It’s seem like it’s every other day a corporation shows up in Lansing with its hand out asking for tax dollars to conduct business. From FoxConn to Dan Gilbert to Amazon, there is no shortage of wealthy folks asking hard working Michiganders to give them money. The Michigan Strategic Fund is the entity that decides…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 20, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org LANSING — Progress Michigan has released videos showing Brian Calley and Bill Schuette refusing to take a stance on the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families at the border. Their silence comes a day after Progress Michigan called on…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 19, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Calls on Governor Snyder to Withhold Michigan National Guard from Border Lt. Governor Calley and Attorney General Schuette should do all they can to end family separation LANSING — Progress Michigan is calling on Governor Rick Snyder to recall…
This week, Michigan legislators passed a budget that continues to chip away at women’s reproductive rights through funding cuts to Planned Parenthood. Part of a broader agenda to prioritize pleasing religious conservatives over women’s right to health care, these cuts threaten low-income women’s access to services such as contraception, STI treatment, and cancer screenings in…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 14, 2018 Progress Michigan Applauds Senator Rick Jones for Belated Leadership Jones calls on Engler to resign, following the lead of Progress Michigan LANSING — Progress Michigan has issued the following statement in response to news that Senator Rick Jones is calling on Michigan State University President…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 12, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan to Legislature: Fund Planned Parenthood State budget proposing cutting funds to health care organization LANSING — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding the news that the proposed state budget cuts funding to Planned Parenthood in Michigan. “Once again, Michigan…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 6, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Prevailing Wage Repeal Will Hurt Michigan Workers, Skilled Trades Michigan needs to encourage skilled trades, not drive down their wages LANSING — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding the Republican-led legislature repealing prevailing wage: “Driving down wages and opening the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 5, 2018 State Representative Vanessa Guerra Named Progress Michigan’s ‘Legislator of the Month’ Guerra honored for work to combat sexual assault, help loved ones serve as caregivers LANSING — Progress Michigan has named State Representative Vanessa Guerra its Legislator of the Month for May. Guerra was chosen…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan May 31, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Lawsuit Filed Exposing the ‘Schuette Political Enterprise’ A convoluted web of organizations, public employees, and millions of dollars serve Bill Schuette’s political ambitions in violation of the law MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Attorney General Bill Schuette is running a “vast,…
Right now, you or someone you know might be one of the 62.4 million people in the U.S. who gets birth control without any out-of-pocket costs. And that’s great, because when people have access to affordable birth control, they’re in control of a whole bunch of important things in their lives. But copay-free birth control…