The resolution encourages the state to stop trucks from idling to protect the health of residents.
Health and Welfare
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Contract aims to erase $700 million in medical debt for 300K Wayne County residents
Wayne County is evaluating a two-year, $5 million contract with RIP Medical Debt. Officials say it could wipe out debts for upwards of 300,000 residents
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Metro Detroit cities, townships at odds over water affordability bills
The proposed legislation seeks to make water more affordable for households across Michigan, but 17 cities and townships in Macomb oppose the bills.
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Proposed legislation could help detect lead exposure sooner in Michigan children
The bills would allow for earlier detection of lead poisoning in children by lowering the definition of elevated lead levels in children.
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Detroit’s homeless hotline is changing how people can access shelter
Starting Monday, people facing housing instability will notice some changes to Detroit’s main entry point into the homeless shelter system.
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Michigan disbands racial equity group as tension mounts over opioid money
The state spent $148,000 on a racial equity group to offer advice on how to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. But after issuing recommendations, the group said it was ‘silenced.’
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Detroit residents battle against neighborhood concrete crusher
The city filed an appeal in the Wayne County Circuit Court to get a Schoolcraft Southfield neighborhood concrete crusher shut down.
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Mich. Medicaid expanded to cover health workers you may not have heard of
Community health workers focus on people who, due to low incomes or other inequities, tend to have poorer health outcomes. The state is now expanding Medicaid to cover more of this work.
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Detroit agency launches mobile mental health unit. Can it slow a revolving door?
Too many people in a mental health crisis end up in a hospital ER, where they rarely get the one-on-one or follow-up care they need. New mobile vans are designed to bring better care to people in distress before they spiral further.
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450,000 Michigan residents have now lost Medicaid coverage
Michigan is six months into a one-year Medicaid eligibility review. Roughly 1-in-3 cases reviewed have resulted in residents being dropped from the medical insurance program for low-income people.