Cheyna Roth
Before becoming the newest Capitol reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network, Cheyna Roth was an attorney. She spent her days fighting it out in court as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Ionia County. Eventually, Cheyna took her investigative and interview skills and moved on to journalism. She got her masters at Michigan State University and was a documentary filmmaker, podcaster, and freelance writer before finding her home with NPR. Very soon after joining MPRN, Cheyna started covering the 2016 presidential election, chasing after Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and all their surrogates as they duked it out for Michigan. Cheyna also focuses on the Legislature and criminal justice issues for MPRN. Cheyna is obsessively curious, a passionate storyteller, and an occasional backpacker. Follow her on Twitter at @Cheyna_R
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A new idea to raise money to fix the state’s roads involves selling state assets to pay for the infrastructure. As Cheyna Roth reports, the assets include…
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New measures would ban abortions after a doctor detects a fetus’s heartbeat. Michigan Public Radio’s Cheyna Roth reports bills were introduced Wednesday…
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The Republican leadership in the state House and Senate has filed a challenge to a recent opinion by Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel.The law in…
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Opening statements and first witnesses were called yesterday in the criminal trial of the former dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan…
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A lawmaker in Michigan wants to start a task force aimed at helping curb the state’s lead problem. The task force would not just be focused on lead in the…
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A federal judge says Michigan has to hold a special election in 2020 for certain state Senate districts. And the Legislature and governor have to come up…
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More money could be added to the state’s wrongful conviction fund. Lawmakers on Thursday sent a bill to add $10 million to the fund to the governor’s…
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to fix the state’s roads in a single budget is getting pushback. The head of the Republicans in the Senate has his own…
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Former Michigan State University president Lou Anna Simon was in court today and will return to continue the hearing today. A judge is deciding whether…