ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 25 (TNSPer) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release: The Nature Conservancy (TNC) -- a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends -- today announced David Rice is joining its Michigan Board of Trustees. Rice is the Founder of New Home Star, a leading sales management and consulting firm that partners with some of the largest home builders in the United States and Canada. "David Rice has  more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, March 24 (TNSJou) -- The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association issued the following news release: With meat prices escalating during the Ukraine crisis and the possibility of a new COVID surge, more and more are turning to a plant-based meat to save a few dollars at the grocery store. In the new article "Do Plant-Based and Blend Meat Alternatives Taste Like Meat? A Combined Sensory and Choice Experiment Study" published in the AEPP, Vincenzina Caputo from Michiga more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 22 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: To resolve a lawsuit that Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed on behalf of Catholic Charities West Michigan, state officials have agreed the child welfare provider can care for children according to its religious beliefs without government punishment. As part of a stipulated court order and judgment, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services conceded that it would violate the Firs more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, March 22 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) urges participation in the Water Board's Coalition series of events in the Greater Detroit area defending people's right to water. Water is a blessing and a precious gift from God and a social good and is essential to all living things. Water is the essence of life. Water is the source of life and water is equal to life itself. Water is indispensabl more PR

CANTON, Michigan, March 23 (TNSPol) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 23, 2022: The Michigan chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) a local chapter of the nation's leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomes the decision of Judge Nancy Edmunds' in favor of the Department of Justice in their case against the City of Troy over the denial of a zoning variance for Adams Community Center in 2018. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 22 (TNSRep) -- The Children's Hospital Association issued the following news release: Amid growing concerns for children's mental health during the pandemic era, more than a quarter of parents say their adolescent-aged child has seen a mental health specialist--with nearly 60% of those reporting a visit within the past year--a new national poll suggests. The findings come from a nationally representative report from the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospi more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, March 22 (TNSRep) -- Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following news release: Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline, the reckless proposal pursued by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, would force families, businesses and industries in Ohio to pay more than $2.7 billion more for transportation fuel every year, according to an independent third-party analysis commissioned by Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA). Weinstein, Clower and Associates examined the impacts that a Line 5 closu more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 23 -- Enterprise Community Partners issued the following news release on March 22, 2022: As part of the Preservation Partnership initiative, Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) and the City of Detroit's Housing & Revitalization Department announced today new, no-cost services to help reduce barriers and increase the preservation of affordable housing in neighborhoods across the city. Through working with Enterprise to proactively preserve affordability and maint more PR

LAUREL, Maryland, March 22 (TNSRes) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: On a sunny March morning in Washington, D.C., Ciara Sivels chatted with a young girl about her doctoral research at the University of Michigan. Now working at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, Sivels was the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. from Michigan in nuclear engineering. But on this day, Sivels knelt to meet the young gi more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, March 25 (TNSPol) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: The United States Federal District Court will hear oral arguments today in a challenge to Michigan's Blaine amendment, brought by five families across the state and the PACE Foundation, a nonprofit membership organization of Michigan parents who support the right to choose educational opportunities for their children. The families and the PACE Foundation are being r more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 25 (TNStalk) -- The Michigan Association for Justice issued the following statement: * * * Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ) President Ronald K. Weiner today issued the following statement in support of a bipartisan package of bills (HB 5962-5964) introduced by state Rep. Julie Brixie (D-Meridian Township), John Damoose (R-Harbor Springs) and Kelly Breen (D-Novi)) to ensure all survivors of sexual assault in Michigan receive the justice they deserve. The bills wou more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 25 (TNSPol) -- The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following statement on the Michigan Legislature's passage of Senate Bill 565, which provides nearly $5 billion in state and federal funding to make historic investments in residents and communities' pressing needs. These investments include updating crisis-level water infrastructure in Benton Harbor and other communit more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 26 (TNSPol) -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: Today National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys filed an amicus brief in the Technical, Professional and Officeworkers Association of Michigan (TPOAM) v. Daniel Lee Renner case currently before the Michigan Supreme Court. In the case, Saginaw County employee Daniel Renner is contesting a union scheme designed to eliminate the Michigan Right to Work law's more PR

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, March 25 (TNSPol) -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: A newly announced bipartisan infrastructure deal between Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Republican Appropriations Chairs of the Michigan House and Senate will make significant, essential investments in clean water, renewable energy, wildlife, and outdoor recreation. The deal, which is expected to now swiftly pass and be signed into law, will allocate more than $4 billion o more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 24 (TNSPol) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release: The leaders of Michigan's leading conservation and outdoor recreation organizations today wrote a letter to lawmakers in the Michigan House and Senate urging action on legislation that would make a once-in-a-lifetime investment in Michigan's parks and outdoor spaces. The letter is signed by The Nature Conservancy in Michigan, Michigan Environmental Council, Heart of the Lakes, Michigan Trails an more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 22 -- The International Aircraft Dealers Association the following news release: Northern Jet Management's Aircraft Acquisition, Sales and Brokerage service is the latest accredited member of IADA, the International Aircraft Dealers Association. Based in Grand Rapids, with facilities in Naples, Fla. and DuPage, Ill., the company also offers jet card, fractional aircraft ownership and aircraft management services.Northern Jet is recognized as the largest 135 operat more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 23 -- The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments issued the following news release: Tammy T. Patton, Clinton Township Trustee, and Mai Xiong, Macomb County Commissioner, have been named Taubman Fellows and will attend the prestigious program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard University this summer. Administered through SEMCOG, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, the Taubman Fellowship for Executive Excellence provides local pu more PR