DETROIT, Michigan, July 8 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: DTE Energy (DTE) today announced that Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) has enrolled in DTE's MIGreenPower, a program that enables customers to reduce their carbon footprint by attributing more of their electricity use to renewable energy projects in Michigan. With its MIGreenPower enrollment, AAPS joins top districts around the country from San Francisco to Minneapolis in demonstrating environmental leader more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, July 8 (TNStalk) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: By Chris Knape While the nation's economy continues to flatten, many West Michigan manufacturers are finding business robust amid high demand for auto parts, according to Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research at Grand Valley's Seidman College of Business. "Locally, we are doing quite well, largely because of our automotive parts suppliers that are still going great guns," Long sai more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, July 6 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: When infants breastfeed, they receive an immune boost that helps them fight off infectious diseases, according to recent research from Binghamton University Associate Professor of Anthropology Katherine Wander. She is the lead author of "Tradeoffs in milk immunity affect infant infectious disease risk," published this June in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. Co-authors include Masako Fujita from Mi more PR

JACKSON, Michigan, July 8 (TNSres) -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: Consumers Energy received approval today on a $170 million investment to modernize Michigan's natural gas system, making it even more safe, clean, reliable and affordable for customers. The investments are part of the company's Natural Gas Delivery Plan, a 10-year, $11 billion blueprint that includes upgrading transmission infrastructure, transforming compression and storage operations and more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 8 (TNSrep) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: More than 60% of Michigan's local government leaders say the state has gotten off on the wrong track--down slightly from last year yet still among the most pessimistic responses since tracking began in 2011. According to those local leaders surveyed by the University of Michigan, 62% saw things going in the wrong direction, compared with 67% last year. Meanwhile, only 2 more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: A new policy brief from Poverty Solutions initiative offers recommendations for ways to target funding to key programs and priorities, focus on program implementation, and consider long-term impacts as Washtenaw County leaders decide how to allocate the rest of its American Rescue Plan Act money. With about half of Washtenaw County's $71 million in American Rescue Plan  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 1 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. posted the following joint news release with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to announce that plastics recycler Island Plastics will create 24 manufacturing jobs in Flint with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. "This investment by Island Plastics will create 24 good-paying manufacturing jobs in Flint and prove our dedication to attracting and  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. posted the following joint news release with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to announce revitalization projects that will bring much-needed housing, economic growth, and increased vibrancy to five neighborhoods around Michigan have received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. The projects are expected to generate a total capital inv more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, June 30 (TNSper) -- Henry Ford College issued the following news release: On June 28, 2022, the Henry Ford College (HFC) Board of Trustees and President Russell Kavalhuna, J.D. agreed to a new presidential contract. Roxanne McDonald, Chair of Henry Ford College Board of Trustees, issued the following statement: "President Kavalhuna has been an outstanding leader through some very difficult times. We are pleased to continue our positive working relationship that has served  more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, July 6 (TNSper) -- Hope College issued the following news: The Hope College Alumni Association Board of Directors appointed five new members and elected three new officers during its April meeting. The board's new members are: Tonzia Buor, a 2005 graduate from Denver, Colorado; Alyson Davis, a junior from Palatine, Illinois; Jonathan Hatfield, a 2009 graduate from Grand Rapids, Michigan; Dr. Ken Janda, a 1973 graduate from San Diego, California; and Leah Wicander, a 2007 gra more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 9 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: After Michigan joined a multistate lawsuit challenging certain regulation changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which were made under the Trump administration, a federal judge has vacated the rules entirely. In 2019, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined other attorneys general around the country to challenge certain ESA rules the administration announced to scale back protectio more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement on July 7, 2022: * * * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement on the budget deal that includes funding for the proposed Jobs Court pilot and plan to combat Organized Retail Crime: "I applaud our colleagues in the legislature for ensuring this budget deal includes funding for my department's criminal justice reforms that help bolster our economy, protect business own more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release and letter on July 6, 2022: Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in calling on the heads of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take swift action to eliminate toxic heavy metals from baby food. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannis, and USDA Secretary Tom Vi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: It's been a banner crop of unhinged Republican candidates in 2020 with several engaged in spewing outright lies or espousing bogus conspiracy theories. Some have been arrested or accused of crimes and several investigations targeting Republicans are underway. And it's a mad rush to see which candidate can embrace the most extreme positions possible on issues like a woman's right to choose. In the week more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Last month, Ryan Kelley was arrested by the FBI during a raid on his home for multiple criminal charges stemming from his participation in the violent insurrection that took place on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021 and resulted in five deaths and 140 injured law enforcement officers. Despite Kelley being the only charged insurrectionist competing for the governor's office, the res more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Republican gubernatorial field has proposed dangerous and irresponsible agendas that would undermine Michigan's economy and rob working Michiganders by gutting funding for public schools, law enforcement, and infrastructure. Governor Whitmer has shown she can work across the aisle to put money back in people's pockets, and she is fighting to build on this momentum and support Michiganders through  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Republican gubernatorial candidates are pushing baseless attacks against Governor Whitmer for political gain. Report after report, including from AARP and the University of Michigan, show Governor Whitmer's leadership saved lives, and nursing home experts and senior advocates agree. Michigan followed CDC guidelines and accurately reported COVID deaths. Michigan never forced nursing homes to take COVI more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on July 6, 2022: Tonight in Grand Rapids, the debate stage is much lighter - but not any less extreme - than it was previously. That's because the Court of Appeals ruled that candidates would not appear on the ballot after submitting tens of thousands of forged and fraudulent signatures. These bogus signatures were sourced from dead voters and an illegal "round robin" forging scheme in which "a small g more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Many of the gubernatorial Republicans on stage tonight in Grand Rapids have thrown their support behind an "unsustainable" and "short-sighted" tax plan spearheaded by Republican legislators. A major display of the wrong-for-Michigan agenda they continue to push, the plan would have forced billions in cuts statewide to several key initiatives that address the issues that matter to working families, such more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on July 6, 2022: Tonight in Grand Rapids, all gubernatorial Republicans on the debate stage made it clear to Michigan students, parents, and educators that there is no instance of gun violence that will make them say enough is enough and support common sense measures to prevent the next massacre in our schools, grocery stores, churches, or communities. Earlier this year, in the wake of the school shoot more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 6 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on July 5, 2022: Four weeks from today, and after much meddling in favor of certain candidates that have since been disqualified from the ballot, the MIGOP will finally have a gubernatorial nominee to advance to the fall against Governor Whitmer. One look at the options on the ballot, and it's clear to see why even the MIGOP has openly admitted they have no "clear and identifiable frontrunner right now more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: The education plans laid out by every Republican gubernatorial candidate would devastate Michigan teachers, parents, and especially students. Tudor Dixon, Garrett Soldano, and Kevin Rinke committed to gutting public schools with reckless cuts, all supporting a plan that would slash $3.5 billion from public education. Rinke and Dixon backed a scheme to dismantle public schools with funding cuts of up  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced that the City of Benton Harbor's water system met the requirements of the State of Michigan's Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) during the most recent six-month sampling period. Test results released today were the third consecutive sampling period to show declines in lead le more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, posted the following joint news release with Michigan Economic Development Corporation: Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to announce revitalization projects that will bring much-needed housing, economic growth, and increased vibrancy to five neighborhoods around Michigan have received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. The projects are expected to generate a total capital  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for clarity on Michiganders' right to cross the US-Canada border to seek reproductive health care or prescription medication, including medication abortion. Currently, there is conflicting guidance online from the HHS and DHS about Americans' ability to bring medicati more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer highlighted investments in the recently passed bipartisan education budget for Fiscal Year 2023. The education budget includes the highest state per-student investment in Michigan history, funds to improve school infrastructure, and resources to hire more educators. The fiscally-responsible, balanced budget delivers on the kitchen-table issues, was passed on time, and doe more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 9 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer highlighted investments in working families and connected communities in the recently passed bipartisan budget for Fiscal Year 2023. The budget delivers additional resources to communities across Michigan to help them invest in first responders, speeds up replacement of lead service lines, builds a new veteran's home, shores up pensions for municipal workers, and invests  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer hosted a roundtable with parents at Troy High School on the recently passed bipartisan education budget for Fiscal Year 2023. The governor sought the perspective of Michigan's parents throughout the budget process and will continue engaging with them as the school year starts. The education budget includes the highest state per-student investment in Michigan history, fund more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) are launching a public effort to educate Michiganders and health care providers about the difference between emergency contraception and medication abortion. This public effort comes in light of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade, and will help combat any misinformation about the m more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 8 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on July 7, 2022: * * * These chemical tools can access renewable energy from plant matter that could lessen our dependence on fossil fuels * * * By Emilie Lorditch With energy costs rising, and the rapidly emerging effects of burning fossil fuels on the global climate, the need has never been greater for researchers to find paths to products and fuels that are truly renewable. "We use 20 million more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 8 (TNSpro) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: When he began working at Michigan State University's Broad College of Business, Tom DeWitt wanted to create a community of practitioners in customer experience management and began networking through LinkedIn, reading people's profiles and finding something unique. "People were coming from different backgrounds ... sales, supply chain management. They learn very ad hoc," said DeWitt, director of the more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 8 (TNSawa) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Michigan State University's State Room Restaurant has again been honored for its outstanding wine program in Wine Spectator's 2022 Restaurant Awards. The awards celebrate the world's best restaurants for wine. "I want to congratulate all 3,169 restaurants that earned one of Wine Spectator's three awards for their devotion to all things wine," said Marvin R. Shanken, editor and publisher of Wine Spec more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 8 (TNSeco) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Construction has begun on a new $4 million, one-story facility that will serve student organizations in the Michigan State University College of Engineering. The William A. Demmer Engineering Center will provide an on-campus facility for registered student organizations. The 10,000-square-foot building is being constructed near the corner of Farm Lane and Mount Hope roads, adjacent to the MSU Scene  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: The Michigan Public Service Commission today ordered the record reopened in Enbridge Energy LP's application to relocate the Line 5 pipeline to a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac, finding that the record is deficient on critical matters of engineering and safety, and additional evidence is needed for the Commission to complete its analysis (Case No. U-20763). The Commiss more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 7 (TNSper) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University is pleased to announce that Steven L. Bridges has been appointed to the role of interim director, effective July 7. "I care deeply for this museum and university, along with the many communities we serve--all have enriched me personally and professionally over the years," said Bridges. "As such, it is an immense honor to assume the rol more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, July 6 (TNSper) -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: Following a national search, Western Michigan University has identified a new General Counsel. Keith Hahn, who currently serves as assistant general counsel for metro Detroit's Oakland University (OU), is set to begin his tenure as a member of the campus community and President's Cabinet on Aug. 1. As assistant general counsel at OU in Rochester, Michigan, for the past 14 years, Hahn has long experie more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, July 8 (TNSres) -- Northwood University issued the following news: * * * Findings presented in person by colleague at University of Ljubljana in Slovenia * * * Research from a team that included a pair of Northwood University professors about the drivers of individual analytics and its effect on decision quality and regret was presented during an international conference over the weekend. Kevin McCormack and Marcos Oliveira partnered with Peter Trkman (University of Ljubl more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * Producing synthesis gas, a precursor of a variety of fuels and chemicals, no longer requires natural gas, coal or biomass * * * Solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and useful chemicals, an international team of researchers has shown. "If we can generate syngas from carbon dioxide utilizing only solar energy, we can use this as a precursor for methanol a more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 8 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on July 7, 2022: By Mark Bullion Michigan State University will receive $303.7 million in base funding for university operations, as part of the $75.7 billion State of Michigan 2022-23 fiscal year budget. The 4% boost in funding is the largest in over a decade. Historically, state funding for higher education has declined over the last several decades. In 1985, 58% of MSU's general operations came more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 7 (TNStalk) -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 6, 2022: * * * Following the radical and chaotic Republican gubernatorial field's fifth primary debate of the 2022 cycle, MDP Chair Lavora Barnes issued the following statement. "Between bouts of nasty infighting, the Republican gubernatorial field fought to stake out the most radical stances and again refused to offer any real solutions for Michigan families. "Rinke, Kelley, Dixon, a more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * Assessments fall along a stark partisan split, U-M public policy study finds * * * More than 60% of Michigan's local government leaders say the state has gotten off on the wrong track--down slightly from last year yet still among the most pessimistic responses since tracking began in 2011. According to those local leaders surveyed by the University of Michigan, 62% saw things going in more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * New computer model accurately predicts behavior of millions of microbial communities from hundreds of experiments, an advance toward precision medicine * * * The communities formed by human gut microbes can now be predicted more accurately with a new computer model developed in a collaboration between biologists and engineers, led by the University of Michigan and the University of Wis more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: How can supervisors evaluate individual performance when a worker is part of a team? That question has interested economists for years, but a new study by Ross School of Business professor Jose Uribe provides an answer: Managers instinctively pay attention to changes in team performance based on which team members are present on any given day. "Theoretically, there's a longstanding problem in more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on July 5, 2022: Four in 10 children in the United States grow up in households in which a parent or co-residing adult faced at least one criminal charge, were convicted of a felony or spent time in prison, a University of Michigan study shows. This dwarfs estimates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics that less than 1 in 40 children have a parent in prison in a given year, says Michael Muelle more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: You're out jogging and suddenly notice a low-hanging tree branch in your path. You quickly lower your head, narrowly avoiding the branch, and continue on the run without giving it another thought. But how did your brain help you so rapidly and precisely duck out of the way of the branch while running? Researchers at the University of Michigan have now discovered a very fast brain rhythm that h more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A natural small molecule derived from a cypress tree can transport iron in live mice and human cells that lack the protein that normally does the job, easing a buildup of iron in the liver and restoring hemoglobin and red blood cell production, a new study found. Researchers at the University of Michigan, University of Illinois and University of Modena in Italy, found that the small molecule h more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A new particle detector searching for dark matter has closed in on the region where physicists may detect dark matter--an elusive particle that creates 85% of the mass in the universe--all in its first four months of operation. Deep below the Black Hills of South Dakota in the Sanford Underground Research Facility, an innovative and uniquely sensitive dark matter detector--The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ)  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A new policy brief from the University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions initiative offers recommendations for ways to target funding to key programs and priorities, focus on program implementation, and consider long-term impacts as Washtenaw County leaders decide how to allocate the rest of its American Rescue Plan Act money. With about half of Washtenaw County's $71 million in American Rescue  more PR

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, July 6 (TNSres) -- Western Michigan University issued the following news: An innovative new lab at Western Michigan University will help companies evolve to a greener future. Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) certification is expected later this summer on the new compostability testing facility--one of just four of its kind in North America. Western's new lab will certify products as compostable if they pass the three primary steps of the compostability test: * Disin more PR