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MichMash-Sept. 30: House Appropriations chair steps down

WVPE 88.1 Elkhart/South Bend | By Cheyna Roth

Published September 30, 2022 at 5:15 PM EDT

A dustup in the Michigan House of Representatives over a spending dispute has pushed the chair of the House appropriations committee to step down from his position.

As part of the weekly series MichMash, WDET’s Cheyna Roth is joined by Gongwer’s Alethia Kasben to unpack what that means for the billion-dollar spending bills going through the state Legislature.

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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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