DETROIT, Michigan, May 16 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) commends Governor Gretchen Whitmer for signing a new executive order Thursday which extends protections for tenants and mobile homeowners from eviction through June 11th, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor's initial executive order was set to expire, May 15th, but the new executive order ensures tenants and mobile homeowners  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 15 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following statement on May 14 by Executive Director Dave Noble: The ACLU of Michigan applauds Governor Gretchen Whitmer for agreeing to settle the federal lawsuit Detroit students brought against the State of Michigan for its lack of support for literacy in the Detroit Public School Community District. The ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief in 2018 to support the students. In April, the Sixth Circuit issu  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 11 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) reiterates its call on Governor Whitmer, Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and the federal prison authorities to address the Covid 19 pandemic and its impact on prison staff and our prison and jail inmate population. AHRC previously called on state and federal authorities to consider releasing inmates who present no security threat. This group   more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 16 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) joins the rest of the human rights in the US and the international community in observing the 72nd anniversary of the Nakba/Palestinian catastrophe that falls annually on May 15. The Nakba is an ongoing process of dispossession that started before 1948. The Nakba anniversary commemorates the forced expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fro  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 13 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) joins communities across the United States in observing the National Police Week that began on Sunday, May 10 and ends on Saturday, May 16, 2020. The National Police Week is a time the country honors law enforcement officers nationwide and those officers who have died in the line of duty and support their families, and colleagues. AHRC sincerely apprec  more

ROYAL OAK, Michigan, May 13 -- Beaumont Health issued the following news release: With the COVID-19 pandemic and Gov. Whitmer's "Stay Home, Stay Safe" order, Beaumont Urgent Care is now offering virtual urgent care visits. This new service provides access to care and the ability to see a Beaumont provider from the comfort of home. A Beaumont virtual urgent care visit allows immediate access through a live video chat using a phone, tablet, or camera-enabled computer, seven days a week, 365 days  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 14 -- Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2020 Bookapalooza Program Collections to three libraries: Civic Center Secondary School of San Francisco, California; Big Rapids Community Library of Big Rapids, Michigan; and the Wood Dale Public Library District of Wood Dale, Illinois. The award includes a large colle  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 13 -- The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives issued the following statement by President and CEO Russell Branzell: The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is calling for the expansion of telehealth during the COVID-19 public health emergency to be made permanent in the U.S. This expansion has been facilitated through temporary flexibilities, waivers or allowances to federal rules by agencies such as the Centers for Medica  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 12 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: The COVID-19 crisis is having a dramatic impact on Michigan's local governments, and the fiscal implications -- including emergency spending, revenue losses, and budget cuts -- are already being felt. The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is partnering with public finance experts from universities, consulting firms, and  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 14 -- The Detroit Regional Chamber issued the following news release: The Detroit Regional Chamber announces new restart resources to its members and other businesses across the state, to help them prepare for a new era of operation amid the COVID-19 crisis. As "Stay at Home" restrictions are eased, the Chamber has entered the second phase of its three-phase approach - respond, restart, recover - to serving businesses amid COVID-19. "Since the start of this crisis, the C  more

ROYAL OAK, Michigan, May 12 -- Beaumont Health issued the following news release on May 11: Dr. Sanjeev Aggarwal is joining Beaumont Health as chief of Cardiovascular Surgery for the Beaumont Medical Group. He also will be the physician chief of the Heart and Vascular Clinical Care Program for Beaumont and will serve as the health system's inaugural clinical innovation officer. Dr. Aggarwal has been nationally recognized for his work in advanced heart failure including ventricular assist devic  more

NEW YORK, May 15 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown's grassroots network, responded to open carry demonstrations by extremists opposed to stay-at-home orders issued to protect public health during the COVID-19 crisis. Armed protesters in Michigan, Texas, and North Carolina in recent days have once again brought the dang  more

NEW YORK, May 14 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statements after reports of open threats to police and graphic threats of violence against Governor Gretchen Whitmer in advance of a Michigan Capitol rally scheduled for Thursday. Heavily armed demonstrators have stormed the Capitol two  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 12 -- The Michigan Education Association issued the following news: The Michigan Education Association announced 51 recipients of the 2020 MEA Scholarships, honoring exemplary public school students from across the state who plan to attend a Michigan public university next fall. Among the 401 applications submitted for scholarship awards this year, the MEA Scholarship Fund Trustees chose 29 new award recipients who will each receive $1,200. In addition, 22 repeat wi  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 13 -- The Michigan Education Association issued the following news: The Michigan Education Association announced 51 recipients of the 2020 MEA Scholarships, honoring exemplary public school students from across the state who plan to attend a Michigan public university next fall. Among the 401 applications submitted for scholarship awards this year, the MEA Scholarship Fund Trustees chose 29 new award recipients who will each receive $1,200. In addition, 22 repeat wi  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 13 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: In mid-April, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced an enormous $20 billion aid package to help Asian and Pacific developing countries address the negative economic and social impacts of COVID-19. ADB's point person in North America, Ford School alum Bart Edes (MPP '87), played an active role in coordinating and communicating with American, Canadian and international development agencies to  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 16 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Ford School professor Barry Rabe was quoted in an article in the Washington Examiner on May 14 about the risks of Vice President Joe Biden's campaign veering too far left in its climate policy. "At some point, there will be disappointment," said Barry Rabe, a political science professor at the University of Michigan. "There is no one position Biden can take that is completely unifying. It's goi  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 15 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Brazil's Supreme Court on April 28 ordered an investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro after popular Justice Minister Sergio Moro resigned and accused him of firing the country's Federal Police chief in an attempt to interfere with investigations. "Where will the allegations against Bolsonaro lead?" asked Latin America Advisor, a subscription-only journal for policy experts on May 11. Melvyn L  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 16 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: The current method for calculating Gross Domestic Product is missing "the immense value of the sacrifices being made by millions of people who have stayed at home to stop the spread of the coronavirus," Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers argues in an Economic View (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/business/social-distancing-gdp-coronavirus.html) column in The New York Times May 14   more

MIDLAND, Michigan, May 15 -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on May 14: The Mackinac Center for Public Policy submitted an amicus brief in support of the Michigan Legislature's lawsuit against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The brief argues that the governor's decision to extend a declared state of emergency without legislative approval violates the Michigan Constitution's requirement for separated powers and checks and balances. If no legislative check is requ  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, May 13 -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, in conjunction with Miller Johnson Law Firm, filed a lawsuit on behalf of three medical practices that are unable to provide necessary care and a patient who is unable to schedule an important surgery due to current executive orders. One plaintiff, Grand Health Partners, operates in the Grand Rapids area. It performs endoscopies and other elective surgerie  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 15 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on May 13: As efforts begin to re-engage Michigan's economy under Governor Gretchen Whitmer's MI Safe Start Plan, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced several new initiatives designed to help support the COVID-19 economic recovery efforts of small businesses and traditional downtowns throughout the state. These initiatives include the MI Local Biz Community Crowdfunding Pro  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 13 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) partnered with Michigan Women Forward in announcing the creation of the $1.5 million Michigan Entrepreneur Resilience Fund to help entrepreneurs and small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 recover from the outbreak, as well as assist them in meeting increased demands in support of COVID-19 response efforts. "As Michigan begins to   more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 13 -- The Michigan Education Association issued the following news on May 12: At their meeting, the State Board of Education approved a resolution calling on Michigan's state and national lawmakers to push for legislation preserving "educational services to Michigan school children that have been threatened as a result of this pandemic." Today's resolution - which MEA formally supported during today's meeting - comes as Congress begins to ramp up discussion about th  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 14 -- The Michigan Education Association issued the following news: The State Board of Education approved a resolution on Tuesday calling on Michigan's state and national lawmakers to push for legislation preserving "educational services to Michigan school children that have been threatened as a result of this pandemic." The resolution - which MEA formally supported during Tuesday's meeting - comes as Congress begins to ramp up discussion about the next phase of COV  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 15 -- The Michigan Municipal League issued the following news release: With city expenses up and revenues in free fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan city officials called on Michigan's members of Congress to support the pending HEROES Act, which would allocate $375 billion to cities around the nation. Mayors, council leaders and a city manager from Saginaw, Westland, Muskegon, Kalamazoo and Midland joined Michigan Municipal League CEO & Executive Dan Gilmartin  more

OKEMOS, Michigan, May 15 -- The Michigan Nurses Association issued the following news release on May 14: The Michigan Nurses Association has joined in support of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's ability to invoke emergency powers by filing an amicus brief in the lawsuit against her by legislative Republicans, saying the governor's actions provide protection for nurses and other healthcare professionals. The brief, filed in state of Michigan Claims Court today, contends that the Governor has authority u  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 13 -- NSF International issued the following news release: NSF-certified biosafety cabinets are vital primary containment devices at laboratories handling microbiological and biomedical materials, and their behind-the-scenes role has never been more critical. These cabinets allow lab staff to work safely and swiftly when testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention specifies the manipulation of COVID-19 clin  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 14 -- The Michigan Education Association issued the following news on May 13: The Michigan Education Association is sad to announce the death of former President Steven Cook, who passed away Tuesday after battling a non-COVID-19 illness. The longest-serving officer of any NEA state affiliate, Cook was the first education support professional to serve as president of the Michigan's largest school employee union, serving in that role from 2011-2017. Prior to that, Coo  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 16 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: The rate of unemployment was recently recorded as 14.7%. Ford School economist Betsey Stevenson, who was Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor 2010-2011, says the real rate is actually higher. In a tweet (https://twitter.com/BetseyStevenson/status/1258738968612368385) quoted in an article in Forbes May 10, and referred to in other media, she said the Bureau of Labor Statistics had clas  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 15 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy says Americans' consensus belief in the science behind anti-COVID-19 measures is at risk. In an article in Times Higher Education published May 14 entitled "Science 'risks coronavirus backlash' as it is drawn into politics," she says that while the US public still supported social distancing measures "by a large margin" - an implicit vote of trust in s  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 13 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release: The current COVID-19 experience is changing our collective mindset, and that will have a lasting impact on all industries, likely resulting in more collaborative frameworks and more flexibility. In manufacturing, collaborative trends such as crowdsourcing will change how we build, how we design, and how we cross-pollinate specialist ideas, blurring our functional boundaries. While catalyzed i  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 12 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release on May 11: Corporate finance chiefs are moving beyond the "initial shock" of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and dealing with issues they can control, PwC said in a report. "The initial shock of the virus and its effect on the business community is over," Tim Ryan, PwC chair and senior partner said on a conference call. Instead, he said, chief financial officers indicate "there is a real sh  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 12 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release: Dana Inc., the automotive supplier that outfits many of the world's leading automobile brands with drivetrain components and more, is building something very special in-house. Dana, which is based in Maumee, Ohio, and has 159 plants in 33 countries, is constructing the digital factory of the future that can serve as a model for other manufacturers. Its Toledo facility is its most advanced, b  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 16 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release on May 15: Manufacturing will contract for the rest of the year because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Institute for Supply Management said in a semi-annual economic forecast. Revenue for the year for manufacturing is expected to decline by an average of 10.3 percent, the Tempe, Ariz.-based group said. Employment is forecast to fall by an average of 5.3 percent while capital investm  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 12 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release on May 11: Machine tool orders posted a monthly gain in March while falling compared with a year earlier, AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology said. Orders weakened in the second half of March, the McLean, Va.-based group said in a monthly report. AMT said it expects orders for April and May will reflect stay-at-home orders and other steps taken to curb the spread of the novel c  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 13 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release on May 12: Factory safety is not a theoretical issue for Gabe Glynn, CEO of the wearable tech firm MakuSafe. "The reality is I wouldn't exist because of an industrial accident--had it not been for my great grandfather walking out of a factory in Cedar Rapids 101 years ago, just moments before it exploded," he said in reference to John Griffin. "He spent the next few weeks pulling the bodies of  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 14 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release on May 13: Innovation in smart manufacturing can come in a flash from a lightbulb moment, but those instances are few. More often than not, breakthroughs in technology, such as bioprinting, blockchain, cloud-based manufacturing and real-time production control, happen after years of careful study accompanied by painstaking, methodical work done sometimes in academic settings. That careful, plo  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 16 -- The School Finance Research Collaborative issued the following statement on May 14 by Project Director Robert McCann regarding today's revenue estimating conference: "Today's revenue estimating conference shines a light on the unprecedented economic and budgetary challenges our state faces due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Michigan's schools are already underfunded, as demonstrated in the School Finance Research Collaborative's research. "Additional fundin  more

ROYAL OAK, Michigan, May 15 -- Education Trust-Midwest issued the following statement on May 14 by Executive Director Amber Arellano: "We are pleased to see Gov. Whitmer's administration reach a settlement in the lawsuit filed by former Detroit students who were limited by the failures of the Detroit school system to deliver basic quality education. No child should have to go to court to get a quality education. Today's settlement ends the long-standing fight to ensure that every Michigan stu  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 13 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: President Donald Trump's reelection campaign would be taking a risk by focusing on what was once his hallmark issue: a booming economy. In a recent BBC Brasil article, Ford School professor Jonathan Hanson evaluated the changing political climate in the wake of the administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. "In the past 3 months, Trump's chances of reelection have diminished," said Ha  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 13 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news on May 12: Two faculty members at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy have been chosen from hundreds of nominees as part of the prestigious Carnegie Fellows program. Professors Susan Dynarski and H. Luke Shaefer are among only 27 awardees who will receive $200,000 in philanthropic support for high-caliber scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors issued the following news release on May 13: Yesterday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) hosted a media conference call urging Congress to provide direct assistance to cities of all sizes in its next coronavirus response package. The call featured mayors from Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, and Florida - all states that supported the president in the last election - underscoring that there is no geographic or political boundary to the nee  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 14 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news: UAW Local 2320 National Organization of Legal Services Workers (NOLSW) represents more than 4,500 members across the country. They are UAW's only national amalgamated local union. Its members provide free legal services to low income residents needing assistance with housing, domestic violence, safety net services, health care and more. Members from Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) unit jumped into action  more