Workforce, reproductive health topping legislative agendas

Workforce is the No. 1 issue for legislatures countrywide, but in Michigan, reproductive health will also be a focal point, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. NCSL CEO Tim Story said in a virtual media briefing Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which put abortion rights back in the hands of states, is “front and center” for Michigan. "When many states went from long-term Democratic control to long-term Republican control, there was a lot of pent up ideas that were from the more conservative approach to policymaking that they began to work on and I think

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