FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 10, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Senate Republican Committee Punishes Voters for Voting Against Republicans Ending straight party ticket voting a scheme to limit options for voters LANSING — Today, the Michigan Senate Elections Committee voted along party lines to end straight ticket voting. The bill,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 5, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Statement on Schuette Bailout House Appropriations forced to transfer money to pay for Schuette’s failure in marriage equality case MICHIGAN — This week, the House Appropriations Committee voted on Legislative Transfer Request 2015-8 to transfer funds to Attorney…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 3, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org You Call This a Roads Plan? GOP had five years to come up with plan, utterly failed LANSING — The $1.2 billion roads plan passed by the GOP-controlled legislature doesn’t generate the needed revenue for critical infrastructure fixes for several…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 21, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Back To The Future? Nope, Blast From the Past Progress Michigan responds to terrible House GOP roads plan MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan responded to yet another late-night House session where this time — rather than dealing with cheating legislators —…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 20, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan: MDEQ’s Wyant Needs to Go The Flint water crisis shows a lack of leadership at the MDEQ LANSING — In the wake of the Flint water crisis, where children across the city were poisoned with high levels of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 15, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan to Schuette: Stop Offensive, Misleading Campaign Against Parole Reform LANSING – Today Progress Michigan released the following statement condemning Attorney General Bill Schuette’s offensive and misleading campaign against House Bill 4138, a parole reform bill that seeks to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 14, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan on The Passing of Activist & Educator Bonnie Bucqueroux MICHIGAN — The passing of Bonnie Bucqueroux, an activist, journalist and Michigan State University educator, is a heavy loss for progressive activists and her former students around the state. “This…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 13, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Echoes Call For Flint Accountability Earley should be fired and Snyder should pay LANSING – Today, Progress Michigan is calling on Governor Rick Snyder to hold himself and Emergency Manager Darnell Earley accountable for their decision to use the Flint River …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 8, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Gov. Snyder Tells Us What We Already Know: His Emergency Manager Poisoned Flint Children Announces overdue plans to switch back to Detroit water system LANSING – Today, Governor Rick Snyder announced that Flint would switch back to Detroit’s water system…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 8, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Schuette Pushes FOIA Fees to Block Public’s Right to Know Documents prove AG Bill Schuette’s Office advises using FOIA fees to discourage public seeking access to information LANSING — Documents obtained by Progress Michigan through a Freedom of Information Act request…