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Progress Michigan to VP Vance’s National Guard Offer for Detroit: “Hell No” 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 18, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan to VP Vance’s National Guard Offer for Detroit: “Hell No”  MICHIGAN – On Thursday, Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding Vice President JD Vance’s rally at a Livingston County stamping plant and his offer to deploy the National…

Matt Hall and Michigan Republicans Passed a MAGA Wish List and Called It a Budget

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 4, 2025  Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org Matt Hall and Michigan Republicans Passed a MAGA Wish List and Called It a BudgetGOP aims to gut education, health care and other basic public services  MICHIGAN – Matt Hall and his merry band of  dangerous obstructionists in the Michigan House of…

Matt Hall, Michigan House Republicans Endanger Michiganders & Communities With Extreme Budget

Matt Hall and Michigan Republicans do not care about our families, communities, or children in Michigan. They made that clear by dragging their feet on a budget this entire summer, leaving schools in the dark on their funding as kids across the state head back to classrooms. They made that extremely clear by proposing drastic cuts to education funding and literally suggesting taking food away from hungry kids. And they made that clear again yesterday when they dropped this dangerous budget and left the public and lawmakers only an hour to look at all 800 pages of it before a vote.

New Poll: Michiganders Want Lawmakers to Secure Aid for Gaza

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan August 21, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org New Poll: Michiganders Want Lawmakers to Secure Aid for Gaza MICHIGAN – On Thursday, Progress Michigan released additional results from this month’s Lake Effect poll.  “Some things are bigger than partisan politics, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza is one of them,”…

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New Poll: Michiganders Disapprove of the Trump Administration Agenda

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan August 25, 2025 New Poll: Michiganders Disapprove of the Trump Administration Agenda MAGA Republicans Have America Headed in the Wrong Direction MICHIGAN – On Monday, Progress Michigan released further results from the latest Lake Effect public opinion poll, including several questions about national politics and the Trump administration’s recent…

New Poll: Most Michiganders Unaware of Matt Hall’s Budget Holdup, Majority Support Wealth Tax 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan August 20, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org (313) 400 – 0298 New Poll: Most Michiganders Unaware of Matt Hall’s Budget Holdup, Majority Support Wealth Tax  Most know little or nothing about Matt Hall holding up the budget so he can cut our education funding; majority support taxing wealthy and…

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New Poll: Michiganders Oppose Medicaid Cuts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan July 24, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org New Poll: Michiganders Oppose Medicaid Cuts MICHIGAN – On Thursday, Progress Michigan released additional results from their latest Lake Effect poll. These results focus on public opinion about the cuts to Medicaid that will result from Trump and MAGA Republicans’ budget reconciliation…