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The Coalition for a Working Parents Tax Cut
Last week, we announced the formation of the Coalition for a Working Parents Tax Cut. The coalition consists of more than 80 groups and individuals,
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How to support ALICE households at scale
In my last post, I explored the data in the latest ALICE report which showed that the share of Michigan households that did not earn
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The young adult B.A. advantage is growing
Conventional wisdom is overwhelmingly that earning a B.A. is now less and less valuable. The reality is the exact opposite: the young adult B.A. advantage
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Economy improves, ALICE rate goes up
The Michigan Association of United Ways recently released a 2024 update to their 2023 ALICE report. ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, and
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The transformational impact of a working parents tax cut
We have been arguing that our proposal for a working parents tax cut would be transformational for hardworking Michigan parents with young children. Our proposed
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Michigan is missing talent-magnet neighborhoods
Last year, we released a proposal for the Neighborhood Talent Concentration Initiative (NTCI). The proposal was built on what we see as the new calculus