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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 13, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Advocates Call on Communities to Support Educators, Counter Right-Wing Attacks Educators and students deserve safe classroom environments and truthful curricula MICHIGAN – As a group of right-wing parents in Clarkston attacks common-sense COVID safety protocols and pushes racist, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, Progress Michigan and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 10, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org New Poll: Majority of Michiganders Support Action to Slow the Spread of COVID Voters across the state understand the importance of masks, vaccines, to protect public health MICHIGAN – On Friday, Progress Michigan released the latest issue of Lake Effect, a monthly research…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 7, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org New Report: MI GOP Used Party Fund to Oppose Previous Petition Drives A review of campaign finance records shows the MI GOP has a history of using its administrative fund to impact ballot initiatives MICHIGAN – A new report compiled…
In Michigan throughout the past year, we have seen countless individuals, including right-wing elected officials, invoke the Holocaust when discussing COVID-19. Whether it’s regarding vaccination records, disgusting characterizations of our governor’s public health response, or the House Oversight Committee giving a platform to notorious conspiracy theorists, each of these gross comparisons to a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 30, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Republicans Weaponize Petition Drive Process to Attack Voting Rights ‘Secure MI Vote’ Initiative uses Big Lie to justify barriers between voters and the ballot box MICHIGAN – After nearly a year of promoting lies about our elections, giving platforms to conspiracy…
It’s no secret that the Michigan Republican Party wanted to keep our redistricting process happening behind closed doors where they could work with special interests to gerrymander our maps to their advantage. They fought tooth and nail in 2018 against the creation of Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission and a transparent process that would create…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 24, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Redistricting Commissioner Speaks with Unknown DC Individuals About Law Firm Hire Commissioner Clark (R) spoke with persons outside of the Commission about hiring a Republican-linked law firm MICHIGAN – On August 12, 2021, Republican redistricting commissioner Doug Clark revealed he had…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 23, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Submits FOIA Request to Redistricting Commission Michiganders deserve fair, nonpartisan maps, which means ensuring the Commission is free from undue outside influence MICHIGAN – On Monday, Progress Michigan submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to Michigan’s Independent Citizens…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 5, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Child Refugees Deserve Compassion and Civility Residents of Alma Need to Look at the Facts, Not Baseless Fear Mongering MICHIGAN – Amid a vitriolic atmosphere in a small Michigan town where anti-immigrant grifters have spread misinformation about a proposed facility for child asylum seekers,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 4, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org GOP Continues to Show Blatant Disregard for Human Rights State, local, and national attacks on abortion rights are all unconscionable MICHIGAN – Following recent news that the Hillsdale City Council wants to fully ban abortion, as well as six Republican members of Michigan’s…
