Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

Covering Michigan politics and policy. Work in @MichiganAdvance, @DetroitNews, @nytimes, @rollingstone and more. Available for assignment. Also @RothsReviews. instagram.com/roththereporte… Lansing, MI Joined August 2012

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Owen McCarthy @OwenMcCarthyJRN

2 days ago

MSU had a first of its kind closed-door, invite-only, ‘stakeholder forum’ yesterday. @thesnews’ admin reporters posted up outside the conference room all day to find out what they could. Here’s their superb story: statenews.com/article/2025/0… And here’s a great part from it:

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Craig Mauger @CraigDMauger

2 weeks ago

House also removing financial support from the Department of Civil Rights budget support for: - Arab American National Museum - Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History - Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills

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Craig Mauger @CraigDMauger

2 weeks ago

The state House Republicans are attempting to add this provision to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's budget for next year: Nessel, who was elected by voters, has filed dozens of suits against the Trump administration.

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 weeks ago

The first budget under the new Republican majority in the Michigan House would reduce funding for state police and the attorney general while increasing funding for the Legislature.

Colin Jackson @xcolinjacksonx

2 weeks ago

The first budget under the new Republican majority in the Michigan House would reduce funding for state police and the attorney general while increasing funding for the Legislature.

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

4 weeks ago

Taylor Swift mentions Detroit @Lions quarterback Jared Goff in her appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast, New Heights, where she also unveiled her 12th studio album, #TSTheLifeofaShowgirl.

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

a month ago

August 3 in mid-Michigan. 🍁

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

a month ago

Today marks ten years since we got the call that my uncle had gone missing. A lot has changed in those ten years. Some things haven’t.

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 months ago

If summer nights seem a little brighter in Michigan this year, you’re not imagining it. Favorable weather conditions in recent years have led to an explosion of firefly activity. My first feature-length broadcast story: wkar.org/wkar-news/2025…

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 months ago

Michigan school districts represented in Congress by Democrats stand to be hit hardest as the White House withholds $6.2 billion of funding for school programs nationwide. Made some visuals showing which congressional districts are most affected: michiganadvance.com/2025/07/11/det…

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 months ago

The U.S. House voted 216-213 to claw back $8 billion in already approved foreign aid and $1.1 billion in already approved public media funding. There are currently three vacancies in the U.S. House, all of which are seats that were held by Democrats who died in office.

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Ben Mullin @BenMullin

2 months ago

New: I teamed up with @elenalingshao and @nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote: nytimes.com/interactive/20… This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik

2 months ago

By a partisan 216-213 vote, the House approved President Trump's request to pull back $8B in foreign aid and all $1.1B set aside for NPR, PBS and their stations for the next 2 yrs. Congress has now unraveled its role in public media stretching back more than a half-century.

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 months ago

1. He wasn’t the president. 2. The photographers were already in the buffer area, just on the other side. The designated press wrangler is stopping them from becoming an additional security issue (such as by blocking the stairs or jumping on stage for a better angle).

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2 months ago

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Sam Robinson @samueljrob

2 months ago

Detroiters actor Sam Richardson gave a maximum contribution to Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow’s U.S. Senate campaign

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 months ago

Legislation by @SenatorSlotkin would require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible identification and prohibit face coverings. She says federal agents have made "arrests that look more like kidnappings in an authoritarian country." michiganadvance.com/briefs/slotkin…

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 months ago

The Michigan Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments next month on whether the state’s anti-hazing law is unconstitutional. An attorney says the law violates the First Amendment by referencing specific groups, like fraternities and sports teams. wkar.org/wkar-news/2025…

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Owen McCarthy @OwenMcCarthyJRN

2 months ago

Michigan’s National Weather Service offices are beset by vacancies. Experts and some lawmakers see now as an especially inopportune time to be downsizing the department. Full story in today’s @detroitnews detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 months ago

Independent gubernatorial candidate @mikeeduggan is calling for a new law to suspend the salaries of state legislators if a budget isn’t adopted by the July 1 deadline after the split #MILeg failed to pass one last week. “If you don’t do your job, you don’t get paid,” he says.

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 months ago

Pleasantly surprised that James Gunn’s #Superman is also an unexpectedly great journalism movie. “You have to say ‘off the record’ beforehand, not after.”

Andrew Roth+ @RothsReviews

2 months ago

Pleasantly surprised that James Gunn’s #Superman is also an unexpectedly great journalism movie. “You have to say ‘off the record’ beforehand, not after.”

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Andrew Roth @RothTheReporter

2 months ago

Michigan Gov. @gretchenwhitmer was on Gaydar last week. @GovWhitmer says she went to see “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway, jokes that MLM stands for “Midwest Lesbian Mom,” and lists @Chasten Buttigieg before adding @PeteButtigieg when asked to name LGBTQ celebrities.