Kalamazoo Commissioners Should Adopt Immigrant Driver ID Resolution

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan July 3, 2019 Contact: Cayley Winters, 269-601-5834, cayley@progressmichigan.org Kalamazoo Commissioners Should Adopt Immigrant Driver ID Resolution Kalamazoo community members call for Kalamazoo City Commission to support undocumented residents’ driver’s licenses  KALAMAZOO – On Monday, members of the Kalamazoo community attended the Kalamazoo City Commission meeting at City Hall demanding the commissioners…

Progress Michigan’s Sam Inglot Promoted to Deputy Director

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan July 1, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan’s Sam Inglot Promoted to Deputy Director Inglot has been with the progressive advocacy organization for nearly 6 years LANSING — Progress Michigan is pleased to announce today that Sam Inglot has been promoted to be the organization’s…

Progress Michigan Statement on Line 5 News

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 27, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Statement on Line 5 News Whitmer, Nessel are working to protect the Great Lakes MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel’s recent statements and developments around the…

Progress Michigan Joins Brief Opposing ‘Adopt and Amend’ Scheme

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 19, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Joins Brief Opposing ‘Adopt and Amend’ Scheme Brief argues the legislature acted unconstitutionally when it gutted minimum wage and earned paid sick time laws in December 2018 LANSING — Progress Michigan joined A Better Balance and 12 other organizations…

Bungled Flint Investigation by Schuette Gets Reset

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 13, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-9016-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Nayyirah Shariff, 810-493-5946, nayyirah@flintrising.com Bungled Flint Investigation by Schuette Gets Reset Nessel’s Flint team announced today they were dropping criminal charges, starting from scratch MICHIGAN — Flint Rising and Progress Michigan released the following statements regarding the news that criminal…

Reports Show Desperate Need for Lobbying Reform

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 6, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Reports Show Desperate Need for Lobbying Reform News stories detailing lobbyist and ex-lawmaker’s meddling in governmental affairs put Michigan’s weak lobbying, disclosure laws on display MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan is calling attention to Michigan’s abysmal lobbying and financial disclosure…

Elected Officials Announce Amendment of Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 4, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Elected Officials Announce Amendment of Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act New Amendment will include protections for LGBTQ+ community LANSING – Today Senator Jeremy Moss and Representative Jon Hoadley have announced they are introducing new legislation that will amend the Elliott-Larsen Civil…

We Told You So: Prison Kitchen Issues Plummet Post-Privatization Failure

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan May 23, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org We Told You So: Prison Kitchen Issues Plummet Post-Privatization Failure Detroit Free Press reports significant improvements under public employees LANSING — Progress Michigan is drawing attention today to a report by the Detroit Free Press showing that return of food services to…

Progress Michigan Calls for Immediate Investigation into Inman Bribery Scandal

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan May 15, 2019 Progress Michigan Calls for Immediate Investigation into Inman Bribery Scandal Inman text indicates other representatives were willing to sell their vote for campaign contributions LANSING — Progress Michigan is calling on House Speaker Lee Chatfield and Senate Leader Mike Shirkey to launch investigations into the Larry…