CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4 (TNSawa) -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the Michigan Library Association (MLA) as the recipient of the 2023 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. The award will be presented at Unite Against Book Bans! A Rally for the Right to Read: Uniting for Libraries & Intellectual Freedom at the ALA Annual Confer more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, May 10 (TNSres) -- The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan issued the following news release: The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and its supporting organizations provided combined grantmaking of more than $17 million during the first quarter to support nonprofit organizations and local governments working to make a positive, permanent impact in our region. The Community Foundation's Board of Trustees approved $17,289,000 in grantmaking during its first q more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, May 11 (TNSgov) -- The Detroit Regional Chamber issued the following news release: Southeast Michigan County Executives Dave Coulter, Warren Evans, and Mark Hackel talked regional transit, bipartisanship, and more during the Detroit Regional Chamber's Meet Southeast Michigan's County Leaders breakfast on May 5 in Southfield. The moderated panel discussion with CBS's Carol Cain opened with the three leaders discussing their county's biggest achievements and issues, along with more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule last week that would finally limit mercury emissions from taconite iron ore processing plants, which for more than a century have poisoned Minnesota and Michigan waterways. This action is a result of advocacy by Native American Tribes, environmental groups, states, and Earthjustice clients. Taconite plants emit mercury, dioxins, and other pollutants more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSgov) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, has filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Mackinac Center for Public Policy v. U.S. Department of Education, Miguel Cardona, and Richard Cordray. The motion urges the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to stop the Department of Education's unlawful, ongoing pause on the obligation of st more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, May 10 (TNSgov) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Florida public employees have more control over their paychecks thanks to legislation signed today by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy's national Workers for Opportunity initiative has been a driving force behind key components of the paycheck protection legislation, which was passed by the Florida Legislature in April. DeSantis called paycheck pr more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, May 9 (TNSrpt) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: * * * Michigan lawmakers made it harder to fix the roads by reinstating the policy * * * A new study from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy shows that prevailing wage laws create unnecessary high costs for taxpayers on public construction projects. The study examines the impact of these laws across the country, including in Michigan, where the Legislature recently reinstituted t more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 12 (TNStalk) -- The Michigan Health and Hospital Association issued the following joint statement on May 11, 2023: * * * The following joint statement can be attributed to Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, and Kim Meeker, RN, BSN, MBA, president of the Michigan Organization for Nursing Leadership (MONL). A package of bills announced today in the Michigan Legislature has the potential to severely harm hospitals and access to important servi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 13 -- 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 May 12, 2023: On Friday, Progress Michigan released the latest edition of Lake Effect, a monthly research newsletter that tracks Michigan voters' opinions about a variety of issues and political figures. This month's issue gave voters an opportunity to weigh in on government transpare more PR