FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 14, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Total Control; Complete Chaos Michigan ranked worst state in Midwest after five years of total GOP control LANSING — A new report released by POLITICO ranks Michigan 34th in the United States – the worst ranking of all Midwestern states.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 12, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Statement on Snyder Calling National Guard to Flint MICHIGAN — Watchdog group Progress Michigan put out the following statement from its executive director, Lonnie Scott, in response to the news that Gov. Rick Snyder has called in the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 11, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Flint Flashback: Snyder’s First Budget Cut Water Protection Agency Over 10% Snyder’s disinvestment and disinterest in clean water evident from day one by MDEQ cuts LANSING — In light of the Flint Water Crisis, Progress Michigan is calling attention to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 7, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org VIDEO: Republican Cuts Poison Progress Michigan, Agenda Project Video Highlights Flint Water Crisis MICHIGAN — Today, in conjunction with the Agenda Project, Progress Michigan released a new online video titled Republican Cuts Poison, which serves as a highlight of how Gov. Rick Snyder…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 6, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Signs Election Bill and Then Says ‘Fix It’ Gov. Snyder once again has taken a swipe at democracy and local control MICHIGAN — Gov. Rick Snyder has signed SB571, a hastily rewritten bill that was passed in the dead…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 6, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Bill Schuette Joins Lawsuit to Lower Wages, Take Away Healthcare Worker Overtime Amicus brief chooses for-profit agencies over Michigan workers LANSING — On December 23, 2015, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 5, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Federal Investigation, Complete Disclosure Necessary in Flint Water Crisis U.S. Attorney’s office to investigate Flint Water Crisis MICHIGAN — Roughly two months after Progress Michigan called on Michigan’s federal investigators to look into the Flint Water Crisis, the U.S. Attorney’s…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 5, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Signs Partisan Move to Lengthen Lines at Polls Eliminating straight party ticket voting another conservative attempt to rig elections MICHIGAN — Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation today that limits the options that voters have at the ballot box, which…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 4, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org House Leadership Spends over $77,000 on Courser/Gamrat Scandal House spends more than lawmaker yearly salary to expel lawmakers LANSING — To investigate the Courser/Gamrat scandal, the Michigan House leadership decided to pay an outside law firm over $77,000, in lieu…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan December 29, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Statement on Wyant Resignation MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding the resignation of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant and the ongoing Flint Water Crisis. “So far under Gov. Rick Snyder’s watch, there…