Overview Biden v. Missouri and Becerra v. Louisiana (U.S. Supreme Court, Jan. 13, 2022): The U.S. Supreme Court allowed a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
Overview CFIT Holding Corp. v. Twin City Insurance Co. (U.S. District Court, N.D. Illinois, July 8, 2021): An Illinois federal district court found that an…
Overview Heffer v. Krebs (Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department, July 28, 2021): The Supreme Court of New York, appellate division, upheld…
In this Q&A, Betsy Lawton, senior staff attorney at the Network’s Northern Region Office, discusses some of the key elements in the chapter she authored, “COVID-19 Illustrates Need to Close the Digital Divide.”
Overview Breeze Smoke, LLC v. FDA (U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, Nov. 12, 2021): The 6th Circuit rejected a vape company’s request to block the…
Overview Proctor v. Krzanowski (U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, August 13, 2020): The Sixth Circuit rejected a Michigan doctor’s claim that his Fourteenth Amendment due…
Public and private employers across the U.S. are considering the potential for COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their workforces, especially among health care workers. This resource examines the likelihood of employer vaccine mandates.
This fact sheet outlines efforts, both legislative and other, to evaluate and improve public health authority and emergency response in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Overview Eviction is costly and damaging for all parties involved. For tenants, “[e]viction is a cause, not just a condition, of poverty,” precipitating a “spiral…
Overview The consequences of eviction do not end with a tenant’s removal from their home. Many tenants fail to recognize that a trip to housing…
Overview More than two million eviction cases are filed against tenants each year in the United States. That’s roughly one eviction filing every four minutes.
Voting impacts public health policies ranging from healthcare access to gun control and LGBTQ rights. In this Q&A, Network Southeastern Region Office Director Dawn Hunter discusses the newly launched Health & Democracy Index, which shows measures of health status (individual and population health and other population characteristics, including self-rated health, premature mortality, infant mortality, poverty rates, and community and family safety) relative to the Cost of Voting Index for each state. Dawn also outlines legal and policy strategies to improve voter participation and health.
