From safety risks to threats of an oil spill disaster in the Great Lakes, allowing the Line 5 oil tunnel project to get built would put one-fifth of the world’s available, fresh surface water in harm’s way.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 27, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org 4 Days to Budget Deadline: No Budget in Sight Matt Hall and his band of extremists are preparing to blow past this budget deadline to make cuts following the lead of Federal Republicans. MICHIGAN – On Friday, Progress Michigan released the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 23, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org Annual Lawmaker Disclosure Discrepancy Shows Need for Gifts Ban MICHIGAN – On Monday, Progress Michigan released the following statement calling for a ban on gifts from lobbyists for state lawmakers after annual disclosure reports discovered large discrepancies of unreported…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 13, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org Politics Over Students: The Michigan Republican Way MICHIGAN – On Friday, statewide advocacy organizations in Michigan released the following statement in response to the Michigan House Republican budget proposal for school funding that strips hundreds of millions of dollars from critical…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 6, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org Bombshell Report Reveals GOP Secret Money is Influencing State Politics MICHIGAN – In response to a Detroit News report that revealed Michigan Republican leaders funneled secret corporate cash through secretive accounts to hide disclosure from Michiganders, Progress Michigan released the following statement, attributed…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan June 5, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org Michiganders Not Keen on Mackinac Policy Conference The more people learn about MPC, the less they like the idea of lawmakers attending MICHIGAN – As lawmakers and lobbyists bask in the glow of their time up at the corporate-backed Mackinac Policy Conference,…
MICHIGAN – Progress Michigan’s most recent Lake Effect poll found that nearly two-thirds of Michigan voters overall oppose the Michigan House GOP budget and more than two-thirds support the Michigan Senate Democrat budget. Additionally, more than three-quarters of voters think it is important that a budget deal should be reached quickly.
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. – In an effort to welcome the corporate lobbyists, lawmakers, and their rich friends to the annual Mackinac Policy Conference, Progress Michigan reserved a mobile billboard around departing ferry docks – with an homage to decadent Mackinac Island fudge – to shine a light on the wealth inequality plaguing our state and the leaders attending the conference who choose to ignore it.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan May 23, 2025 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org Representative Ken Borton: Stop Trying to DOGE Michigan MICHIGAN – Today, Progress Michigan released the following statement after Representative Ken Borton threatened to defund the Michigan Department of Natural Resources “into oblivion”. The statement can be attributed to Sam Inglot, executive director for Progress Michigan: “Once…
LANSING, Mich. – In response to the news that the Michigan House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution today which supports President Trump’s energy policies including permitting for the Enbridge Line 5 project, organizations are blasting the push from Michigan Republicans to place support for Trump’s misguided energy policies over the Great Lakes.