ADRIAN, Michigan, Sept. 7 (TNSper) -- Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following news: The Adrian Dominican Congregation formally welcomed four new Associates August 28, 2022, during a Ritual of Acceptance held via Zoom. Associates are women and men at least 18 years of age who feel called to the Dominican Charism (spirit) and who make a non-vowed commitment to associate themselves with the Adrian Dominican Sisters and with other Associates. While maintaining their independent lifestyle, th more PR

TYLER, Texas, Sept. 7 (TNSawa) -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: Oklahoma State quarterback, Spencer Sanders has been named The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week for the first week of the college football season. Sanders became the second player in Big 12 history with 300 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in a half in Oklahoma State's 58-44 win over Central Michigan. He joined Patrick Ma more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 8 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: Environmental groups and local activists have filed a motion to intervene in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) federal lawsuit against EES Coke, which alleges that the company has unlawfully emitted thousands of tons of harmful pollutants in a low-income community of color near Detroit. By intervening in the lawsuit, impacted community members can help ensure that EES Coke, a subsidiary of DTE Energ more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 7 (TNSper) -- The Michigan Education Association issued the following news release: Earl Wiman, Ed.D, has been named interim executive director of the Michigan Education Association. Most recently having served as executive director of the New Mexico Education Association, Wiman has a decades-long history of service and advocacy within public education in his home state of Tennessee. He worked in Tennessee's public schools for 35 years, serving as a kindergarten t more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 (TNStalk) -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following statement on Sept. 8, 2022: * * * The Michigan Supreme Court ruled in favor of the over 750,000 signatures collected to support the "Reproductive Freedom for All" ballot initiative, which would enshrine reproductive freedom in the state constitution. This is the largest number of signatures ever gathered in the state to support a ballot initiative. The ballot measure will now appear on the November ballot for more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 8 (TNSgov) -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America posted the following news release on Sept. 7, 2022: Michigan Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher declared Michigan's 1931 criminal abortion ban unconstitutional and issued a permanent injunction barring enforcement of the ban by the Attorney General and county prosecutors. This historic ruling is a critical victory for abortion access in a post-Roe v. Wade world and means that abortion care remains protecte more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 10 -- The United Steelworkers issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2022: The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union has reached tentative agreement on a new, four-year contract on behalf of roughly 2,000 members of four local unions at Cleveland-Cliffs' mines in Minnesota and Michigan. USW District 11 Director Emil Ramirez, who chaired the negotiations, thanked union members for working throughout the pandemic and standing together in soli more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 8 -- The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations posted the following news release on Sept. 7, 2022: The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is announcing today that the UU the Vote initiative will focus on 12 states for the 2022 election cycle. UU the Vote is a nonpartisan civic engagement initiative focused on strengthening democracy and organizing for justice, accountability, and healing. The 12 states are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ken more PR