DETROIT, Michigan, April 6 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release: In honor of National Library Week and Right to Read Day, the ACLU of Michigan launches an innovative map that tracks book bans and other forms of government censorship throughout the state. Hostile Territory: Mapping Michigan's Anti-LGBTQ+ Movement & other Government Acts of Censorship is a response to the proliferation of book bans - the vast majority targeting LGBTQ+ characters an  more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 4 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release on April 3, 2024 : Today, the ACLU of Michigan sent a letter to the University of Michigan expressing concern over its proposed 'Disruptive Activity Policy,' urging the University to either abandon the proposed policy or substantially re-write it. The letter, which is addressed to university President Santa J. Ono and Vice President and General Counsel Timothy Lynch, describes the prop  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 4 -- The Alliance for the Great Lakes issued the following news release: Nutrient pollution is a severe threat to water quality across the Great Lakes region and is particularly important in the Western Basin of Lake Erie. Understanding, tracking, and predicting where this pollution comes from is difficult due to weather and cropping complexities and a lack of data. This makes it difficult to properly target where conservation funding should be spent. Through a new $4.  more

FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan, April 6 -- The American Concrete Institute issued the following news release: The concrete community has once again reunited at the world's gathering place for advancing concrete - the ACI Concrete Convention. Over 2,500 professionals and students from across the globe gathered at the ACI Concrete Convention in New Orleans, LA, USA. ACI Conventions attract researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders to advance the design, construction, maintenance, and repair of  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 5 -- NSF, a testing and certification organization in the water industry, issued the following news: NSF, the leading global public health and safety organization, is now offering California's Proposition 12 (Prop 12) certification for American meat and egg distributors distributing products in the state of California. Prop 12 is an animal welfare law from California that sets higher standards for confining certain farm animals. The law was enacted on January 1, 2024  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 enabled Medicare to negotiate prices for prescription drugs for the first time in the program's history. In August 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the first 10 Medicare Part D drugs selected for negotiation. A new column from the Center for American Progress estimates how many Medicare Part D beneficiaries might benefit from drug price neg  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 4 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: Ducks Unlimited (DU) announced the winners of the 2024 Wetland Conservation Achievement Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions to the conservation and restoration of North America's wetlands and waterfowl. The awards, spanning nine categories, were presented at the 89th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "Each year, Ducks Unlimited proudly acknowledges the s  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) launched the latest wave in its digital campaign in support of the Biden administration's pause on permitting for LNG export facilities. This campaign is a continuation of the $2 million campaign LCV announced in January in response to the Biden-Harris administration's initial announcement. The digital campaign includes creator content and   more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, April 6 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Late yesterday, the League of Women Voters of Michigan filed a motion to intervene in Republican National Committee v. Benson, a lawsuit seeking to compel more aggressive purges of Michigan's voter rolls based on unsubstantiated and flawed data. The League, represented by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, argues that plaintif  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, April 6 -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: Five families across Michigan are asking the United States Supreme Court to hear a case challenging Michigan's discriminatory Blaine amendment. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy and Bursch Law, which are representing the five families and a parent advocacy group, filed a writ of certiorari yesterday. These families saved funds through the Michigan Education Savings Program, a tax-exempt 5  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, April 4 -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Michigan would become significantly less transparent if a court's interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act is upheld, according to an appeal brief (https://www.mackinac.org/archives/2024/Rochester_MSC_Appeal.pdf?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Y8fpEXjTKVF4mjs1Q4EMrLZlFDrl2R3ejx8PFL1D9xPCv1ivuaPdC0ZeS_WPaEYoEq01joEBclswOpx_H8c9Y9HHElQ&_hsmi=301114035&utm_content=301114  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- The Michigan Municipal League issued the following news release: After years of strategic planning and fundraising, the Miracle League of Greater Flint will be completing their Miracle League Ballfield through the anticipated success of a new crowdfunding campaign. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the Miracle League of Greater Flint announced the campaign today, which is being offered through the Michigan-based crowdfunding platform Patronic  more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 4 (TNSres) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: PETA is urging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to stop bankrolling the worst of the worst experiments on animals--known as "Column E" tests--which cause ongoing pain without any relief and that include experiments conducted at the University of Michigan (U-M) and Wayne State University. In a letter sent today, PETA points to a test conducted at U-M in w  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 3 -- 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 April 2, 2024: Last week, a 25-year-old woman named Ruby Garcia was murdered in Grand Rapids, allegedly shot by her intimate partner, who is an undocumented immigrant. Despite research time and again showing that undocumented immigrants actually commit fewer crimes than U.S. citizens  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 3 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Research Corporation for Science Advancement has named three exemplary Cottrell Scholars as recipients of its 2024 STAR and IMPACT Awards. CS 1997 Mark Moldwin, Physics, University of Michigan, has won the STAR award, and CS 2009 Maura McLaughlin, Physics, West Virginia University, and CS 2009 Rory Waterman, Chemistry, University of Vermont, have won IMPACT awards. "Excellence in teaching, resea  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following news release: Sunrise Movement has continued its support for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza by calling youth voters in the lead up to the April 2nd primary in Wisconsin. This follows mobilization by Sunrise volunteers in Michigan and other states with uncommitted on the ballot. This effort for voters to vote uninstructed in Wisconsin is the latest effort by progressives to show the Biden administration that its current leadership   more