CANTON, Michigan, March 3 (TNSgov) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today voiced its serious concern over yesterday's vote by Michigan State Senate to expand the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) without the inclusion of language that would adequately protect the rights of religious o more PR

CANTON, Michigan, March 3 (TNSpp) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the recent arrest of a man who allegedly plotted to kill Jewish government officials in Michigan. Michigan State Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is the state's first Jewish attorney general, confirmed that more PR

CANTON, Michigan, March 3 (TNSpp) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed ethnic intimidation and assault and battery charges filed against a former Burton Police Detective for using racial slurs while assaulting an African American motorist. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton recently charge more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 28 -- The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: Every student deserves a quality education and to feel safe within school. But - following the recent mass shooting at Michigan State University and more than a year after the Oxford High School shooting -- students continue to endure violence, threats of violence and stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic. That's why the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan t more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The County Road Association of Michigan issued the following news release: * * * Member survey shows funding insufficient to meet progress goals * * * The County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan released its 2022 survey of miles improved on the county road system. It showed what motorists already recognize: That county road agencies are unable to keep up with the deteriorating road network due to insufficient funding. Michigan has the nation's fourth more PR

ADRIAN, Michigan, March 4 (TNSgov) -- Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following news and letter on March 3, 2023: The elected leaders of five congregations of Catholic Sisters in Michigan wrote the following letter of support to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and State Representative Samantha Steckloff in response to a recent antisemitic threat to the two political leaders. * * * Dear Attorney General Nessel and Representative Steckloff, We are alarmed and deeply concerned by publ more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 (TNSgov) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) -- the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization -- commends the Michigan Senate for passing an amendment to the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) that explicitly includes protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill passed with a bipartisan vote of 23 in favor, and n more PR

ROCHESTER, Michigan, March 3 (TNSjou) -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: Patients with a history of cannabis use who undergo total joint arthroplasty (a/k/a TJA, a surgical procedure in which a joint is replaced using medical hardware) have shorter hospital stays as compared to non-users and are no more likely to suffer from post-operative complications, according to data published in the journal Arthroplasty. A tea more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNSrpt) -- The National Potato Council issued the following news release: * * * 'Spud Nation' report reveals potato supply chain drove $100.9 billion in U.S. economic activity, supported more than 714,000 jobs, and contributed $34 billion in wages * * * The National Potato Council (NPC) today announced the release of Measuring the Economic Significance of the U.S. Potato Industry, a comprehensive analysis on the domestic economic impact of potatoes. The analysis, autho more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNSres) -- The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an organization that works to uphold fair housing, fair lending and consumer protection laws, issued the following news release: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $3 million research grant to researchers at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the University of Richmond to create and harmonize important more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, March 4 (TNSpconf) -- The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists posted the following news release: A first-of-its-kind event at the 2022 Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition brought together pharmacy school deans and pharmacy leaders from health systems to identify mutual challenges and discuss collaborative approaches to overcoming them. "That was the most energizing of all of the meetings I attended at the Midyear," said Lindsey R. Kelley, associate chief of pha more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 (TNSgov) -- Priorities USA, a progressive political action committee, issued the following news release on March 3, 2023: Priorities USA announced today a new digital ad campaign targeting voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona to highlight local infrastructure investments in their area that were made possible by the Biden administration. The campaign will run on mobile, social and digital radio platforms over the next year and utilize GPS  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, March 2 (TNStalk) -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, issued the following statement on March 1, 2023: * * * On Wednesday, the Michigan Senate approved a bill to add gender identity and sexual orientation as protected categories under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA). The following response can be attributed to Sam Inglot, deputy director of Progress  more PR