Month: June 2025

Author: Tyler Baird University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy, School for Environment and Sustainability ABSTRACT Agriculture is a central issue in the U.S. federal policy landscape, with the next Farm Bill anticipated to allocate trillions of dollars in agricultural subsidies over the subsequent decade. However, federal farm spending

Author: Chelsea Hall University of California Berkeley ABSTRACT California faces intense wildfire risk that will only worsen over time due to climate change. Local jurisdictions find it increasingly difficult to navigate their many imperatives: preventing structural and human loss, understanding and predicting wildfire behavior, tracking emergent state legislation, and reaching

Dear Readers, The Michigan Journal of Public Affairs presents its twenty-first annual volume. This volume features a selection of articles offering insights into contemporary policy debates on local, national, and international stages. In the pages of Volume 21, you will find entries by graduate students and professionals wrestling with ongoing

Author: Olivia Woodmansee American University ABSTRACT Higher Education is under attack. From the recent actions of the federal government, designed to strip funding from institutions and dictate admission and administrative action, to state governments promulgating bills and state executive orders targeting the operations of public higher education institutions. Some of