FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 12, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Flint Resident Does What Schuette Won’t Petition for a one-person grand jury filed regarding Snyder’s use of public funds for criminal defense MICHIGAN — A Flint resident has done what Attorney General Bill Schuette should have done long ago: filed…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 5, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Flint One Year Later: Little Change for Residents, Activists Demand Action Years into the Flint Water Crisis, activists continue to see inaction from elected officials (NOTE: Letter to Snyder below) LANSING — It’s been one year since Gov. Rick Snyder…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 30, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Republican-led State Senate Bows to Snyder; Approves Heidi Grether Without a Vote Another example of Republican legislative leaders letting Snyder govern without checks on power LANSING — Today, Progress Michigan is blasting the Republican-led State Senate for failing to do…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 30, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Air Support: Airplane Banner Calls Out GOP Inaction in Flint Progress Michigan banner will be at two college football games on Saturday LANSING — It’s not a bird, but it is a plane. And that plane has a message for…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 28, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Schuette Does DeVos Family Bidding with Ruling on Detroit Schools Republican AG does corporate donor bidding, lays groundwork for charter takeover DETROIT — By ruling that struggling Detroit Schools can be closed this year, Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette is…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 28, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org VIDEO: Is Michigan a Red or Blue State? New Progress Michigan video shows how 26 years of Republican control has hurt MI MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan released a new video today showing how Republicans have had near total control of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 22, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Launches Program to Highlight Legislative Action Putting Campaign Donors Ahead of Kids Program to run in 11 districts across the state, includes cable & digital ads, mail, and canvassing MICHIGAN — Today, Progress Michigan announced a program to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 20, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder: Election Season More Important Than Helping Flint Families Despite enduring problems in #FlintWaterCrisis, MI Republicans have other priorities LANSING — According to a Tuesday report from MLive, Gov. Rick Snyder and Michigan’s legislative Republicans are more concerned about the election…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 19, 2016 Contact: Hugh Madden, 734-250-2070, hugh@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Statement on Latest Steve Marino Revelations Call for 10 and 12 year olds to work is beyond reprehensible LANSING — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding the release of recordings in which Steve Marino admitted to owning…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 15, 2016 Contact: Hugh Madden, 734-250-2070, hugh@progressmichigan.org Trump Denigrates Pastor Who Asked Him to Talk About Flint Water Crisis Deplorable statement both racist and misogynistic MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan is calling attention to a deplorable statement made today by Republican standard bearer Donald Trump. Trump, on the…