Dustin Dwyer
Reporter / ProducerDustin Dwyer reports enterprise and long-form stories from Michigan Public's West Michigan bureau. He was a fellow in the class of 2018 at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. He’s been with Michigan Public since 2004, when he started as an intern in the newsroom.
He left the station in 2010-2011 to be a stay at home dad, and returned to be part of the Changing Gears project, a collaboration between Michigan Radio, Ideastream in Cleveland and WBEZ in Chicago. From 2012–2017, he was part of the team for State of Opportunity, and produced several radio documentaries on kids and families in Michigan. He lives in Grand Rapids with his wife and three kids.
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A collection of school districts had challenged a state law that forces them to waive the right to withold privileged information from investigators, in exchange for accepting additional state funds. -
The agency that has administered the county's unique foster care system sued the state's top health agency earlier this year after it cut funding. -
Residents had pushed back on the plans in Grand Rapids, asking the developer to support more affordable housing options. -
Holtec Internation had been saying it planned to resume generating power by the end of 2025. That timeline has now shifted to the start of the new year. -
Two west Michigan landfill operators say they have spent "significant resources" trying to contain the harmful chemicals linked to a waterproofing product used by the West Michigan shoe company.
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DTE Energy has requested expedited approvals for contracts to supply power to a massive proposed data center in Saline. -
The lawsuit accuses the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of violating the law when it granted an exemption to allow Palisades to return to operating status. -
The state health department has defunded the organization that oversaw foster care placements in Kent County for the past eight years.
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A state program for deer donations led to 140,000 pounds of ground venison for Michigan food banks in the last fiscal year. -
As artificial intelligence drives a surge in demand for data center space, Michigan is taking steps to ensure that everyday Consumers Energy consumers aren't left footing the bill for costly grid expansions needed to support these facilities' enormous appetites for power.
