GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Oct. 29 -- HarperCollins Christian Publishing, a subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers, issued the following joint company news on Oct. 27: HarperCollins Christian Publishing (HCCP) and HarperCollins Focus (HCF) today announced Brad Hill's promotion to director of audio sales. Hill began his career at Zondervan, a publishing group within HCCP, in 2006 on the audio production team where he helped bring front list titles to the audio format. Before returning to HCCP and  more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Oct. 28 (TNSMon) -- Clark University issued the following news: The Edna Bailey Sussman Fund, which has provided funding to Clark University graduate student researchers since 2014, this year awarded 10 fellowships to master's and doctoral students in the Graduate School of Geography. Their projects range from an examination of the changing wetlands in northeastern Massachusetts to planning for ecological resilience in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Sussman Fund supports  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine issued the following news release on Oct. 29: Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced today they are co-leading a coalition of 15 states in urging the Michigan Court of Appeals to uphold the Michigan Secretary of State's authority to ban the open carry of guns at polling places on Election Day. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in Lambert v. Benson and Davis v. Benson more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Oct. 27: Yesterday, Every State, Every Vote Co-Chairs Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Stacey Abrams joined Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Fair Fight Action to hold a national virtual press conference urging Americans who requested mail ballots to return them right away. The upcoming election will have historic consequences. With record turnout expected and the pandemic shifting the way we conduct our electi more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 26 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release on Oct. 24: Today, on National Vote Early Day, Georgia voters continue to break records across the state as we head into the last full week of early voting. Enthusiasm for Democratic candidates has drawn Georgians to the polls, despite long lines and technical difficulties. Voters are encouraged to continue to return their absentee ballots and take advantage of Saturday voting. See the historic number more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 26: Today, the Democratic National Committee released a new digital video featuring Trece Andrews, a nursing home worker and union stewardess in Michigan. In the video, Andrews discusses why she's helping turn out voters for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, highlighting how she and her coworkers have had to fight for their own safety amidst Donald Trump's chaotic pandemic response, particularly due t more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, Oct. 29 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Two Eastern Michigan University professors are seeking answers as to why certain areas of Washtenaw County have suffered more COVID-19 cases than others. Grigoris Argeros, an associate professor of sociology, and Natalie Dove, associate professor of psychology, have done some revealing and noteworthy research regarding area COVID-19 data. The two found that more than one third of Washtenaw County's 3,412 CO more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Grand Valley joins 18 other institutions within a national alliance to develop inclusive teaching practices and increase diversity among STEM faculty members over a three-year period. Aspire: The National Alliance for Inclusive & Diverse STEM Faculty is co-led by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the University of Wisconsin-Madison with funding from the National Science Foundation. more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, Oct. 29 (TNSRes) -- Hope College issued the following news release: Hope College's NEA Big Read Lakeshore and Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series are partnering to host a conversation with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of "Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge" and "Never Caught: The Story of Ona Judge," the complementary young reader's edition. "Never Caught: A Conversation with Erica Armstrong Dunbar" will occur on Wednesday more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Oct. 30 (TNSRep) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: It's a $30-billion-a-year problem that's literally buried until it's accidentally dug up. A careless excavator digs for a construction project and accidentally chops through underground infrastructure. Or a responsible excavator calls an underground utility locator line, but the information they're given turns out to be wrong. In either case, vital services like municipal water or int more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 31 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 30: Today, Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes and Congressman Andy Levin held a virtual press conference highlighting the damage done to Michigan by Trump's failed COVD-19 response. At the presser, they discussed how Trump's failure to contain the deadly pandemic has decimated Michigan's economy and how he has put attacks on health care before fighting COVID-19. They also encouraged  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 29 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general, along with the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and city agencies in New York and Chicago, in calling on the Trump Administration to stop the implementation of a proposed rule that would strip workers of key protections provided under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed rule -- issue more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 27 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 26: A Howell insurance agent who is accused of taking more than $375,000 of her clients' money between 2015 and 2019 was recently bound over to circuit court on charges of embezzlement and conducting a criminal enterprise, among other felonies, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today. A pretrial date for Alicia Holbrook-Bloink, 44, and her insurance company, Holbrook Insurance Ag more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 25: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer received the Detroit Branch NAACP Mary Church Terrell Freedom & Justice Award at the NAACP's 65th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Event. The award is presented each year to an individual whose actions, commitment, and integrity reflect the continuous struggle for justice and equality, exemplified by one of the founders of the NAACP. It was named after Mar more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 27: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today announced that Perrigo, a leading global provider of self-care products, plans to establish its North American Corporate Headquarters in Grand Rapids. The project is expected to generate $44.7 million in private investment and create 170 well-paying jobs for Michigan workers. "The decision by Perrigo to establish its North American Corporate Headquarters in more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 28 (TNSRep) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Oct. 27: "All politics is local," goes the adage, and the same could be said of how local leaders feel about the health of democratic governance. A survey of Michigan's local leaders released today by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy finds they are significantly more positive about the functioning of democracy in thei more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Lavora Barnes: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of Chair Lavora Barnes on Trump's announced rally in Waterford: "Donald Trump can have rally after rally all throughout Michigan, but that won't change one thing about how his erratic leadership has failed our state. Trump has done untold damage to our working families as he failed to contain the sprea more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement by spokesman Christian Slater: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of spokesman Christian Slater on the recently announced Lansing event with Eric Trump: "Just days after Donald Trump hosted a reckless and irresponsible rally in Lansing, Eric Trump is coming back to our state in a last ditch effort to salvage his dad's sinking campaign. But it's not going to wo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 26 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement by spokesman Christian Slater: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of spokesman Christian Slater on recently announced events by Don Jr: "Macomb County knows Donald Trump has failed them and Don Jr.'s desperate attempt to salvage his dad's flailing campaign can't change that fact. Under Trump, Macomb workers have suffered as he lost his erratic trade war with C more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 27 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on Oct. 26 by Chair Lavora Barnes: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of Chair Lavora Barnes on Sens. Stabenow and Peters' "No" votes on Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court: "Today, Senators Stabenow and Peters stood with Michigan families and the more than 4 million Michiganders with pre-existing health conditions as Donald Trump and Republ more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on Oct. 27 by Chair Lavora Barnes: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of Chair Lavora Barnes regarding the Court of Claims' decision on guns at polling locations on Election Day. "We are disappointed in today's decision from the Court of Claims. Voters deserve the right to cast their ballot free from intimidation in any form. "As Vice President Biden and Sen more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Detroit! Livonia! Bay City! Benton Harbor! Traverse City! Manistee! -- As a part of The Hometown Project, artists such as Judy Greer (Archer), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), Paul Feig (dir. Bridesmaids), Toni Trucks (SEAL Team), Lisa LoCiciero (General Hospital) and more created videos supporting candidates running down-ballot for offices in the communities where the artists grew up. Hometown pride is  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Following the Senate's Supreme Court confirmation vote on Amy Coney Barrett, Michigan health and labor groups are speaking out and holding John James accountable for promising to vote to confirm a nominee before election day even as voting is underway. Barrett will likely be the deciding vote in the lawsuit to gut the Affordable Care Act and has a record of hostility to the law which protects 1.7 mi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Michigan Democratic Party is filing a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against Tim Kelly for Congress for accepting contributions from DeVos family members that violate the Federal Elections Campaign Act (FECA). Tim Kelly is running against Congressman Dan Kildee in Michigan's 5th Congressional District. In the most recent campaign filing report from Tim Kelly for Congress, his campaig more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 26 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement by spokesman Christian Slater: * * * The Michigan Democratic Party released the following statement on behalf of spokesman Christian Slater on the Trump administration saying, "we are not going to control the pandemic." The surrender to COVID-19 comes as cases in Michigan reach new highs and doctors are warning hospitals are again reaching maximum capacity. "Mark Meadows just admitted what Michiganders  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 27: Today, MDP Chair Lavora Barnes, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Former Governor Jim Blanchard, and Lansing Mayor Andy Schor held a virtual press conference blasting Donald Trump for surrendering to COVID-19. The remarks come after Trump's Chief of Staff said, "we are not going to control the pandemic," and as cases in Michigan have spiked, reaching record highs. WATCH HERE: https://www.youtube.co more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 27 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on Oct. 26: The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced that its Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate has launched its Drinking Water Concern System to track and respond to public concerns about drinking water quality. The EGLE call center is also available to receive water quality concerns at 800-662-9278. The web-based  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 29 -- Michael F. Rice, superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education, issued the following memo from Venessa A. Keesler, deputy superintendent for Division of Educator, Student and School Support: TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents Public School Academy Directors FROM: Venessa A. Keesler, Ph.D., Deputy Superintendent Division of Educator, Student, and School Support SUBJECT: Availability of 2019-20 School Grades (A-F) Many accountabili more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Michigan needs a U.S. Senator who will stand up for Michigan's auto industry, not play a key role in implementing the Green New Deal, Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox said today. "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exposed that progressives are fighting to save Gary Peters so he can help them force the Green New Deal down the auto industry's throat, killing jobs and damaging Michigan's economy," said Cox.  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 27 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Gary Peters' Senate seat must be saved to ensure a "memorable shift" to progressive polices, despite the fact he has been attempting to campaign as a moderate, bi-partisan candidate, according to progressive leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez On CNN over the weekend, Ocasio Cortez said that reelecting Gary Peters is key to a "once in a generation" chance for progressives to run wild with policies that wil more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 27 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Once considered a radical taboo, Joe Biden continues to leave the door open to a liberal takeover of the United States Supreme Court by adding seats. Despite the Supreme Court being fixed at nine justices for over 150 years, Democrats want to add seats onto the Supreme Court and fill them with left wing justices, destabilizing our justice system. This is a power play that Biden has not ruled out. In fact, Bi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: As socialized healthcare systems have been crippled around the world under the COVID-19 virus, Joe Biden continues to push for his radical healthcare plan that would bring those same failed systems to America. Biden's healthcare plan could destroy private health insurance, leaving millions of Americans with high cost and low-quality care. According to Fox News, "a public option would increase the federal def more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: The Biden/Harris campaign has gone to great lengths to portray themselves as allies to America's black community. However, their policies on criminal justice show an abysmal track record that has led to the mass incarceration of young black men, devastating the African American community. According to PolitiFact, the 1994 Biden Crime Bill "provided funds to expand and keep policies in place that would increa more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 29 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: After overseeing the slowest economic recovery since the Great Depression, Joe Biden once again wants to saddle America with failed economic policies that would cripple our nation's recovery. Joe Biden's economic plan would spell ruin for American jobs and significantly cut household incomes. According to The Wall Street Journal, Joe Biden's economic plan "will have a damaging impact on growth, job creation, more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 29 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Laura Cox: * * * The following statement is from Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox regarding Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Flint. "We are so excited to have Vice President Mike Pence with us again, as he travels to Flint. With the Vice President visiting us today and the President with us yesterday, it could not be clearer how important our state is in this election. "The more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: As the U.S. Senate race closes, John James is on offense on healthcare, calling out Gary Peters for not understanding the unaffordable nature of the so-called "Affordable" Care Act. James wrote in The Detroit News today that the ACA is unaffordable for many in Michigan, "But Sen. Gary Peters wouldn't know that. Peters is part of an exclusive gold-plated, taxpayer funded plan. Peters is so afraid of his eliti more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources issued the following news release: If insects can evolve to become resistant to insecticides, might they also possess an ability to reverse that resistance? Michigan State University (MSU) Entomology Foundations Professor Barry Pittendrigh and some of his colleagues believe the answer is likely "yes." Insecticide resistance poses a constant challenge for the agriculture industry.  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 29 (TNSPer) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Michigan State University chemist Angela K. Wilson has been named president-elect of the American Chemical Society (ACS). She will serve a three-year term (2021-2023) in the presidential succession. "I join my fellow ACS members in congratulating Dr. Angela Wilson as the incoming president-elect of the society," said MSU Provost Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D. "Angela is the  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Michigan State University Foundation Professor Guowei Wei wasn't preparing machine learning techniques for a global health crisis. Still, when one broke out, he and his team were ready to help. The group already has one machine learning model at work in the pandemic, predicting consequences of mutations to SARS-CoV-2. Now, Wei's team has deployed another to help drug de more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 30 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Excessive nutrient inputs from tributary streams and rivers contribute to harmful algal blooms and coastal ecosystem degradation worldwide. However, the role that small tributaries play in coastal nutrient dynamics remains unknown because most monitoring and regulatory efforts have paid little attention to small tributaries of large water bodies, despite their ubiquity a more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Whether the recipe is for pie, muffins, scones or pancakes, the star of the dish is the blueberry. For Patrick Edger, an assistant professor in the department of Horticulture at Michigan State University, his job is to develop the perfect blueberry cultivar. "The perfect blueberry is high yielding and has a superior taste and aroma," he said. "It also has to have an exceptional shelf life an more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: New data from Michigan State University predicts that trick-or-treating could be down approximately 41% for households with children under 14 due to COVID-19. The report, published by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, also found: * Households handing out candy may decrease by half in 2020. * Candy sales will likely decrease as 42% of households plan to consume less candy more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 29 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Michigan State researchers are developing a risk assessment tool to make sure children who have been exposed to HIV are living their best lives Because children exposed to HIV face many stresses as they develop, Michigan State University researchers are working to better understand how different factors affect children's health and cognition. With more than $2.7 million in funding from the more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, Oct. 29 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: Much of the angst heading into Nov. 3 is thanks to a few hard-to-hold states with a well-earned reputation for being wishy-washy where presidential elections are concerned. UC Riverside political science professors were polled on their predictions for eight battleground states, and the results carry some optimism for the Joe Biden camp, while also suggesting they should forget about Georg more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: For Michael S. Barr, dean of University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy, insights into the executive and judicial branches of the U.S. government are more than academic: He served in two presidential administrations and was a law clerk for a Supreme Court justice. Barr, a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, sees a need for an even more com more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct. 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news: As part of a leading research team, Associate Professor Will Clarkson spent much of the last decade working to assemble an extensive map of the inner regions of the Milky Way galaxy. With everything happening in the world, sometimes it's important to put your chin up -- but not to look at the bright side; it's more about finding peace while gazing at the night sky. At least, that's h more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct. 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news on Oct. 26: A UM-Dearborn engineering professor's RehabBuddy system could take some of the guesswork out of at-home physical therapy. Physical therapy can work wonders for patients dealing with chronic pain or acute injuries, but its effectiveness hinges a lot on patient follow-through. That's because during your initial visit to a physical therapist, you'll likely learn a series of r more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news: UM-Dearborn lecturer and 'Wayne County's Dr. Fauci' Mouhanad Hammami talks about what's worked, the dangers of pandemic fatigue, and how this all might end. Out of humility, Dr. Mouhanad Hammami laughed off our describing him as "the county's Dr. Fauci," but it's a decent working analogy. The UM-Dearborn public health lecturer and former county health department director has been serving as W more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct. 30 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news on Oct. 28: In a year full of surprises, the 2020 presidential election results might be just as the polls report. Here's why. Election polls say they are within three percentage points of their prediction. For an educated guess surveying a large population, that's pretty precise and one of the reasons polls have been a mainstay in elections for nearly a century. But after the 2016 p more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 28 (TNSRep) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Experts from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources report that the 2020 dead zone is the second smallest observed in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay since monitoring began in 1985. And in their 2020 Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone Report Card (PDF), researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science also reported that throughout the entire bay, this year's dead zone was smal more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Oct. 29: In recognition of recent events across the world, it's an important time to support and strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion skills and knowledge for today's students, who will become tomorrow's global business leaders. That's why WDI Publishing and the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and its Sanger Leadership Center are joining together to address this important move more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Low levels of vitamin D during the first year of life are inversely associated with metabolic syndrome in adolescence--which is closely linked to obesity--according to a new University of Michigan study. Metabolic syndrome is a group of conditions such as high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels that together increase risk of heart dis more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Access to more localized data on childhood vaccination coverage, such as at the school or neighborhood levels, could help better predict and prevent measles outbreaks in the United States, according to a new University of Michigan study. The research also shows that when people who are not vaccinated are geographically clustered, the probability and size of an outbreak increases. The study is more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A pair of University of Michigan studies reveals how some massive stars--stars eight or more times the mass of our sun--become isolated in the universe: most often, their star clusters kick them out. Massive stars typically reside in clusters. Isolated massive stars are called field massive stars. The papers published by U-M students examined most of these stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Stand in the soda pop aisle at the supermarket, surrounded by rows of brightly colored plastic bottles and metal cans, and it's easy to conclude that the main environmental problem here is an overabundance of single-use containers: If we simply recycled more of them, we'd go a long way toward minimizing impacts. In reality, most of the environmental impacts of many consumer products, includin more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Oct. 27: The next generation of protective masks--under development at the University of Michigan--could harness the power of nonthermal, or cold, plasma into a small headset that both blocks and neutralizes airborne pathogens. Taza Aya, a company founded by a U-M engineering professor, has been named an awardee in the Invisible Shield QuickFire Challenge, a competition created by Johnson & Johnson  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The high price of prescription drugs is an important issue for voters, and in the past 50 years, Congress and the president have made little headway in restraining costs. John Clark, clinical associate professor at the College of Pharmacy and director of pharmacy services at Michigan Medicine, and Amy Thompson, clinical associate professor at the College of Pharmacy and director of ambulatory clinical more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 27 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: With voting already well underway, former Vice President Joe Biden has extended his leads over President Donald Trump in three key battleground states -- Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- according to new polls by the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Trump's support had held steady in each state over the past three months, closely mirroring his jo more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A soft autumn light warms the township lobby, and streams past the plexiglass divider at the public counter to Susan McCullough's cubicle just beyond. The deputy clerk in this northern Oakland County community with more than 17,000 registered voters wears a stars and stripes mask as she processes requests for absentee ballots. It's the first presidential election since Michigan voters approved a 2018  more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- Wayne State University issued the following news: Detroit business and innovation thrives on the success of diverse ideas and leadership. A first-of-its-kind business incubator called STEM Entrepreneurial Excellence Program (STEEP) Detroit will support the need for greater inclusion of underrepresented women in STEM and STEM-enabled businesses. Fifty Black and African American women will be selected for the free pilot program that is funded by a National Science Fo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 27: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks announced that eligible Michigan teachers and support staff who worked additional time and incurred additional costs during the 2019-2020 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic can receive a grant through two new grant programs. Under both the Teacher COVID-19 Grant and the Support Staff COVID-19 Grant programs, el more PR