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Progress Michigan Statement on Republicans Using $542K in Public Funds to Sue Gov. Whitmer 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 6, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org, 616-916-0574 Progress Michigan Statement on Republicans Using $542K in Public Funds to Sue Gov. Whitmer MICHIGAN — Today, Progress Michigan released its findings that Republicans in the legislature collectively spent over half a million dollars for lawsuits against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s efforts to…

Republicans Put COVID-19 Unemployment at Risk, Choose Campaigning Over Fix

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 6, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Republicans Put COVID-19 Unemployment at Risk, Choose Campaigning Over Fix Taking down Whitmer’s executive orders scored political points, but put working Michiganders at risk LANSING — Going after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers was always about winning political points for Republicans,…

Progress Michigan Responds to MI Supreme Court Emergency Power Decision

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan   October 2, 2020 Contact: Lonnie Scott, lonnie@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Responds to MI Supreme Court Emergency Power Decision   MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding the Michigan Supreme Court ruling 4-3 against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers she has used to keep Michiganders safe during the…

Michigan Deserves Answers About Spending on Partisan Lawsuits

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 30, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org  Michigan Deserves Answers About Spending on Partisan Lawsuits Progress Michigan requests financial transparency from legislative offices MICHIGAN – This week, Progress Michigan sent emails to the Secretary of the Senate and the House Business Office requesting financial records that pertain…

Progressives Express Support for Whitmer Climate Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 23, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org Progressives Express Support for Whitmer Climate Action Gov. Whitmer’s latest executive action shows she takes this crisis seriously MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order aimed at combating the climate crisis and making Michigan a carbon-neutral state…

Unlock Michigan Caught Teaching Signature Collectors to Break the Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 22, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org Unlock Michigan Caught Teaching Signature Collectors to Break the Law Petition Drive is Nothing More Than A Partisan Power Grab MICHIGAN – A report from the Detroit Free Press details yet another scandal involving the Unlock Michigan ballot campaign — and this one was caught…

Shirkey Says Vulnerable Michigan Residents Should ‘Suffer through’ Pandemic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 14, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org Shirkey Says Vulnerable Michigan Residents Should ‘Suffer through’ Pandemic Majority Leader’s comments show stunning lack of empathy MICHIGAN – On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey said he was okay with the federal government declining to send any more COVID-19 relief…

Progress Michigan Calls for Resignation of Road Commissioner Tom Eckerle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 6, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Calls for Resignation of Road Commissioner Tom Eckerle  Tom Eckerle calls Black Detroiters the n-word, blames Black people for spread of COVID MICHIGAN – Progress Michigan released the following statement calling for the resignation of a Leelanau County Road…