FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Friday, October 18, 2013 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Executive Director Statement on Baird Becoming a Public Employee LANSING — Yesterday, while the rest of Michigan was rooting for the Tigers to win game five of the ALCS, Governor Rick Snyder quietly hired Richard Baird as…
On Friday, Progress Michigan made a call to Michigan’s Congressional Delegation to either return or donate their paychecks during the government shutdown. Why? Because if federal employees don’t get a paycheck then it only makes sense for the people who made this happen not to get paid either. However, Rep. Tim Walberg has continued to…
Progress Michigan is calling on our state’s Congressional Delegation to donate or return their salaries in the wake of the federal government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are going without pay while Republican demagogues use the opportunity to advance their political gamesmanship with radical elements of their party. If federal workers aren’t collecting…
After I told one of my friends — who happens to be a corrections officer at a state prison — about Governor Rick Snyder’s plan to privatize prison food services, his response was short, but spoke volumes. He sighed and said, “You don’t mess with prisoners’ food.” Indeed, in the highly-regimented life of a prisoner,…
Governor Rick Snyder’s recent campaign ad brands the former Gateway CEO as “One Successful Nerd” and claims “50th out of 50? No way and never again.” Well, according to Forbes’ “Best States for Business” list, Michigan isn’t 50th out of 50, but it’s pretty darn close. Forbes’ annual rankings had Michigan’s business climate ranked 47th…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Thursday, September 26th, 2013 Contact: Jessica Tramontana, jessica@progressmichgian.org, 517-974-6302 Progress Michigan responds to bill that aims to intimidate workers, infringes on First Amendment rights “Republican lawmakers are busy attacking unions and peoples’ right to assemble when they should be trying to create more jobs for Michigan’s workers,” said…
Alex Epstein, a fossil fuel junkie and founder of The Center for Industrial Progress was recently on Fox News where he gave a glowing review of fracking and how it’s actually “incredibly good for the environment.” Yes, you read that correctly. He said it’s “incredibly good” for our natural world. During his short time on…
As if the Great Lakes weren’t facing enough environmental challenges — like Asian carp or algae blooms — there appears to be another daunting threat to Michigan’s most precious natural resource. This threat is miles away on the Canadian shore, but is one of the most formidable and clear dangers to the Great Lakes delicate…
Ron Weiser, former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party and a key player in making Michigan a Right to Work state, wants to go back to school. On Sept. 3, on the conservative talk show “Patriot Voices Radio,” Weiser announced that he would be running for the University of Michigan Board of Regents in 2014.…
The fine folks of Detroit have already had their democratically-elected government stripped away from them by an emergency financial manager and now it seems the powers that be want to take away any semblance of civil liberties left in the city by pushing for a stop-and-frisk policy. For the past year, the Detroit Police Department…