Cheyna Roth
Capitol Reporter
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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Ten communities will decide on Tuesday whether they want businesses to be able to sell recreational marijuana.Last November, the state passed a law… -
Starting in October 2021, 17-year-olds will no longer automatically be treated as adults in Michigan’s criminal justice system.Michigan will join the vast… -
Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was grilled by a Senate Elections committee on Wednesday. Republican lawmakers questioned Benson about the… -
Democratic state lawmakers say all people need to be able to make independent decisions about their reproductive health.House Democrats announced their… -
Former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon has been ordered to stand trial on charges she lied about her knowledge of allegations against… -
Republicans say Governor Whitmer broke their trust when she rearranged millions of dollars in the spending plan they sent to her. Whitmer used the power… -
People can now apply to be on the state's new 13-member Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced the… -
A bipartisan group of lawmakers say school busses need to be more secure.A package of bills would make it a crime to enter a school bus without the… -
Some lawmakers want to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from issuing rules restricting access and use of vaping products. Lawmakers… -
The findings of a $100,000 study were improperly influenced by lobbyists. That’s according to a new state Auditor General report.According to emails and…
