Dustin Dwyer
Reporter / ProducerDustin Dwyer reports enterprise and long-form stories from Michigan Radio’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 Radio 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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The law takes effect 90 days after the state Legislature adjourns for the year. Lawmakers would have to adjourn early or clear a major procedural hurdle to make it work. -
The group End Gun Violence Michigan held events in seven cities to rally support for new restrictions on guns in the state.
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The contract, worth at least $580,000 was awarded to Kallman Legal Group, a firm known for opposing pandemic emergency orders and abortion legalization. Leaders at the firm are also related to the business partner of the Ottawa County board chair.
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Ottawa County voters elected nine new members to the board of commissioners, and this week those commissioners made some sudden changes to county government, including hiring John Gibbs as county administrator
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The city's current budget proposal calls for nearly $300 million in spending, with almost half of the money going toward water infrastructure.
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Michigan local governments recieved more than $4 billion in funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, and hundreds of millions of dollars of that is planned to be spent in 2023.
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The defense spending bill approved by Congress last week also includes funding for other water infrastructure projects on the Great Lakes.
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Three of the 14 men charged over the kidnapping plot were sentenced in a Jackson County courtroom Thursday. During the hearing, prosecutors played a recorded statement from Whitmer in which she talked about how the case has impacted her and her family.
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The Michigan Department of Civil Rights says it has 21 open investigation's against GRPD. So far, four have resulted in formal charges.
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More than 100 business leaders in the city signed a letter supporting new ordinances that would create penalties for soliciting money or lying down on public sidewalks. City leaders say they're not considering the ordinances.
