FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 7, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Senate Should Stand with Whitmer’s Effort to Clean Up Water Whitmer’s executive order addressed environmental crises facing MI MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan is calling on the Michigan Senate to reject the corporate lobbyist-backed effort to undermine Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 5, 2019 Progress Michigan Names Representative Kara Hope Legislator of the Month for January Hope named for efforts to make government more accountable, help keep Michigan clean LANSING — Progress Michigan has named Representative Kara Hope its Legislator of the Month for January for introducing legislation to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 6, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org GOP Seeks to Reinstate Corporate Control of Enviro Regs Biz interests had too much control over regulations, Whitmer made right call MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding Republican legislative efforts to undermine Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 1, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Whitmer Continues to Improve Transparency in Michigan Executive order will limit state agencies’ ability to drag feet when responding to FOIA MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan is praising Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today for an executive order improving transparency in state government by limiting…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 31, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Michelle Wolf to Bring Hilarious Comedy Show to Michigan Wolf will headline Stand Up for Progress event LANSING — Comedian Michelle Wolf will be the headliner for Progress Michigan’s annual Stand Up for Progress fundraiser on April 13 in Lansing. Tickets for the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 18, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Calls for Investigation of Scabies Outbreak at Women’s Prison Another privatized public service at the center of problems in Michigan’s prison MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan is calling for an investigation into an out-of-state medical service provider contracted by the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 16, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Statement on the Resignation of John Engler LANSING – Progress Michigan has released the following statement regarding the official resignation of former governor John Engler as interim president at Michigan State University. “Good riddance. It’s too bad Michigan had…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 9, 2019 Progress Michigan Names Legislators of the Month for Last Months of 2018 Pagan, Camilleri and Hoadley showed leadership to end last session, set example for new session LANSING — Today, Progress Michigan named the Legislators of the Month for October, November and December of 2018.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 9, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Records Show Majority of Senators Back FOIA Reform 22 of the Senate’s 38 senators have backed opening legislature to FOIA LANSING — A majority of the Michigan Senate have supported opening up the legislature to the Freedom of Information…
Progress Michigan calls on the Legislature to open themselves up to FOIA to start the 2019 legislative session.