Progress Michigan blog posts.
Michigan’s roads are in bad shape. If you drive on the roads or talk to an agitated driver it’s easy to tell. Sadly, the only people in Michigan that seem to think that fixing our roads is no big deal are the same people that have the power to fix them. Last week, conservatives in…
Well, what do you know? As it turns out, giving corporations billions of dollars in unaccountable tax giveaways, cutting $1 billion from public schools, raising taxes on seniors and working families and passing Right to Work have not made Michigan the epicenter of economic progress that Gov. Rick Snyder likes to claim they have. According…
How about them roads, eh? No progress from our elected “leaders” on that front. That’s why we have TWIP! This Week in PM Blogging: Summer School for Snyder? Basic math tells us that Gov. Rick Snyder has not raised funding for our neighborhood schools. That CPA thing he’s always talking about doesn’t appear to be…
We all know Terri Lynn Land’s ridiculous position on workplace equality, or really, workplace inequality. Land has stated that women don’t want equal pay for equal work because they would rather have workplace flexibility so that they can take time off to raise their children. Sounds ridiculous, right? Not only does Terri Lynn Land dismiss…
Happy National Corn on the Cob Day! If you live in Michigan, or anywhere in America really, corn on the cob is probably a staple of your backyard barbecues. Living in a state where most days of the year look like a scene out of ‘Frozen,’ I relish the day when I walk into Meijer…
There was another deadly shooting today on a school campus. That makes 74 school shootings since the 2012 tragedy in Newtown. That’s 74 tragedies that could have been avoided. Somehow. We’ve had plenty of people say, “Enough is enough!” And move into some realm of the policy debate regarding school safety, gun control and mental…
It’s mid-June – the time of year when the sound of school bells and the smell of dry erase boards are replaced by the sounds of summer and the smell of sunscreen. For many school-aged children, this week is both exciting and nerve-wracking. While it’s the last week of school, it is also time for…
For TWIP this week, I’m going to opine on Terri Lynn Land’s odd stance on climate change and conservative lawmakers’ attempt to appeal to women through terribly misguided – and quite frankly unfunny – sexist posturing. Progress: the process of improving or developing something over a period of time. That’s the goal, people. This Week…
Our conservative elected officials have a habit of feeding corporate lobbyists past midnight, causing them to multiply. You want a $1.8 billion unaccountable tax giveaway? You want fries with that? You want tax breaks for big oil? Would you like that spoon-fed? You want to silence the voice of Michigan voters that want a $10.10…
During her embarrassing visit to the Mackinac Policy Conference, Terri Lynn Land sat down with MLive for an interview and was asked the question: “Can you describe some concrete policy ideas to address Michigan’s chronic poverty problems?” Land’s answer was about as empty and void of “concrete policy ideas” as they come: It’s about good…