Use the hyphen, following this guidance in the suffixes entry:

-maker, -making No hyphen in commonly used words such as automaker, automaking; dealmaker, dealmaking; drugmaker (but drug-making); filmmaker, filmmaking; moneymaker, moneymaking; policymaker, policymaking; speechmaker, speechmaking. An exception: decision-maker, decision-making. Also: coffee maker. Avoid contrived combinations such as difference-maker and magic-maker. But if using less common terms such as those, include the hyphen. No hyphen with proper nouns, such as iPhone maker.

We don't use abbreviations and acronyms in parentheses. Our guidance is that if the shorthand isn't easily recognizable without the parenthetical, then don't use it. But, you may wish to adapt that guidance for your own audience. We'd use lowercase for the full term, and explain it if at least some of your readers wouldn't be familiar with it. Then ESG in capital letters.

We don't capitalize it. But you might choose to.

We would style it as you have it: Oakland County sheriff's deputy forced out after buying drugs, then Holly police hired him.

Here's the entry (italics are just to show the examples; we don't use italics for publication):

Titles of special events, such as art exhibits and touring displays, are enclosed in quotes with primary words capitalized: “Mummies: New Secrets From the Tombs” at Chicago’s Field Museum. Names of annually recurring events are capitalized without quotes: North American International Auto Show in Detroit; Calgary Stampede. See designated days, weeks, months. For athletic events, refer to sports sponsorship in the Sports section.

Partly legibility; partly to conform with Merriam-Webster, which will be our new primary dictionary. 

Formally it's Shou Zi Chew, but he identifies himself as Shou Chew on his X account, and TikTok's PR releases list him as Shou Chew. We will go with Shou Chew, since that is what he uses. Thanks for asking.

We would. It's more precise and removes any possible interpretation that he said it in an interview. 

Also, we wouldn't use the long title before the name. Instead: 

“We are thrilled to open our first location with Brame Brands,” Jake Berchtold, president and COO of FAT Brands' Fast Casual Division, said in a press release.

For that matter, we would paraphrase rather than use the direct quote, which is not a compelling quote. But that's a different issue.

It's a five-day series of events. Days aren't considered a measurement unless you're talking about ages.

We make that clarification in the revised introduction to the numerals entry. The guidance itself hasn't changed, but we tried to explain it more clearly.

In general, spell out one through nine: He had nine months to go. She has eight bicycles. The Yankees finished second.

However, use figures for 1 through 9 (and above):

For time measurements (seconds, minutes, days, months, years, etc.), spell out one through nine unless it’s an age. A six-year plan, but a 6-year-old plan. A five-month checkup but a 5-day-old baby.

Use figures in almost all uses for 10 or above. Exceptions: At the start of a sentence; in casual uses such as one in a million; in literary or special uses such as four score and twenty years ago.

Generally spell out zero: The day’s low was 10 below zero; from zero to 60 as a figure of speech. Spell out zero percent: She said he has a zero percent chance of winning; they are offering zero percent financing. In technical contexts or ranges, the figure 0 may be appropriate: the car’s acceleration from 0 to 60 mph; financing from 0% to 3%.

Some specifics:

(And the entry continues from there.)

That's a little beyond our scope. But it's probably clearer to use the capital letters and quotation marks.

I can see how this would turn into a work argument; I'm sure it would turn into a Stylebook team argument as well, if I were to raise it with the rest of the team. But I'm going to go it alone on this one.

Yes, we spell out numbers under 10 in general. But there are lots of exceptions.

We also  generally spell out ordinals (such as fourth) but there are exceptions to that, as well. Dates aren't listed as an exception because we typically don't write May 4th (instead, just May 4.) See below for that section of the numerals entry.

I think I'd go with May the 4th be with you. That's in keeping with our general guidance on dates. It's also how the Star Wars folks style it themselves. 


Ordinals

Numbers used to indicate order (first, second, 10th, 25th, etc.) are called ordinal numbers. Generally spell out first through ninth: fourth grade, first base, the First Amendment, he was first in line. Use figures starting with 10th. Use figures for ages: 4th birthday. Also: 3rd Congressional District; 2nd Precinct.

It's not an exception. It takes awhile for AP staff to learn the updates.

It's fine without the hyphens in that use. Capitalize only if it's the formal name of the award(s).

Oh, I can post this publicly, with our thanks! We will get that fixed momentarily.

Thank you!

It's a team-building effort. They hope to do better at team building.

I see no need for the commas. In fact, they're pretty distracting.

No hyphen in that use.