FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 26, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Flint Emails Sought Under Common Law Rights FOIA laws so broken in Michigan, watchdog group tries a new route to transparency MICHIGAN — Today, Progress Michigan sent a Public Records Request to Gov. Rick Snyder’s office requesting all documents related…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 21, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Documents: Snyder Chief of Staff Met with Flint Residents About Lead in August No mention of August meeting in Snyder’s emails or SOTS timeline; all emails must be released LANSING — Documents obtained by Progress Michigan, a government watchdog group,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 20, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Cherry Picks Flint Water Crisis Emails Governor admits he’s going to only release select emails from his office MICHIGAN — During his State of the State address on Tuesday night, Gov. Rick Snyder said he would release emails from…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 19, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574 Progress Michigan Sends Governor Snyder Official Request for Flint Documents FOIA Request gives Gov. Snyder a chance to waive FOIA exemption LANSING — Today, Progress Michigan sent a FOIA request directly to Governor Rick Snyder urging him to waive his executive…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 15, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Schuette Last to Do Anything About Flint Water Crisis Attorney General waited over a year and half to investigate MICHIGAN — The water crisis in Flint has been raging since the switch first happened in April 2014, and now, nearly two…
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…