It’s Primary Election Day in Michigan. Here are some key things to know when you vote. 1. You have to vote at your own precinct. Click here to find out where if you don’t know. 2. You can’t complain if you don’t vote. 3. You should complain if you are denied your right to vote.…
When I was a child my parents used food stamps to help feed me and I’m not ashamed. I’m not ashamed because it wasn’t my fault. I’m not ashamed because it wasn’t my parents’ fault. More importantly, I’m not ashamed because no one should be ashamed that at some point in their life they had…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan July 11, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Autocam Doesn’t Want to Follow the Law, But Will Happily Take Tax Handouts Progress Michigan calls for lawmakers to take action to deny tax handouts to companies that fight basic health care coverage for female employees MICHIGAN — A manufacturing…
My phone rang yesterday. I answered and on the other end was my Republican uncle. “I’ve got a pretty loaded political question for you,” he said without any of the usual talk about family. I prepared myself for a question about unions, or President Obama or maybe even a historical question about why progressives didn’t…
Imagine if the United States Supreme Court ruled that certain people were “partial” employees, therefore not entitled to the full menu of worker rights, and then on the same day ruled that corporations – you know pieces of paper – had religious views that could be used to deny medical care to human beings that…
When taxpayers send their hard-earned dollars to Lansing they have an expectation that those dollars will go toward programs that benefit our state. We expect our gas tax dollars to fund our roads and we expect that tax dollars intended for education go to classrooms to educate our children. A recent report in the Detroit…
Governor Snyder has spent three-plus years “reinventing” Michigan. In that time we have seen what it takes to twist and mold our state into his vision. According to the governor, seniors needed to pay more, massive cuts to education were needed and we needed to disinvest in our state. All of this was in the…
It’s mid-June – the time of year when the sound of school bells and the smell of dry erase boards are replaced by the sounds of summer and the smell of sunscreen. For many school-aged children, this week is both exciting and nerve-wracking. While it’s the last week of school, it is also time for…
June is LGBT Pride Month and there is plenty to celebrate. In Michigan, we had a glimpse of the not-so-distant future when, for one weekend, marriage equality was a reality, the business community has finally called for amending the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections for LGBT citizens, and attitudes about marriage equality are…
Last week, after it became clear that volunteers and workers from around Michigan would secure enough signatures to put a minimum wage increase on the November ballot, Senator Randy Richardville introduced a bill designed to stop the Raise Michigan campaign in its tracks. Once again, Richardville and his allies are using dirty tricks to stifle…