To use data for good, we need good data
Something big is about to happen. It has been hotly anticipated, long-awaited and is sure to please fans and followers when it comes out later this month. No, I’m not talking about The 2019 Kids [...]
In the educational shell game, Michigan students lose
It is election season again, and with it we get the same old campaign clichés about cutting taxes. What candidates are not telling their would-be constituents is that tax cuts have been partially [...]
Kids are the future, so let’s teach them to count
My name is Alexa and I am one of the newest interns at the Michigan League for Public Policy. I look forward to this exciting opportunity to work with the amazing staff here and gain experience [...]
New Kids Count report offers solutions on how to improve child well-being in Michigan
For Immediate Release November 29, 2017 Contact: Alex Rossman arossman@mlpp.org 517.487.5436 Policy blueprint for Michigan lawmakers would turn around abysmal national, regional rankings [...]
Michigan policies must create opportunity and remove barriers for kids of color, immigrants
For Immediate Release October 24, 2017 Contact: Alex Rossman arossman@mlpp.org 517.487.5436 2017 Race for Results report shows Michigan has lowest child well-being score for African-American [...]
U.S. Senate budget plan slashes services for struggling Michiganians to push huge tax cuts for very wealthy
For Immediate Release October 20, 2017 Contact: Alex Rossman arossman@mlpp.org 517.487.5436 Michigan’s Senators stand up for the people, but preferential budget primarily passes along party lines [...]
Lack of support with child care costs leaves families struggling
Ever since my junior year of high school, I’ve worked at a child care center in the Grand Rapids area, my hometown. This means that for the past four summers, I’ve spent up to 40 hours a week [...]
CREC yourself before you wreck yourself
“CREC yourself before you wreck yourself.” For the last 11 years, I have been trying to slip that joke into my work in the Legislature and now the League. And I had an epiphany yesterday that I [...]
League advocates for improvements in education from cradle to career
May 2017 Pat Sorenson, Senior Policy Analyst As Michigan legislators continue to debate state spending for the upcoming budget year, the Michigan League for Public Policy is advocating for [...]
Turning understanding into action
My first introduction to the Michigan League for Public Policy came this past summer in the form of a State Budget 101 Training. It had been a long week, and I wasn’t sure if budget talk was [...]
Amber Bellazaire joined the Michigan League for Public Policy as a policy analyst in June of 2019. Her work primarily focuses on state policy and budgets affecting Michigan’s Medicaid programs. Previously, Amber worked at the National Conference of State Legislatures tracking legislation and research related to injury and violence prevention, adolescent health, and maternal and child health. She also brings with her two years of Americorps service. As a full time volunteer, Amber had the opportunity to tutor high school students in Chelsea, Massachusetts and address issues of healthcare access and food insecurity through in-person outreach in Seattle, Washington.
