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If You Build It, Insulin Will Come – How State Manufacturing Can Make Insulin More Affordable

...direct state involvement in the manufacturing and distribution of insulin, but this is a novel strategy and carries risks. Introduction Prescription drugs that are too expensive aren’t

Council Briefs

October 26, 2022
Tags Health Insurance, insulin, Michigan, prescription drugs, Public Health

What We Learn from Cash Payments to New Mothers in Flint Could Improve Maternal and Infant Health Statewide

...for decades. Despite various improvements in medical care, people of color remain at an increased risk for poor maternal and infant health outcomes. Women of color have

Council Briefs

August 24, 2023
Tags cash assistance, flint, infant mortality, Maternal Health, poverty, Public Health

Despite Contentious K-12 Budget Passage, Inequitable Per-Pupil Funding for High-Need Students Not Being Addressed

K-12 Funding is Inequitable: State’s Per-Pupil Funding for At-Risk Students K-12 Is Not Being Equitably Allocated Gongwer News administration reporter Lily Guiney speaks with Senior Research Director

Podcast

June 28, 2024

School Districts Should Consider Student-Based Budgeting to Address Ongoing Literacy Challenges

...for struggling readers, and expanded tuition-free pre-school services. These new investments, along with $1 billion per year in state “at-risk” student funding to support third-grade reading initiatives,

Council Briefs

September 30, 2024
Tags early literacy, school funding, student-based budgeting

Proposal 08-1: Medical Marijuana

...is not without health risks. These include impairment of memory and balance; risk of heart attack, cancer, and respiratory infections; and potential for hallucinations and withdrawal symptoms.[8]

Council Briefs

June 10, 2008
Tags current marijuana laws, issues raised by medical marijuana, medical marijuana proposal

Tackling the Toddler Vaccination Rate Decline

...and religious objections, lack of concern about the risk of disease, inconvenience, and a lack of access to care. Limiting philosophical waivers, increasing public education about vaccines,

Council Briefs

September 22, 2022
Tags children, COVID-19, Michigan, Public Health, vaccines

Legislative Direction is Needed to Facilitate Infrastructure Coordination

...by agencies in the design, engineering, and construction of projects. This helps in reducing the risk of accidental utility damage during excavation, resulting in cost savings and

Council Briefs

June 21, 2023
Tags Building Information Modeling, Dig-once, infrastructure, Subsurface Utility Engineering

Governor’s first budget proposal goes big on road taxes, education spending, with some targeted relief

...to allocate additional per-pupil dollars (weights), above the base amount, to districts educating students with extra needs (e.g., special education, at risk, English as a Second Language),

Council Briefs

March 5, 2019
Tags budget, education funding, executive budget, roads, taxes

The Pandemic Will Hit Local Government Pension Systems

...Several risks can affect a pension system’s future financial condition. These risks center around assumptions pension system managers make about future economic trends which they use to

Council Briefs

May 4, 2020
Tags Coronavirus, COVID-19, OPEB, pension

Coronavirus Unmasked: Michigan’s Pernicious Politicization of Pandemic Policy

In a nutshell Face coverings must be worn in public indoor spaces across Michigan. Evidence suggests that wearing masks is a low-cost and virtually risk-free way to

Council Briefs

July 16, 2020
Tags Blog, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemic, Infection, Mask, Masks, Outbreak, Pandemic, Politicization, Politics, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, virus
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