DEARBORN, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) condemns the irresponsible labeling of Dearborn as "America's Jihad Capital" in a column by Steven Stalinsky in The Wall Street Journal entitled "Welcome to Dearborn. America's Jihad Capital." We are deeply disappointed that an esteemed publication like the Journal, known for its exceptional reporting, would allow such an incendiary article to be publi more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) condemns the irresponsible labeling of Dearborn as "America's Jihad Capital" in a column by Steven Stalinsky in The Wall Street Journal entitled "Welcome to Dearborn. America's Jihad Capital." We are deeply disappointed that an esteemed publication like the Journal, known for its exceptional reporting, would allow such an incendiary art more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, Jan. 30 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) is deeply disturbed by the news that several donor nations have suspended their funding of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East). We condemn this irresponsible and callous action and call for an immediate restoration for the direly needed funding. It is unconscionable that UNRWA donors would suspend fun more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024, by President Kris Brown: * * * A Michigan jury has found Jennifer Crumbley guilty on all four counts of involuntary manslaughter for enabling her son's school shooting attack on Oxford High School. The mass shooting killed four students and injured seven others. Kris Brown, president of Brady, said: "A jury has found Jennifer Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughter. This rulin more PR

CANTON, Michigan, Feb. 5 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2024: The Michigan chapter of Council on America Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a local chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed stepped-up police patrols at house of worship and "major infrastructure points" in Dearborn, Michigan, after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an inflammatory anti-Muslim commentary targeting that c more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release: Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed two separate complaints with the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics (Senate Ethics Committee) focused on eight U.S. Senate candidates in Michigan. The complaints call on the Committee to investigate these candidates for failing to adequately disclose legally required information about their personal finances. One complaint concerns Senate candidate Hill Harper for his blata more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release: Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed two separate complaints with the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics (Senate Ethics Committee) focused on eight U.S. Senate candidates in Michigan. The complaints call on the Committee to investigate these candidates for failing to adequately disclose legally required information about their personal finances. One complaint concerns Senate candidate Hill Harper for his blatan more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: * * * Today, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer introduced her proposed budget, which increases funding for programs addressing tobacco use in the state. * * * The following is a statement from Molly Medenblik, government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Michigan: "Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- Caring Across Generations issued the following news release: Caring Across Generations acknowledges Governor Gretchen Whitmer's $80.7 billion budget proposal for 2025 as a positive advancement for Michigan's care infrastructure, while emphasizing the need for these proposals to manifest as tangible support for family caregivers, older adults, disabled people, and care workers. Jaimie K. Worker, Director of Public Policy at Caring Across Generations, praised the bud more PR

FLINT, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation issued the following news release: The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation granted $500,000 to Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Counties to support the creation of a village of smaller homes that will serve as transitional housing for local veterans. Sacred Heart Village, slated for construction at 719 E. Moore St. in Flint, will consist of 24 to 26 homes ranging from 280 to roughly 500 square feet each. All will be complia more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Environmental and housing advocates, Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) staff, the Attorney General's office, and Consumers Energy reached a new agreement that will expand energy efficiency - referred to as energy waste reduction (EWR) - programs and investments following approval by MPSC Commissioners today. The programs build on the previous energy efficiency agreement between advocates and Co more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: Increasing government transparency, curbing corporate welfare programs and removing unnecessary regulatory hurdles are a just few of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy's 2024 policy priorities. The Center's annual list of policy recommendations provides Michigan lawmakers with a guide of actionable policy reforms. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have already indicated a desire for refo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: * * * The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following statement today on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Fiscal Year 2024-25 State Budget presentation. The statement can be attributed to League President and CEO Monique Stanton. "For more than 11 decades and counting, the Michigan League for Public Policy has advocated for state investments that result in meaningful, transfor more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has issued special legal notices to public and private sector workers in Michigan, which explains what rights workers still have to resist union boss demands as the repeal of the state's Right to Work law takes effect. In March 2023, the Michigan Legislature voted against the will of over 70% of Michiganders and repealed the st more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 7 -- NextGen America issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * In response to the mother of a 2021 Michigan school shooter being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, NextGen America Vice President of Communications Antonio Arellano released the following statement: "The horrific deadly shooting at Oxford High School in 2021 was preventable, and today's verdict sets important precedent moving forward that we hope leads to greater accountability  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- 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 Feb. 8, 2024: On Thursday, Progress Michigan called for the resignation of Michigan State Representative Josh Schriver after he recently retweeted a meme pushing the white supremacist "Great Replacement Theory," which has been used repeatedly by white nationalists to justify murderous more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- 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 Feb. 8, 2024: On Thursday, Progress Michigan called for the resignation of Michigan State Representative Josh Schriver after he recently retweeted a meme pushing the white supremacist "Great Replacement Theory," which has been used repeatedly by white nationalists to justify murderous more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 8 -- 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 Wednesday, the Michigan State Senate will hold a hearing on legislation to reform Michigan's FOIA laws to include the executive offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, along with the Michigan Legislature. As an organization that has advocated for FOIA reform and increased tr more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Environmental and housing advocates, Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) staff, the Attorney General's office, and Consumers Energy reached a new agreement that will expand energy efficiency - referred to as energy waste reduction (EWR) - programs and investments following approval by MPSC Commissioners today. The programs build on the previous energy efficiency agreement between advocates and Consumers Energy more PR

FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The American Concrete Institute Foundation issued the following news: The ACI Foundation is administering a request for proposal on behalf of ACI's Innovation Task Group 93-12 - Code Requirements for Construction of Additively Constructed Walls (ITG-12). ACI has formed Innovation Task Group 93-12 ITG-12 (ITG-12) to develop code requirements, design, and prescriptive provisions for additively constructed above-grade concrete walls for residential st more PR