection between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

As Michigan Radio's Sarah Cwiek reports, it's an electoral twist in a bitter struggle with Michigan's governor and Canada on one side, and a billionaire bridge owner on the other.

SARAH CWIEK, BYLINE: The ballot measure is Proposal Six.

Is Michigan's Economy Rebounding? Depends Who You Ask

Michigan Radio: Sarah Cwiek — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:24:00 +0000

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

This election year we've seen a lot of cases where different people look at the same economic situation and come to different conclusions. And that seems to be happening in Michigan. It's America's comeback state - that according to its governor, Rick Snyder. Unemployment there is dropping, as the U.S. auto industry rebounds. And the state has a budget surplus for the first time in years.

But many local leaders say they're not seeing any comeback. They say state leaders are mostly helping themselves and the business community.

In Detroit, Drastic Steps To Avoid Bankruptcy

Michigan Radio: Sarah Cwiek — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:

Lack of money is also a big problem in Detroit. Three weeks ago, the city's mayor, Dave Bing, made a stark announcement. Without major action, the city will go broke sometime early next year. That leaves state officials saying they may have no choice but to send in an emergency manager, a person with extraordinary powers over the city's finances.

Michigan Radio's Sarah Cwiek reports.

SARAH CWIEK, BYLINE: There are a lot of complicated factors in the swirling drama that is Detroit's financial meltdown.