FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 2, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org EMAIL: Snyder Knew About Flint Water Crisis in February 2015, Email Not Released to Public on January 20 Email shows Snyder setting up meetings with top staffers to discuss “Flint water” LANSING — An email sent by Governor Rick Snyder…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 26, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Flint Residents Forced to Pay for Poison Under Snyder Plan Snyder’s budget supplemental fails to make Flint families whole MICHIGAN — Gov. Rick Snyder will be signing a budget supplemental today that forces Flint residents to continue to pay for…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 26, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Calls for Snyder Resignation In Light of New Emails Emails also reveal officials purposefully avoiding state FOIA law LANSING – Progress Michigan is calling for Governor Snyder’s resignation following the release of damning emails in the Detroit Free…
On February 16, Gov. Snyder posted a minute-long video of himself volunteering at Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint. The video shows him touring the food bank, prepping food for distribution, and shaking hands and having conversations with other volunteers while the president of the food bank talks about how the food bank is…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 24, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Bought and Paid for Ed Committee Plan for DPS Still Not Extreme Enough for DeVos DeVos family and cronies have greased palms of House Republicans in attempt to dismantle DPS LANSING –The DeVos family bought and paid for the House…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 22, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org PM on Snyder FOIA Announcement: It’s About Time For months, Progress Michigan has pushed Snyder to release Flint emails LANSING — Progress Michigan released the following regarding the news that Gov. Rick Snyder says he plans on releasing all of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 18, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Vet Home Audit Highlights Continued Privatization Failures Gov. Snyder’s crusade to privatize public services riddled with problems LANSING — The latest audit of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans shows that Gov. Rick Snyder’s crusade to privatize public services in…
With news of the introduction of bills from the Republicans in the Michigan House of Representatives to deal with the crisis in Detroit Public Schools (DPS), there’s a common theme rearing its ugly head: Michigan Republicans continue to erode Black Michigander’s access to democracy. As a result of the Emergency Management law that was put…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 12, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Continues to Hide Behind FOIA Exemption Daily revelations show how administration bungled Flint Water Crisis, still no transparency MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding Gov. Rick Snyder’s latest email dump and his attempt to hide from…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 10, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder’s Deception in Flint Water Crisis Continues Governor ordered MDEQ to withhold lead test results from local officials MICHIGAN — According to emails obtained by the Flint Journal, in October 2015, Governor Rick Snyder instructed the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality…