DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 2 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release on July 31, 2023: The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) applauds today's decision by the Michigan Supreme Court to protect the rights of people who sustained catastrophic injuries in car crashes before state insurance laws were changed in 2019. At issue in the case, Andary v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company, was whether the changes in Michigan's no-fault auto insurance  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 3 -- Altarum, a non-profit organization that works with federal and state health agencies and foundations to improve health outcomes of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, issued the following news on Aug. 2, 2023: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has selected Altarum to provide training and technical assistance support to states, territories, tribal organizations, and community partners across the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 4 (TNSres) -- Altarum, a non-profit organization that works with federal and state health agencies and foundations to improve health outcomes of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, issued the following news: * * * Ranked 39th in overall health outcomes, Michigan has persistent disparities in health by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geography. * * * Altarum and the Citizens Research Council of Michigan today released Health Challenges and Opportunities,   more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Aug. 3 -- The Brain Injury Association of America issued the following news on Aug. 2, 2023: In a major win for the brain injury community, the Michigan Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling on July 31, stating that individuals who were injured in car accidents and began receiving care prior to the 2019 no-fault auto insurance change need to have their benefits restored. The 5-2 opinion in Andary v. USAA et al, which will impact approximately 18,000 Michiganders receivin  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, Aug. 3 -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2023: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit heard oral arguments today in the case Hile v. State of Michigan. The case challenges the state's discriminatory Blaine amendment, which prevents taxpayer dollars from being used on private schools, for almost any purpose. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy and Bursch Law are representing five families across Michigan who have sa  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 2 -- The Michigan Health and Hospital Association issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * The following statement can be attributed to Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association following the Michigan Supreme Court decision on Andary v. USAA. The MHA, on behalf of our member hospitals and health systems, are pleased with the Michigan Supreme Court decision that will provide greater access to care for auto accident survivors. It will m  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 4 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: A Michigan school district has deleted Christian prayer from its senior award ceremony after the Freedom From Religion Foundation conveyed the objection of parents to officials. A concerned Vicksburg Community Schools parent had informed the state/church watchdog that the May 2023 Vicksburg High School senior awards banquet, held at the high school, included two Christian praye  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 4 -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued the following news release: With Wayne State University's new president fresh on the job just this week, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and members of the community mobilized for an on-campus demonstration. Seeking an end to the institution's use of live dogs in painful, deadly heart failure and hypertension experiments conducted since 1991, demonstrators held an 8-foot-long banner featuring a s  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 1 -- The Society of Broadcast Engineers issued the following news: The annual Society of Broadcast Engineers National Meeting will be held in Columbus on Sept. 27-28, 2023, in conjunction with the Midwest Broadcast & Multimedia Technology Conference, presented by The Ohio Association of Broadcasters in cooperation with the broadcast associations of Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan. SBE members from the region and across the country are invited to attend. The SBE nation  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 3 -- The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments issued the following news release: The TIP is a list of specific projects which implement the policies of the region's Regional Transportation Plan and are recommended by cities, villages, county road agencies, transit providers, and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) over a four-year period. General Program Accounts (GPAs) are groupings of like projects within the TIP. Each GPA has a federally-approved ba  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: The Vera Institute of Justice has announced the successful completion of its partnerships with prosecutors' offices in six jurisdictions: Boulder County, Colorado; Contra Costa County, California; DeKalb County, Georgia; Ingham County, Michigan; Ramsey County, Minnesota; and Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The three guiding goals of these partnerships were to reduce mass incarceration, address r  more