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Progress Michigan Response to Former Governor John Engler’s Appointment to Lead MSU

  January 30, 2018 Partisanship, past failures to protect vulnerable citizens raise real concerns  LANSING — Watchdog group Progress Michigan issued the following response to the appointment of former governor John Engler as interim president of Michigan State University. The statement should be attributed to Lonnie Scott, executive director of Progress Michigan: “At a time…

Secchia Donations Must Be Returned After He Blames Nassar Survivors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 26, 2018 Secchia Donations Must Be Returned After He Blames Nassar Survivors GOP Mega-Donor has given over hundreds of thousands to Republicans in last decade alone LANSING — Progress Michigan is calling for Republicans like Bill Schuette to return donations from mega-donor Peter Secchia after he made tone-deaf…

GOP-led Legislature Votes to Send School Dollars to For-Profit Charters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 18, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org GOP-led Legislature Votes to Send School Dollars to For-Profit Charters Vote shows GOP put DeVos campaign contributions ahead of students  MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding SB 574, which would divert public funds from public schools and move…

Amazon Skips Michigan, Proving Snyder Years a Total Fraud

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 18, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Amazon Skips Michigan, Proving Snyder Years a Total Fraud Tax giveaways instead of investing in critical infrastructure leave Michigan out of the running LANSING — Today, Amazon announced the 20 finalists for its second headquarters leaving Detroit and other Michigan…

Progressive Leaders Call on DNC for Bold Leadership on Abortion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 18, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progressive Leaders Call on DNC for Bold Leadership on Abortion Letter urges party leaders to redouble commitment to pro-choice policies A coalition of progressive leaders from across the country called on the Democratic National Committee to boldly support abortion rights in…

Republicans Shouldn’t Be Given Credit for Tax Fix

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 17, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Republicans Shouldn’t Be Given Credit for Tax Fix Michigan Republicans lied about Trump tax scam bill, adopted Dem proposal to fix it MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan is calling out Michigan Republicans for the tax fix that’s moving through the legislature. What’s…

Schuette, Calley Must Respond to Trump’s Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 12, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Schuette, Calley Must Respond to Trump’s Comments Silence means they approve of Trump’s “shithole” comments MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan is calling on Attorney General Bill Schuette and Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley to respond to Donald Trump’s racist, xenophobic remarks about other countries.…