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Groups Support MEA in Defending Voters’ Rights

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Remark Offensive to Voters and to the Electoral Process FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 5, 2009 CONTACT: LEIGH FIFELSKI 517-999-3646 LANSING – Progress Michigan, Michigan Election Coalition and Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote-Michigan joined the Michigan Education Association in blasting the Michigan Association of School Boards today and its executive director, Kathy Hayes, over…

Michigan Health Care for America Now Issues New Report: To Fix Michigan’s Economy, We Need To Fix Health Care Now

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 23rd, 2009 Contact: Leigh Fifelski 517.999.3646 w 248.321.4579 c Michigan Grassroots Groups Demand Quality, Affordable Health Care for All to Move Michigan’s Economy Forward Lansing – A new report released today by Michigan Health Care for America Now (HCAN) shows why we must fix our health care system now in order…

TIME Exposes ‘Clean Coal’ Myth; Coal-Burning Puts MI Future at Risk

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Contact: Dan Farough 517-643-2949 c 517-999-6343 Leigh Fifelski 248-321-4579 TIME Exposes ‘Clean Coal’ Myth; Coal-Burning Puts MI Future at Risk MI citizens urge end to state’s coal rush, which threatens health and economy LANSING – TIME Magazine this week exposed the myth of so-called “clean coal” at plants…

McCain Health Care Plan Bad Deal for Michigan Families, Report Shows

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Leigh Fifelski September 30, 2008 (517) 999-3646-Office (248) 321-4579-Cell Middle Class Families Feel Burn of Shift from Employer-Based LANSING – With ordinary Americans increasingly struggling under the combined impact of the banking and health care crises, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is preparing to release a report that details…

Poll: Strong Public Support For Granholm Crackdown on Coal Plant Pollution

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Survey Finds Voters in Support of Restricting CO2 Pollution from Coal Plants FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Contact: Dan Farough 517.999.3646 LANSING – The Sierra Club, Progress Michigan, and Clean Energy Now released a statewide poll today which found overwhelming support for stronger protections against global warming carbon dioxide pollution before more coal…

Citizens Rally Outside Insurance HQ, Fight Efforts to Derail Healthcare Reforms

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Leigh Fifelski Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 (517) 999-3646 United Healthcare is part of bogus campaign to fool public FARMINGTON HILLS – Citizens and healthcare reform groups rallied today outside the United Healthcare headquarters to unmask the insurance industry’s role in a bogus campaign to fool the public and protect its massive…