LANSING, Michigan, April 6 (TNSPer) -- The County Road Association of Michigan issued the following news release: The County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan board of directors has elected Larry Brown, PE, road commissioner for the Allegan County Road Commission (ACRC), as its 2022-2023 president effective April 1. Brown served as CRA vice president for 2021-2022. Larry Brown worked for 40 years (1977-2017) for ACRC, including six years as its managing director. He was responsible for managi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 6 (TNSPer) -- The County Road Association of Michigan issued the following news release: The County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan board of directors has elected Mark Christensen, superintendent/manager, Road Commission for Montcalm County (RCMC), as its 2022-2023 vice president effective April 1. Christensen has worked for RCMC for 24 years, serving in several capacities. After serving five years as superintendent, in 2013 the board created a dual-role position to more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, April 5 (TNSPer) -- The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association issued the following news: The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) today announces the promotion of Kelsey Heckert to data manager. She will lead SHEEO's initiatives related to data analysis, data quality, and data management. Since joining SHEEO as a data analyst in 2019, Heckert has contributed significantly to the organization's capacity to analyze large data sets, deve more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 8 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release: Planned Parenthood of Michigan and Michigan abortion provider Dr. Sarah Wallett filed a lawsuit to block enforcement of the state's 90-year-old felony abortion ban under the Michigan Constitution and state civil rights laws. Since Roe v. Wade has guaranteed the right to abortion at the federal level, Michigan's ban has not been enforceable. However, the law was never repealed more PR

NEW YORK, April 5 (TNSfund) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: Former workers at a McDonald's restaurant in Mason, Michigan who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging rampant sexual harassment will be eligible to claim awards averaging $10,000, depending on the extent of the harassment they suffered, under the term more PR

FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan, April 8 (TNSPol) -- The American Concrete Institute issued the following news release: The American Concrete institute (ACI) announced the launch of NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, at its Spring convention in Orlando, Florida, USA. NEU aims to collaborate globally to drive research, education, awareness, and adoption of carbon neutral materials and technologies in the industry. Located at ACI Headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan,  more PR

OAKLAND, California, April 5 (TNSJou) -- The Breakthrough Institute, a research center that says it focuses on identifying and promoting technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges in energy, conservation and food and farming, issued the following news release: The Breakthrough Institute published a new analysis by Energy Analyst Jonah Messinger and Senior Policy Advisor Rani Franovich arguing for the state of Michigan to reevaluate its decision to shut down the Pa more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, April 6 (TNSPol) -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release: Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Voters Not Politicians (VNP) issued the following statements after a U.S. District Court ruling which upheld the congressional maps developed by Michigan's independent redistricting commission: "Elections should be determined by voters, not politicians. I am grateful the court sided with Michigan's voters, who overwhelmingly supported the creation of an indep more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNStalk) -- EMILY's List issued the following statement on April 7, 2022: * * * Gov. Gretchen Whitmer brought a lawsuit on behalf of her constituents in order to protect the right to abortion in the state. Michigan currently has a 1931 pre-Roe law on the books that would go into effect and criminalize abortion as manslaughter if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the precedent in Roe v. Wade. Due to the urgency, Gov. Whitmer is using her unique Executive Message power to ask more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, April 6 (TNSPol) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: Workers who do not belong to a union cannot be charged grievance fees, according to an amicus brief submitted today by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy to the Michigan Supreme Court. This is the second time in a year that the Michigan Supreme Court specifically requested an amicus brief from the Mackinac Center. Within the public sector, unions currently have monopoly power to n more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, April 9 (TNSRep) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: A new guide from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy gives parents, students and others a deeper look at some frequently made claims related to environmental issues. These issues are often presented in classrooms and by the media as indisputable fact, even when there is not a general consensus among scientists or other experts. A Parent's Guide to Countering Green Ideologies challe more PR

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts, April 9 -- The American Hockey Coaches Association following news release: Fifteen different Division I hockey-playing schools can celebrate players honored asCCM/AHCA Hockey All-Americansfor the 2021-22 season. The nation's top 24 college hockey players were announced tonight during "Friday Night at the Frozen Four" in Boston. Seven of the honorees came from this year's Frozen Four semifinalists: Michigan (3), Minnesota State (2), Denver (1) and Minnesota (1). Leadin more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 8 (TNStalk) -- The Michigan Education Association issued the following statement: * * * A lot has changed with teaching in the three decades since I began as a student teacher in Oak Park Schools -- much of it to the detriment of Michigan children, educators and families. If policymakers don't take immediate action to support aspiring and early career educators, Michigan students will face irreparable harm. I remember those early days as a student teacher, how en more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNStalk) -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following statement: * * * Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a historic lawsuit to keep access to abortion care legal in the state of Michigan. The lawsuit challenges Michigan's outdated and dangerous 1931 pre-Roe ban that would criminalize abortion in the state and asks the state Supreme Court to recognize a right to abortion under the Michigan Constitution. NARAL Pro-Choice America President Mini Timmaraju released  more PR

NEW YORK, April 7 (TNSPol) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: Prior authorization reform (SB 247) has officially passed both the Michigan State House and Senate and is now headed to the governor's desk. Since early 2021, Michigan MS Activists - alongside a large group of coalition partners - have worked to reform the state's prior authorization process, which is incredibly a large source of stress for individuals across the state living with multiple sclerosis more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNStalk) -- The National Women's Law Center issued the following statement: * * * A group of former McDonald's restaurant workers who brought a class-action lawsuit that alleges rampant sexual harassment by a manager won a $1.5 million settlement resolving the matter. The lawsuit was originally filed in November 2019 by Jenna Ries, a former worker at a McDonald's restaurant in Mason, Michigan, with representation by the ACLU Women's Rights Project and co-counsel and suppor more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 5 -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: With a visual display stretching 200 feet outside the Wayne State University School of Medicine, supporters of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and state lawmakers gathered today to urge the institution to end its use of dogs in deadly heart failure experiments. Sen. Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, and Rep. Matt Koleszar, D-Plymouth, stood alongside 136 do more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 8 (TNSPol) -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release: Planned Parenthood of Michigan and Michigan abortion provider Dr. Sarah Wallett filed a lawsuit to block enforcement of the state's 90-year-old felony abortion ban under the Michigan Constitution and state civil rights laws. Since Roe v. Wade has guaranteed the right to abortion at the federal level, Michigan's ban has not been enforceable. However, the law was never repealed o more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 8 -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Governor Gretchen Whitmer took historic action asking the Michigan State Supreme Court to overturn Michigan's 1931 ban on abortion and recognize the right to abortion in the state constitution. The following statement can be attributed to Lonnie Scott, executive direct more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 9 (TNStalk) -- The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following statement: * * * A jury acquitted Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta, two of the four hard-right militia extremists charged in the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. The jury was deadlocked on the other two alleged ringleaders, Adam Fox and Barry Croft, resulting in a mistrial. The federal jury heard weeks of testimony in the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich. Tw more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 7 (TNStalk) -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following statement: * * * Congress has an opportunity to pass historic legislation that will strengthen domestic auto manufacturing for UAW members, their families and there communities to make our supply chains more resilient for decades to come. The UAW supports supply chain resilience provisions in the House-passed COMPETES Act and, in the strongest possible terms, urges House and Senate conferees to include  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 6 (TNStalk) -- Teach Plus Michigan issued the following agency statement on April 4, 2022: * * * Teach Plus Michigan today issued the following statement on Governor Whitmer's proposed budget for fiscal year 2022-23. "Teach Plus Michigan, The Education Trust-Midwest, and members of the Michigan Teacher Leadership Collaborative (MTLC) are thrilled to see Governor Whitmer investing more in our low-income students in her 2022-23 budget proposal. In particular, we app more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement: * * * The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement regarding Congressman Fred Upton's (R-MI 06) retirement announcement. "For over three decades, Congressman Fred Upton has served the people of Southwest Michigan and the country with distinction through his service in the House of Representatives. Congressman Upton established himself early in his career as a leader in Congress working more PR