DETROIT, Michigan, May 17 -- The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation today announced $800,000 in grants to 36 organizations through the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds, which focus on regional caregiving, design and access, and youth sports, as well as the Grosse Pointe community. Since the funds were established in 2016, more than 420 grants totaling   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (D-IL-06) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-07), along with original co-sponsor U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-IL-12) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to incentivize farmers to plant cover crops in order to boost environmental conservation. The Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience Program (COVER) Act would provi  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (IL-06), Elissa Slotkin (MI-07), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience Program (COVER) Act with original co-sponsor Representative Mike Bost (IL-12). This bill will provide a $5/acre crop insurance discount to farmers who plant cover crops to incentivize this important soil health pra  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, May 19 (TNSper) -- Methodist University issued the following news release: Methodist University President Stanley T. Wearden announced Thursday that Dr. Hershey Bell has been hired as the founding dean of the MU College of Medicine as the University reaches another milestone on its way to opening the Methodist University School of Medicine at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center (SOM) in the next few years. Bell's hiring comes on the heels of a groundbreaking partnersh  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSawa) -- The National Consumers League issued the following news release: The National Consumers League (NCL) announced the winners of its twelfth annual Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge, an eight-week intercollegiate competition among health profession student teams and faculty to combat poor medication adherence in the United States, where nearly three out of four patients do not take their medication as directed. The Challenge, hosted by NCL, retu  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: Today the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is considering designating a new national marine sanctuary in Lake Erie, adjacent to Pennsylvania, and the public is invited to participate in the first step of the process. A sanctuary designation would rec  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 18 (TNSper) -- Shedd Aquarium issued the following news release: International marine conservation nonprofit Mission Blue has named the Great Lakes the first and only freshwater Hope Spot - special places across the globe, championed by local organizations and conservationists, that are scientifically recognized as critical to the health of the ocean. The Great Lakes joins a suite of 151 Hope Spots recognized and established by Mission Blue over the last 12 years, all of   more