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 jury convicted William Strampel, who led the College of Osteopathic Medicine, on three charges, including two counts of willful neglect. He was cleared of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. -
It's the latest ruling by a court that political boundaries are unconstitutional when they give too much advantage to one party over another. -
Interim President John Engler's efforts to try to shepherd the school through a turbulent time had been undercut by a year of scandal. -
This week, Republican lawmakers in Michigan and Wisconsin have called special sessions to curb authority of newly elected statewide Democrats who pose a threat to Republicans' accomplishments. -
Lou Anna Simon has been charged with lying to police. The charges are part of an investigation related to Nassar, the Olympics doctor who abused hundreds of women and girls. -
Larry Nassar, the former sports doctor who sexually abused hundreds of young athletes, is in prison. On Thursday, an MSU gymnastics coach faces charges she lied to investigators. -
Michigan State University has agreed to pay a $500 million settlement to 332 sexual abuse victims of the university's former sports doctor Larry Nassar.
