Biden Administration Investment Brings Nearly $130 Million Dollars to 61st State House District, Macomb County

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan May 2, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org Biden Administration Investment Brings Nearly $130 Million Dollars to 61st State House District, Macomb County MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – Investments from the Biden Administration will bring nearly $129,839,135 to the 61st State House District according to data gathered by…

Biden Administration Investment Brings More Than Two Hundred Thousand to 27th State House District, Grosse Ile Township

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan May 2, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org Biden Administration Investment Brings More Than Two Hundred Thousand to 27th State House District, Grosse Ile Township GROSSE ILE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Investments from the Biden Administration have brought $213,000 to the 27th State House District according to data…

Poll Highlight: Michiganders Want More Light in Lansing

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Lake Effect newsletter highlights Michigan opinion on BRITE Act and FOIA reform. “Michiganders have long shown unwavering support for bringing more transparency to Lansing,” said Sam Inglot, executive director of Progress Michigan. “For years, poll after poll after poll—not to mention the 2022 ballot initiative—has shown the desire for a transparent and accountable government crosses all demographic and partisan lines. Government is supposed to be of, by, and for the people, a goal impossible to reach without true transparency and accountability from our elected officials.”

Amid Another Successful Election, MI MAGA Republicans Fail Challenge to Voting Rights Laws

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan April 17, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org,  313-400-0298 Amid Another Successful Election, MI MAGA Republicans Fail Challenge to Voting Rights Laws Yet another successful Michigan election, despite many MI Republican lawmakers election deniers continually trying to overturn the will of voters MICHIGAN – Michigan voters and election officials are…

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Progress Michigan Statement on Chatfield Charges 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 16, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org  Progress Michigan Statement on Chatfield Charges  MICHIGAN – Today, Attorney General Dana Nessel held a press conference to announce criminal charges in the investigation against former House Speaker Lee Chatfield. Progress Michigan released the following statement, attributed to Sam…

Biden-Harris Administration’s Major Announcement on Gun Violence Prevention

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 11, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org Biden-Harris Administration’s Major Announcement on Gun Violence Prevention Expanded background checks for all gun sales will close major legal loopholes and save lives MICHIGAN – In a pivotal stride towards enhancing gun safety measures, the Biden-Harris Administration unveiled a…

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Poll: Michiganders Reaffirm Support for Reproductive Freedom

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 10, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org Poll: Michiganders Reaffirm Support for Reproductive Freedom Transparency reforms, extreme risk protection orders also prove popular MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, Progress Michigan released the latest edition of Lake Effect, a monthly poll that tracks public opinion about a variety…

Republican Leadership Uses Tragedy to Further Anti-Immigrant Fearmongering 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org, 313-400-0298 Republican Leadership Uses Tragedy to Further Anti-Immigrant Fearmongering  Hoekstra, Hall use the murder of a Grand Rapids woman to stoke xenophobia and division MICHIGAN – Last week, a 25-year-old woman named Ruby Garcia was murdered in Grand Rapids, allegedly shot…

Maddock Tweet & MIGOP Leadership Spread Lies About Immigration

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan Thursday, March 28, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org Maddock Tweet & MIGOP Leadership Spread Lies About Immigration Rep. Maddock’s recent tweet shows truth is no barrier to Republican fear-mongering MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, Representative Matt Maddock posted a tweet asserting that several buses at the Detroit airport were transporting…

Report: Nearly Half of MI Republican Lawmakers are Election Deniers

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan March 27, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org,  313-400-0298 Report: Nearly Half of MI Republican Lawmakers are Election Deniers States United Democracy Center report identifies 32 state legislators as election deniers MICHIGAN –  A new report released by States United Democracy Center has classified 32 Republican lawmakers, 44 percent of the Republican…