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Following the announcement that Michigan Medicine will be discontinuing transgender health care for patients under 19 at all their health care facilities, Progress Michigan criticized the decision and emphasized the need to stand firm against fascism.
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,”…
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…
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…
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…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan July 16, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org New Poll: Michiganders Displeased With the Lack of a State Budget Voters frustrated by entire legislature, especially Republicans MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, Progress Michigan released results from their latest Lake Effect poll, highlighting questions that focused on the state legislature’s recent failure…
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…