FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 1, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Administration Cannot Be Trusted to Handle Aramark Situation LANSING — The claim made by Ed Buss, the Snyder-appointed overseer of the state’s Aramark contract, that the company is increasing pay as a way to remedy the numerous problems that have occurred…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Announces New Digital Media Coordinator Matt Kovac joins citizens’ watchdog organization LANSING – On Monday, Matt Kovac joined Progress Michigan as the organization’s Digital Media Coordinator. Matt joins Progress Michigan after working in Chicago for The Chicago Reporter and the Chicago Innocence…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 29, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Campaign: Town Halls Not Open to the Public MICHIGAN — According to the Snyder campaign, the widely publicized town halls the governor is holding, are not open to the public and only undecided voters are allowed to attend. According…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 25, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Administration Ordered Treasury to Show ‘Investment Value’ of Aramark Email obtained through a FOIA request raises questions about administration’s relationship with Aramark An email recently obtained by Progress Michigan through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that Dennis…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 25, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Will Lawmakers Support Resolution to End Aramark Contract? Sex acts, drugs and alleged murder plots plague privatized contract MICHIGAN — In light of recent allegations that an Aramark employee approached an inmate at Michigan prison to solicit a murder for…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 24, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Administration Sells Access to Chief of Staff Dennis Muchmore named in documents detailing scheme to sell access to corporate donors LANSING — According to a report in the New York Times, Dennis Muchmore, chief of staff to Governor Rick Snyder,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 18, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Challenges MDOC FOIA Redactions in Court Watchdog group asserts that information was improperly withheld from release LANSING — On Thursday morning, public watchdog group Progress Michigan filed a lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections, alleging that the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 15, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Releases Over 100 Pages of Administrative Communications Release is part of larger effort to hold executive office accountable LANSING — Today, Progress Michigan released over 100 pages of email communications between Gov. Rick Snyder’s Chief of Staff Dennis…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 12, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Demands that Snyder Admin Resends FOIA without Redactions MDOC redactions clearly based on politics, not FOIA law MICHIGAN — In light of recent news that a redaction within a series of emails between Gov. Snyder’s chief of staff and the head of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 11, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan FOIA Reveals Aramark Scandal Reaches Top Levels of Snyder Administration MICHIGAN — Today, Progress Michigan released a document that was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request that shows the top levels of Snyder’s administration pulling strings…