DETROIT, Michigan, March 29 (TNSres) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: A Michigan law that requires a young person to obtain parental consent to have an abortion threatens the health and safety of youth in the state and violates their human rights, according to a new report released today by Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, and the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health (MOA  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today wrote a letter to the University of Michigan President, Santa J. Ono, Ph.D., condemning two recent antisemitic incidents on University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus. ADL is calling for immediate action to address violations of the student code of conduct and ensure that future University events can proceed without disruption. In the first incident on Fr  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 23 -- The Animals and Society Institute issued the following statement on March 22, 2024: * * * We are excited to invite you to our upcoming Colloquium Series event on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 9am PT/12pm ET. Our speaker for this event is Rimona Afana who will present, Challenging Captivity: Legal and Civic Strategies for Liberating Confined Nonhumans. This event is online and free to attend. In this talk, Rimona Afana will discuss how typical and atypical forms o  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: As legislation on voting rights awaits action in Congress, a growing number of states are passing their own laws to prevent voter intimidation and election interference, making it easier for Americans to exercise their right to vote. A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress highlights voting rights laws recently approved in half a dozen states: California, Connecticut, New York, Oregon, Vi  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, March 26 -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The Michigan Court of Appeals' decision in the income tax case is based on a speculative economic hypothesis and makes significant errors, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy argues in an appeal submitted to the Michigan Supreme Court today. The Mackinac Center contends that the decision runs counter to decades of economic data that the 2015 Legislature was aware of when i  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, March 29 (TNSres) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: The federal government announced today that it will give a $1.5 billion loan to Holtec International to restart the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station. At the time of its closure, the nuclear plant provided 6.5% of the state's electricity and 15% of the state's clean energy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has long been a vocal proponent of the benefits of n  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 29 -- 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 March 28, 2024: On Wednesday, Representative Matt Maddock posted a tweet asserting that several buses at the Detroit airport were transporting undocumented immigrants. The buses actually appear to have been for Gonzaga's men's basketball team, which landed in Detroit for March Madne  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 28 -- 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 27, 2024: * * * A new report released by States United Democracy Center has classified 32 Republican lawmakers, 44 percent of the Republican caucus in the Michigan Legislature, as election deniers. In response, Sam Inglot, executive director of Progress Michigan, issued the foll  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: The Department of the Interior announced yesterday $58.3 million in grants to communities through the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program. ORLP was started in 2014 to help economically disadvantaged communities with little to no access to public outdoor recreation spaces by funding the creation or improvement of outdoor recreation amenities. It has funded dozens  more