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Senate Republican Committee Punishes Voters for Voting Against Republicans

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 10, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Senate Republican Committee Punishes Voters for Voting Against Republicans Ending straight party ticket voting a scheme to limit options for voters LANSING — Today, the Michigan Senate Elections Committee voted along party lines to end straight ticket voting. The bill,…

Progress Michigan Statement on Schuette Bailout

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 5, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Statement on Schuette Bailout House Appropriations forced to transfer money to pay for Schuette’s failure in marriage equality case MICHIGAN — This week, the House Appropriations Committee voted on Legislative Transfer Request 2015-8 to transfer funds to Attorney…

You Call This a Roads Plan?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 3, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org You Call This a Roads Plan? GOP had five years to come up with plan, utterly failed LANSING — The $1.2 billion roads plan passed by the GOP-controlled legislature doesn’t generate the needed revenue for critical infrastructure fixes for several…

Progress Michigan to Schuette: Stop Offensive, Misleading Campaign Against Parole Reform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 15, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan to Schuette: Stop Offensive, Misleading Campaign Against Parole Reform LANSING – Today Progress Michigan released the following statement condemning Attorney General Bill Schuette’s offensive and misleading campaign against House Bill 4138, a parole reform bill that seeks to…

Progress Michigan on The Passing of Activist & Educator Bonnie Bucqueroux

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 14, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan on The Passing of Activist & Educator Bonnie Bucqueroux MICHIGAN — The passing of Bonnie Bucqueroux, an activist, journalist and Michigan State University educator, is a heavy loss for progressive activists and her former students around the state. “This…

Progress Michigan Echoes Call For Flint Accountability

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 13, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Echoes Call For Flint Accountability Earley should be fired and Snyder should pay LANSING – Today, Progress Michigan is calling on Governor Rick Snyder to hold himself and Emergency Manager Darnell Earley accountable for their decision to use the Flint River …

Gov. Snyder Tells Us What We Already Know: His Emergency Manager Poisoned Flint Children

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 8, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Gov. Snyder Tells Us What We Already Know: His Emergency Manager Poisoned Flint Children Announces overdue plans to switch back to Detroit water system  LANSING – Today, Governor Rick Snyder announced that Flint would switch back to Detroit’s water system…

Schuette Pushes FOIA Fees to Block Public’s Right to Know

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 8, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Schuette Pushes FOIA Fees to Block Public’s Right to Know Documents prove AG Bill Schuette’s Office advises using FOIA fees to discourage public seeking access to information LANSING — Documents obtained by Progress Michigan through a Freedom of Information Act request…