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Medicaid work requirements reduce opportunity for Michigan families
In our 2018 state policy agenda, we write that the state needs a strong social safety net in order to promote opportunity for Michigan families.
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Stop whining, raise wages
So says Neel Kashkari, president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Specifically Business North reports he said in a recent speech: “Almost everywhere I
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Homelessness and Michigan’s Children
Last week I heard a sad but important interview with Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City and
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The BA wage premium keeps growing
The chart below makes clear, once again, that those with a four-year degree or more earn the highest wages. And that advantage is growing. Unabated
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A better way to help students pay for college
Tuition-free college is having a moment. States across the country are offering tuition-free programs at their community colleges. And last year New York State began
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Getting a BA means more work and higher wages
The Bureau of Labor Statistics each year publishes a chart that details the unemployment rate and median weekly earnings by education attainment for those 25