TAYLOR, Michigan, Oct. 7 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2021: Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), urging its Civil Rights Division to immediately investigate the Taylor Police Department's (TPD) history of police brutality and use of excessive force. The filing references 20 incidents of violence by TPD officers, many of which raise concer more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 6 (TNSOps) -- The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives issued the following news release: The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is delighted to announce the names of three new CIO members and one new Foundation member representative who will join the CHIME Board of Trustees in January 2022. "CHIME's members had the privilege of choosing from an outstanding slate of candidates this year," said CHIME Board of Trustees Cha more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 9 (TNSPol) -- The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives issued the following news release: The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) strongly supports the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) on its announcement of the United States Core Dataset for Interoperability Plus (USCDI+) initiative as it works to coordinate the standards development and enforcement process across the federal gove more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 7 (TNSRes) -- The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) today celebrates revolutionary achievement in digital health for 10 organizations awarded at the highest level of the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey with level 10 certification. These 10 healthcare providers have demonstrated a sterling commitment to digital health trans more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 7 (TNSPol) -- Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following statement: * * * Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading voice for energy and environmental consumers, issued the following statement in response to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's fearmongering and misleading press release about Line 5, and the position of America's largest trading partner and ally, Canada: "Gov. Whitmer is continuing to intentionally mislead Michigan families and consumers about the Lin more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, Oct. 6 (TNSPol) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: The state of Michigan gives away hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in the form of corporate subsidies each year, but not all the payments or the documents related to them are public records. By failing to disclose this information, the government violates the Michigan Constitution, according to a brief filed yesterday at the Michigan Supreme Court by the Mackinac Center Legal Fo more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, Oct. 8 (TNSPol) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following statement on Oct. 7, 2021: * * * Earlier today, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that she was bypassing the Michigan Legislature and the normal constitutional process by ignoring state law and reinstating a prevailing wage mandate for state construction projects. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has done extensive research on the impacts of prevailing wage and supported its repeal in 2018. The more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Oct. 8 (TNSOps) -- The Michigan Municipal League issued the following news release: The Michigan Municipal League's Elected Officials Academy (EOA) recently selected its 2021 advisory board officers. During its annual meeting Sept. 23 at the Michigan Municipal League 2021 Convention in Grand Rapids, the Elected Officials Academy selected officials from Ferndale and Berkley to lead the group for the next year. Ferndale Councilmember Raylon Leaks-May was selected as pres more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 9 (TNSPol) -- The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following news release: On Thursday, October 7, advocates and experts held a virtual press conference highlighting the benefits for Michigan in President Biden's Build Back Better plan and urged the state's congressional delegation to approve and advance the plan to the U.S. Senate. "President Biden made a powerful case for why his plan will lift up Michigan families, strengthen our economy, create new jobs, more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 6 (TNSPol) -- The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: President Joe Biden will visit Howell today to advocate for his economic plan, which includes a bill to fund investments in physical infrastructure like roads and bridges and a "Build Back Better" (BBB) bill to improve the lives of workers and children with proven effective policies to expand opportunity and reduce poverty. Ahead of the visit, the Michigan League for  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 8 (TNSRes) -- The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following statement on Oct. 6, 2021: * * * The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following statement on the Michigan House of Representatives' bipartisan and nearly unanimous passage today of House Bills 5041-5048, bills to improve child care access and better support child care providers. The League previously submitted written testimony on the bills during the committee process, and child care more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 7 (TNSOps) -- The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: The Michigan League for Public Policy announced today that Monique Stanton has been hired as the new President and CEO for the organization. Stanton comes to the League after working for CARE of Southeastern Michigan from 2008-2020, including eight years at its helm. Stanton will begin work later this month, working alongside current League CEO Gilda Z. Jacobs until her more PR

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, Oct. 5 (TNSPol) -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: As crews scramble to assess the incalculable damage from a pipeline oil spill off the California coast, Canada is seeking to delay a decision on the even older pipeline running along the bottomlands of the Great Lakes, Enbridge's Line 5. Canada filed a letter with Judge Janet T. Neff - who is deliberating the question of jurisdiction between the State of Michigan and Enb more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 6 (TNSPol) -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following statement: * * * The President's trip to Howell is important to all Americans because we must invest in the American people and fix our crumbling infrastructure. President Joe Biden and Governor Gretchen Whitmer understand that without passage of both the bi-partisan infrastructure bill, and the jobs and economic stimulus of the Build Back Better bill, it is American families and middle class jobs that w more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 6 (TNSRep) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the nonprofit Soulardarity have partnered to show how Highland Park, Michigan, can realize a vision of an equitable, reliable, and affordable clean energy system powered by locally-owned resources. The analysis released today, "Let Communities Choose: Clean Energy Sovereignty in Highland Park, Michigan," is a model that could also more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (TNSOps) -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has named Juan Zuniga, a long-time local community leader, as the new executive director of LISC Flint to expand investments in housing, businesses, health and jobs and catalyze new opportunities for families. LISC's work, which includes more than $742 million in Michigan community investments, is particularly important right now a more PR