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New IPPSR Policy Research Database Launched

Need to know how Medicaid expansion affects the health of recipients? Want to understand the effects of lead exposure on children? How about the effects of right-to-work or emergency managers? IPPSR now has a new tool to let you explore the research on these questions and nearly every other policy question facing Michigan and the nation.

Right to Work Effects Overblown

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s decision to pursue a right-to-work law in 2012 drew massive protests to the Michigan Capitol, moving state politics momentarily to the center of national attention. Each side predicted monumental changes stemming from the law, which went into effect in March 2013 and outlawed mandatory payments of union dues as an employment condition in new labor contracts.

Want a Democratic Governor? Root for a Republican President

With Republicans in firm control of both houses of the Michigan Legislature as well as the governor’s office, Democrats may be wondering whether they can regain power in the state anytime soon. Surprisingly, history suggests that the best thing they could do to advance their cause would be to help elect a Republican president.

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