Sarah Hulett
Sarah Hulett became Michigan Radio's assistant news director in August 2011. For five years she was the station's Detroit reporter, and contributed to several reporting projects that won state and national awards.
Sarah considers Detroit to be a perfect laboratory for great radio stories, because of its energy, its struggles, and its unique place in America's industrial and cultural landscape.
Before coming to Michigan Radio, Sarah spent five years as state Capitol correspondent for Michigan Public Radio. She's a graduate of Michigan State University.
Contact Sarah Hulett at sarah@michiganradio.org.
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced Friday that the state would be taking over Detroit's finances. But the intervention might not be enough to pull the city out of a $14 billion hole. It would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in the country, if it happens. -
In Detroit, the predominantly black city and predominantly white suburbs have feuded for decades over finances and control of assets. A recent suburban vote to help a city institution offers hope for better cooperation. But old tensions are still roiling over a proposal to put a beloved city park under state oversight. -
Their families have sued the state of Michigan, arguing it has failed to provide remedial help to students whose reading skills are years behind. The outcome of the lawsuit could affect how school districts around the country deal with remediation. -
The city of Inkster, Mich., has just laid off 20 percent of its police force in an effort to make ends meet. The cutbacks illustrate a larger paradox currently at work in the labor market: While the private sector is slowly adding jobs, the public sector continues to shed them. -
Hamtramck, Mich., has seen its fortunes worsen with the auto industry in recent years. But now General Motors is adding 2,500 jobs, and the Detroit suburb is turning optimistic. -
Jack Kevorkian, the man known as "Dr. Death," died Friday at a Michigan hospital. Kevorkian, who claimed to have assisted in at least 130 suicides, was released from prison in 2007 after serving eight years for second-degree murder.
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Detroit's public schools have a deficit of more than $300 million — even though dozens of its schools have already been closed. Now, Michigan has ordered the city to close half its schools in two years. But the district's manager has a contingency plan: turn weak schools over to charter operators.
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Immigrant advocates in Detroit say local ICE agents disregarded their agency's own policies, citing a recent incident that sent terrified parents to hide out in a school. ICE is conducting an internal review, but the union that represents ICE agents says the operation was a by-the-book enforcement action.
