Five Things We’re Reading this Week

Liz Gullett

Apr 25, 2017

Below are some of the articles that the MLC lobby team has been reading this past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do.

Earning Less Than Their Wives Makes U.S. Men More Partisan – As the income gap grows and more women become the breadwinner in the family, the partisan nature of men on both sides of the aisle increases.

‘Reluctant’ Trump Voters Swung the Election. Here’s How They Think He’s Doing – The reluctant voter group is less likely to be loyal to the GOP and tend to have different policy priorities than die-hard Trump supporters. However, despite their reluctance, a majority of this demographic approves of President Trump.

How Are Leaders in 6 Major Industries Similar, and Why Do We Care? – Their reports are showing similarities amongst leaders from various industries. What are those leadership qualities and why are they important?

Is Gentrification Helping or Dividing Detroit? – Residents in the metro-areas are more optimistic about Detroit’s future than those living in the city. How is the growing Detroit hurting those longtime, city residents?

13 Groups That Could Muck Up Tax Reform – Due to the massive undertaking of tax reforms, numerous groups, across the board, are interested and engaged in the policy. Of those, there are a few key stakeholders the article targets as important groups to watch while Washington starts working on tax reform.

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