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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 13, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Statement from Progress Michigan Executive Director on Federal Balanced Budget Amendment Moving Out of Committee LANSING — Today, the Republican chair of the House Financial Liability Reform Committee, Rep. Earl Poleski (R-Jackson), continually silenced the voices of Democrats on the committee. Democrats…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 30, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Voters Urge ALEC Legislators to Put Citizens Before CEOs In wake of proposed federal balanced budget amendment, citizens want to know legislators are on their side LANSING — Earlier today, a handful of citizens organized by the AFL-CIO and Clean…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 27, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Supports Raising the Minimum Wage Recent polling shows strong, growing support for raising Michigan’s minimum wage LANSING — Earlier today, news broke that a ballot committee had formed to place a question on the November 2014 ballot asking…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 27, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Executive Director Statement on Dave Agema Calling Michiganders ‘Domestic Enemies’ RNC Committeeman Continues Divisive and Hateful Diatribe Despite Calls for Resignation MICHIGAN — Earlier today at a fundraiser in Grand Rapids, Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema said, “I…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 24, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Why is Gov. Rick Snyder Pushing Corporate Bill Mill Legislation? Call For Balanced Federal Budget Amendment Pushes Snyder Further to the Right LANSING — During his State of the State address on January 16, Gov. Rick Snyder called for the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 13, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, Sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Executive Director Statement on Republican Claims of 200,000 New Jobs Due to Right to Work LANSING – Last month, the Michigan Republican Party mailed a fundraising letter urging supporters to donate and keep the conservative agenda moving forward…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan December 11, 2013 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Executive Director Responds to Anti-Choice Legislation Taking Hold in Michigan “Today it’s official: Michigan Republicans truly view women as second-class citizens,” said Lonnie Scott, executive director of Progress Michigan. “On the one-year anniversary of Right to Work, the…
“I will act with loyalty and put the interests of the organization first.” Signed __________ This pledge was being shopped around internally by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as something to send to their state chairs, which in Michigan includes Rep. Aric Nesbitt and Sen. Mike green, asking them to put corporate interests ahead…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan December 10, 2013 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Executive Director Reacts to Bill that Would Double Campaign Contributions More money in politics is not what Michigan needs LANSING — A Republican-sponsored bill that would double the maximum amount of money that citizens could contribute to candidates…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan December 6, 2013 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Leaked Documents Show MI Legislators Asked to Take Pledge Putting Corporate Bill Mill Ahead of Constituents Leak shows how far American Legislative Exchange Council will push its members to protect its interests LANSING — New leaked documents show that corporate…
