FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 9, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Treasury Requests $52K to Fulfill Progress Michigan FOIA Request Public information given for free by other departments comes with huge price tag LANSING — Progress Michigan is calling on the Snyder administration to waive onerous fees related to a Freedom of Information…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 8, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org After Aramark Failures, Progress Michigan Questions Move to Privatize Prison Stores Privatizing prison services has been a disaster in Michigan, but trend continues LANSING — The decision to outsource more state prison service jobs to an out-of-state corporation shows that policymakers in…
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Unpaid bills are just a pretext to turn the city into a playground for the wealthy By Matthew Kovac Ever since the City of Detroit started shutting off water to low-income residents last summer in what United Nations investigators denounced as a human rights violation, city officials have maintained that they are simply responding to Detroiters’…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 2, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Lauds RFRA Veto Promise by Gov. Snyder, Calls For More Action Snyder says he’d veto RFRA without Elliot-Larsen amendment, but more needs to be done LANSING — According to media reports, Gov. Rick Snyder has vowed to veto a Religious Freedom…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 31, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org POLL: Top Reason for Opposition to Proposal 1 — Voters Believe Middle Class Already Paying Their Fair Share Opposition to ‘Safe Roads’ Ballot Proposal Not Driven by Anti-Tax Electorate LANSING — Progress Michigan today released results of a Google Consumer Survey showing…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 31, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Calls on Gov. Snyder to Join Growing Boycott of Indiana; Promise Veto of Similar Legislation Move would send a signal that Michigan stands against hate MICHIGAN — Today, Progress Michigan urged Gov. Snyder to join governors in Connecticut and Washington and ban all state…
By Matthew Kovac Just days after news broke that food vendor Aramark fed rodent-eaten cake to Michigan prisoners, newly released emails offer further proof that the company’s health and safety violations are rampant in the state prison system. Last October, Aramark staff at Saginaw Correctional Facility threw away food before realizing there were more inmates…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 30, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Aramark’s Five-Second Rule: Employee Took Food from Trash, Rinsed, Reheated & Served It to Inmates Days before November election, an Aramark employee served food from the trash, which inmates refused to serve MICHIGAN — Emails obtained by Progress Michigan through a Freedom…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 27, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Gov. Snyder Pardons Wealthy Lawyer of GOP Mega Donor Pardon shows governor only cares about the rich and well-connected MICHIGAN — A report from the Associated Press this morning proves that Gov. Rick Snyder favors the wealthy and the well connected. The AP reported…