MIDLAND, Michigan, Oct. 11 (TNStalk) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following statement on Oct. 10, 2022: * * * The Michigan Court of Claims dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan and the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation. The suit challenged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's unilateral announcement mandating union wages on state construction projects and the subsequent implementation by the Department of Transportation, Management and Budg more PR

ADRIAN, Michigan, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following news: Sister Elise D. Garcia, OP, now Prioress of the Adrian Dominican Congregation, reflects in an article in The National Catholic Reporter's Global Sisters Report on her three years of service in the presidency of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). The LCWR is an association of about 1,350 elected leaders representing about 80% of the women religious in the United States. As General Council more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct. 14 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: AHRC and ICD Hold Community Forum on Human Trafficking: Recently, the American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) and the Islamic Center of Detroit (ICD) held a community forum and open discussion addressing the challenge of human trafficking. The forum hosted representatives from the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)/Detroit of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Over sixty invited gue more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 13 (TNSjou) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news release: * * * A growing network of 24 biobanks around the world is enabling better powered studies of disease in more diverse populations. * * * In 2019, scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, together with colleagues at the University of Michigan and researchers around the world, founded the Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative (GBMI) to connect international biobanks in order to e more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 13 (TNSper) -- The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives issued the following news release: October 12, 2022 The College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) proudly introduces three (3) new CIO members and one (1) new Foundation member representative that will join the CHIME Board of Trustees in January 2023. Collectively, the board members include leading digital health and business experts who will provide strategic oversight and pav more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 12 -- The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan issued the following news release: * * * The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan approved more than $14.5 million of grants in support of nonprofit organizations working to make a positive, permanent impact in our region and announced the creation of the Allan D. Gilmour Award for Community Leadership during its third-quarter Board of Trustees meeting. * * * The award will recognize a member of the Board of more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Oct. 11 (TNSgov) -- The Detroit Regional Chamber issued the following news release: * * * On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the Detroit Regional Chamber's Vice President of Education and Talent Greg Handel joined Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on stage as she signed the bipartisan Michigan Achievement Scholarship Bill. View a full press release below about this significant legislation. Michigan Achievement Scholarships lower cost of higher education for vast majority of high school graduates, more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 15 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2022: Today, the Michigan Climate Action Network (MiCAN) and the Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) filed formal comments on the proper scope of the environmental review the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting for Enbridge's proposed Line 5 Tunnel Project. MiCAN and ELPC's comment asserts that the Corps needs to consider alternatives that do not cross the Straits of M more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Oct. 13 (TNSgov) -- The First Liberty Institute issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2022: First Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit against University of Michigan Health - West on behalf of Valerie Kloosterman, a physician assistant terminated after she sought a religious accommodation from referring patients for sex-obscuring procedures and experimental drugs, and from using biology-obscuring pronouns. "Because Valerie wouldn't violate her conscience, M more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 12 (TNStalk) -- The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following statement on Oct. 11, 2022: * * * The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following statement on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature today of Senate Bill 842 to establish the Michigan Achievement Scholarship. The statement can be attributed to League External Affairs Director Alex Rossman, who attended today's bill signing as part of an event on Lawrence Technological University's campus t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (TNSper) -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: With several members of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee moving to new positions over the past several weeks, Lisa Peterson of the Pac-12 Conference will move into the committee chair position for the 2022-23 season, while Jill Shields of Kansas State will serve as vice chair. In addition, Amy Folan of Central Michigan and Josh Heird of Louisville have been added to fill two o more PR

ADRIAN, Michigan, Oct. 11 (TNSper) -- Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following news: The new Prioress and General Council of the Adrian Dominican Sisters formally took office October 8, 2022, during a special liturgy, the Celebration of Leadership. The Congregation's new leadership team is composed of Sister Elise D. Garcia, OP, Prioress of the Congregation; Sister Lorraine Reaume, OP, Vicaress and General Councilor; and Sisters Janice Brown, OP, Corinne Sanders, OP, and Bibiana "Bless" Co more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14 (TNSgov) -- NextGen America issued the following news release: With less than a month to Election Day, early voting is now underway in different states across the country. In some states, residents can now vote with an absentee ballot submitted by mail or in-person at their local election clerk's office. In the next few weeks of voting, NextGen America is running extensive outreach efforts in Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, and New Hamp more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 12 (TNSrpt) -- 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 Thursday, Progress Michigan released the latest edition of Lake Effect, a monthly research newsletter that tracks public opinion about a variety of public figures and political issues. This month's poll digs into voters' attitudes about public education, reproductive freedo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSgov) -- The National Restaurant Association posted the following news release: The Restaurant Law Center(Opens in a new window) (RLC) joined the Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association(Opens in a new window) (MRLA) in filing a brief with the Court of Appeals for the State of Michigan to ensure the tip credit remains. The appeal concerns the Court of Claims' decision that the 2018 voter-initiated statute, the "Improved Workforce Opportunity Act," which both increased the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (TNStalk) -- Job Creators Network issued the following statement on Oct. 14, 2022: * * * The Commerce Department announced that retail sales were flat in September, staying virtually unchanged at $684 billion. Additionally, the University of Michigan released their preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index for October showing sentiment at 59.8 index points, only 9.8 points above the all-time low reached in June. * * * Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, r more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 15 (TNSawa) -- The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2022: At the October 13, 2022 meeting of its General Assembly in Troy, SEMCOG, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, presented its Regional Ambassador Award to Robert Clark and Maureen Donohue Krauss for their contributions to the success of Southeast Michigan. "Bob is a vocal advocate for regional approaches to our toughest challenges," noted SEMCOG Chair more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (TNSper) -- The Sustainable Forestry Initiative issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2022: The Sustainable Forestry Initiative(R) (SFI) announced Lauren T. Cooper as its new Chief Conservation Officer today. Cooper is well respected among the forest sector, academic communities, and the SFI(R) network. She has exceptional knowledge and experience in climate smart forestry and applied science and is well-respected internationally for her work in assessing forest-bas more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 14 (TNSgov) -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news on Oct. 13, 2022: UAW commends the U.S. Department of Labor for its swift investigation and fining of SL Alabama LLC, a supplier of parts to Hyundai and Kia. The DOL found that the company illegally employed children as young as thirteen and was fined $30,076 to address their child labor violations. The Alabama Department of Labor also fined SL Alabama and JK USA, a temporary employment agency, $17,80 more PR