WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSgov) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined 51 human rights organizations in calling for the release Salah Soltan, an Egyptian-American Islamic scholar imprisoned since 2017, and encouraged the State Department to take action to ensure his freedom. Soltan, a former professor of Islamic Law at Cairo Uni more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSgov) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: The Michigan chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations- Michigan (CAIR-MI), a chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned antisemitic neo-Nazi vandalism targeting Michigan's Jewish community in Oakland County. Police are investigating reports of hate crimes after a synagogue and a Jewish family's baby stroller w more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 4 (TNStalk) -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following statement on May 3, 2023, by Government Relations Director Molly Medenblik: * * * "The House and Senate appropriations committees passed separate versions of the budget, which included additional funding for tobacco control. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) applauds the House for increasing funding to $4.3 million annually for tobacco prevention and cessation  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 4 (TNSgov) -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: Environmental leaders issued the following statements in response to the announcement that Representatives Angela Witwer (D-76), Pat Outman (R-91), and Tyrone Carter (D-1) are moving forward on bad aggregate mining legislation opposed by green groups in Lansing before acting on clean energy priorities, polluter pay legislation, and Great Lakes protections: "Millions of voters backed candid more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 3 (TNSres) -- The Michigan Health and Hospital Association issued the following news release: The Partnership for Michigan's Health reports healthcare directly employed nearly 568,000 Michigan residents in 2021, demonstrating that healthcare remains the largest private-sector employer in the state despite continued staffing losses attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 release of The Economic Impact of Healthcare in Michigan shows direct healthcare workers in Michi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSgov) -- The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: President Biden nominated Judge Loren L. AliKhan to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and Susan K. DeClercq to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. If confirmed, Judge AliKhan would be the first South Asian woman to serve on U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the only active AAPI woman  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSrpt) -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: By NORML Tax revenues derived from licensed retail sales of state-legal, adult-use cannabis products totaled approximately $3.8 billion last year - according to an analysis provided by the Marijuana Policy Project. MPP's figures do not include revenues derived from the sales of medical cannabis products and/or the collection of state-imposed regulatory fees. Adult-use s more PR

MILFORD, Michigan, May 4 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: Michigan Kroger employee Roger Cornett recently filed a federal unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 876. Cornett is receiving free legal aid from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys. On April 26, Kroger employee Roger Cornett charged UFCW union officials with more PR