FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 16, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Launches ‘Sunshine Squad’ Website and Campaign New accountability and vote tracking tool will help shine light on legislature LANSING — On the heels of a recent report showing Michigan sitting dead last in the United States when it…
By Brad O’Neil Although Governor Snyder’s new budget proposal includes an increase in funding for higher education, the proposed increases are still nowhere near where they need to be. In fact, even with the increase the higher education budget is still $34 million below its 2011 levels. Not only has decreased funding made it harder…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 20, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan on President Obama’s State of the Union Address MICHIGAN — The following statement can be attributed to Lonnie Scott, executive director of Progress Michigan in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address: “Tonight’s contrast between the State of the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 27, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Calls on Attorney General to Denounce White Nationalist Group, Brief Supporting Discrimination Hate group, Traditionalist Youth Network, needs to condemned by Bill Schuette MICHIGAN — Today, Progress Michigan called on Attorney General Bill Schuette to denounce the amicus curiae brief…
Contact: David Holtz, Progress Michigan, 517-999-3646 2,000 Voters and Workers Rally at Captiol, Urge Lawmakers to Stop the Attacks (Lansing)—More than 2,000 workers and voters assembled at the Captiol Tuesday to protest the Emergency Manager bills under consideration in the state Senate, saying they attack two fundamental rights Michigan citizens hold dear – the right…
For Immediate Release: Contact: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Leigh Fifelski (517) 999-3646 Right-wing Republicans Target Voters with ‘Progressive’ Mailings LANSING, MI–Progress Michigan today warned voters in Washtenaw County’s August 3 Democratic primary election about misleading mailers from a right-wing group funded by leading Michigan Republicans that touts a Democratic candidate’s “progressive values.” Copies of postcards…