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Governor Gretchen Whitmer is eyeing a $250 per-student funding increase in the money the state gives public school districts. That’s according to a preview of her upcoming budget proposal.
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Colin Jackson/MPRNRx Kids will pay $1,500 to Detroit mothers during pregnancy and another $500 per month during the first six months of their baby’s life.Dr. Mona Hanna, associate dean for Public Health at Michigan State University, directs the program. She said it’s “medicine” rather than “charity.” -
Steve Carmody/Michigan PublicSecretary of State Jocelyn Benson said in Michigan, Black women are nearly three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women.
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