Michigan League for Public Policy

The Michigan League for Public Policy is a nonpartisan policy institute dedicated to economic opportunity for all. It is the only state-level organization that addresses poverty in a comprehensive way. No other organization examines state revenues and expenditures and their impact on low-income people. All of the League’s work is done through a race equity lens. The League’s mission is to ensure economic security and well-being for all people in Michigan through policy change.

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Publications

Transformation in the Name of Justice

May 5, 2021
Michigan League for Public Policy

2020 annual report from the Michigan League for Public Policy.

Making ends meet in Michigan: A basic income level for family well-being 2017

May 2, 2017
Michigan League for Public Policy
Staff Report

Making Ends Meet in Michigan 2017 is the seventh edition of the report formerly known as Economic Self-Sufficiency in Michigan. This report provides a Basic Needs Income Level: the amount of household […]

Willing to work and ready to learn: More adult education would strengthen Michigan’s economy

February 16, 2017
Michigan League for Public Policy
Peter Ruark

Michigan depends on its skilled workers, and much has been written and said about the need to build up our state’s workforce. Yet year after year in the state budget, […]

Education

Race, place & policy matter in education

October 1, 2016
Michigan League for Public Policy
Pat Sorenson

Despite strong rhetoric from policymakers and candidates about the importance of a high-quality education for all children, deep disparities persist in educational opportunities for Michigan children based on income, race and geography. […]

Education

It is time for earned sick leave in Michigan

June 7, 2016
Michigan League for Public Policy
Peter Ruark

Michigan should enact an earned sick leave law. This would help low-paid workers keep their jobs, increase productivity and reduce employee turnover, and protect the health of other employees and […]

Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave

Review tax expenditures to help fix Michigan’s broken revenue stream

May 17, 2016
Michigan League for Public Policy
Rachel Richards

Michigan has a budget problem, and simply put, there just isn’t enough money to go around. Michigan has experienced crisis after crisis—the Great Recession, nearly record-high unemployment, municipal financial emergencies, […]

Budges and Taxes