Dustin Dwyer
Dustin Dwyer is a reporter for a new project at Michigan Radio that will look at improving economic opportunities for low-income children. Previously, he worked as an online journalist for Changing Gears, as a freelance reporter and as Michigan Radio's West Michigan Reporter. Before he joined Michigan Radio, Dustin interned at NPR's Talk of the Nation, wrote freelance stories for The Jackson Citizen-Patriot and completed a Reporting & Writing Fellowship at the Poynter Institute.
Dustin earned his bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida. He's also lived in Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington D.C. He's always happy to explain - with detached journalistic objectivity - why Michigan is a better place to live than any of the others.
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A federal jury in Michigan convicted the men of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — in what the FBI called a domestic terrorism case. Prosecutors say they wanted to overthrow the government.
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Key testimony expected in kidnapping trial after judge warned lawyers about "wasting time" last weekDefense attorneys are trying to prove Barry Croft and Adam Fox were entrapped by the FBI. But federal judge Robert Jonker warned last week that they were losing the jury's attention.
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A previous jury failed to reach agreement on the charges against Adam Fox and Barry Croft in April.
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Jurors in the first trial couldn't reach a verdict on kidnapping charges against Adam Fox and Barry Croft.
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Data from the latest KIDS COUNT report shows improvements across a number of indicators, but Michigan still lags behind other states.
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West Michigan’s 3rd District Republican Congressional primary pit the incumbent, Representative Peter Meijer against John Gibbs, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
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An Oakland County 6th Circuit Court judge has granted Governor Gretchen Whitmer's request for a restraining order that blocks local prosecutors from filing charges under Michigan's 1931 felony abortion ban. Whitmer's request was in response to a Court of Appeals order that cleared the way for prosecutions from county prosecutors.
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Two men were acquitted in the spring on charges they conspired to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer. A jury deadlocked on charges against two other men, and they're now facing a second trial.
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The formal charges involve two incidents of alleged discrimination against Black residents. The state civil rights department says 28 other claims are still under investigation.
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A jury couldn't reach an agreement on the charges against Barry Croft and Adam Fox in April.