FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: DAN FAROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 2008 (517) 999-3646 Progressive groups tell McCain not to pull out of Michigan until he explains his support for outsourcing, failed economic policies LANSING – Citizen group Progress Michigan today called on John McCain to come back to Michigan to fully explain his refusal to stand…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Leigh Fifelski September 30, 2008 (517) 999-3646-Office (248) 321-4579-Cell Middle Class Families Feel Burn of Shift from Employer-Based LANSING – With ordinary Americans increasingly struggling under the combined impact of the banking and health care crises, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is preparing to release a report that details…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 Contact: Dan Farough 517.999.3646 McCain’s Energy Photo-Op Attempts to Hide Dismal Record McCain opposes renewable energy, bio-fuels; pushes tax giveaways to Big Oil LANSING — Citizens group Progress Michigan today exposed John McCain as a flip-flopper on energy and called his visit to a Dow Corning solar panel…
Survey Finds Voters in Support of Restricting CO2 Pollution from Coal Plants FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Contact: Dan Farough 517.999.3646 LANSING – The Sierra Club, Progress Michigan, and Clean Energy Now released a statewide poll today which found overwhelming support for stronger protections against global warming carbon dioxide pollution before more coal…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Leigh Fifelski Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 (517) 999-3646 United Healthcare is part of bogus campaign to fool public FARMINGTON HILLS – Citizens and healthcare reform groups rallied today outside the United Healthcare headquarters to unmask the insurance industry’s role in a bogus campaign to fool the public and protect its massive…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 CONTACT: DAN FAROUGH (517) 643-2949 Citizens’ groups rally as McCain visits nuclear power plant in Monroe MONROE – Citizens concerned about the outsourcing of good-paying jobs and bad trade deals gathered at a rally today to hold Sen. John McCain accountable for his failed record of job losses…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Contact: Dan Farough 517.999.3646 Office 517.643.2949 Cell http://progressmichigan.org Groups unleash accountability campaign to protect Michigan’s energy future LANSING – With a 12-foot-tall effigy of Sen. Patty Birkholz and a 20-foot-tall inflatable coal plant looming over the State Capitol grounds, environmental watchdog groups today called on Michigan citizens to…