GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Aug. 30 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Christian Healthcare Centers, a Michigan faith-based medical nonprofit, filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, seeking to vindicate the organization's constitutionally protected right to operate as a religious ministry. Nessel and other Michigan officials are responsible for enforcing Michigan's civil right more PR

CANTON, Michigan, Sept. 2 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2022: The Michigan chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a local branch of the nation's leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged for law enforcement to charge a white male with ethnic intimidation for an alleged racially-motivated assault of an African-American FedEx driver in Portage, Mich. On Saturday August 27, an African Ameri more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 29 (TNStalk) -- Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following statement on Aug. 27, 2022: * * * Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading energy and environmental advocate for families and businesses, in response to Governor Whitmer's Executive Order following the electrical fire at a refinery in Indiana threating fuel supplies in Michigan, issued the following statement from Chris Ventura, CEA Midwest Executive Director. "It should not take an accident for Governor Whi more PR

ROYAL OAK, Michigan, Sept. 3 (TNSres) -- Education Trust-Midwest issued the following news release: The Michigan State University's Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) released a new report, 2022 Preliminary Read by Grade Three Retention Estimates. "Roughly 5,650 Michigan students received reading scores low enough that they could be required to repeat third grade," according to the news release. The report notes: * 5.8% of the tested population (5.6% of all 3rd-grade students, more PR

ROYAL OAK, Michigan, Sept. 3 (TNStalk) -- Education Trust-Midwest issued the following statement on Sept. 1, 2022, by Executive Director Amber Arellano: * * * "Coupled with what we've seen from today's M-STEP data, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend results for 9-year-olds are extremely concerning. Nationally, we see some of the steepest learning declines in 50 years, since NAEP was launched. "Like in Michigan, students who are the most underserved are expe more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- EMILY's List issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: Today EMILY's List-the nation's largest resource for women in politics--announced its Run. Win. Change the World Tour ahead of November's midterm elections. With reproductive rights on the ballot, EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler and other leaders will travel across the country to join EMILY's List endorsed candidates in key states like Michigan, Colorado, and North Carolina. Their goal will be to remi more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Aug. 31 (TNSawa) -- The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America issued the following news release: Connor McBride of Michigan State University is the second winner of the Allan MacCurrach Jr. Award of $10,000 from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) through the GCSAA Foundation. Previously part of the GCSAA Scholars Competition, the Allan MacCurrach Jr. Award was revamped in 2021 as a stand-alone award to recognize an outstanding non-trad more PR

ADRIAN, Michigan, Aug. 31 -- Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following news: "To listen to creation is to recognize that, besides all human beings, other-than human life, all the species, biomes and ecosystems have agency, purpose, and a distinct voice. Creation speaks a language of love, of justice and peace, of living within limits, and of respect for the interdependence of all living things, throughout all time." The above quote is from the preface of the Catholic liturgical materials p more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, Sept. 1 (TNSrpt) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2022: Most Michigan cities rank below the national average in a new index of economic freedom, but there are some bright spots. Midland received the state's highest overall freedom score, while Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids-Wyoming also performed well. These are some of the findings in the study "Economic Freedom in the City: Ranking Michigan's Labor Markets," released today  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 3 -- The Michigan Nurses Association posted the following news release: Nurses at the University of Michigan have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their elected nurse bargaining team to call a strike in protest of the university's alleged unfair labor practices. Members of the Michigan Nurses Association-University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (MNA-UMPNC) voted over the past week, with the results tabulated Friday afternoon. More than 4,000 nurses voted, w more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 27 (TNSgov) -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule designating PFOA and PFOS chemicals -- two types of poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) -- as federally hazardous, is an important step forward to ensure clean water for people and wildlife. "This designation reinforces that PFOA and PFOS chemicals are not safe for people, fish, or wildlife," said Jennifer Hill, associate director of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (TNSjou) -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, issued the following news release: Researchers have developed a new type of high-efficiency photodetector inspired by the photosynthetic complexes plants use to turn sunlight into energy. Photodetectors are used in cameras, optical communication systems and many other applications to turn photons into electrical signals. "Our devices combine long-range transport of optical energy with long-range conversion to electrical curr more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 31 (TNSgov) -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, posted the following news release: On Tuesday, House Democratic Leader Donna Lasinski released a letter to Speaker Jason Wentworth calling for a thorough investigation into efforts by Rep. Daire Rendon to meddle with election equipment. On the surface, Rep. Rendon's actions appear unethical and extremely concer more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 1 (TNSgov) -- The United Automobile Workers posted the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: In a major decision issued on August 29, the National Labor Relations Board found Tesla to have violated the law by restricting employees' right to wear union t-shirts at work. The decision orders Tesla to cease and desist from maintaining and enforcing a work attire policy that prohibits employees from wearing black union shirts, to rescind that policy, to notify all current more PR