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Progress Michigan Executive Director’s Statement on Gov. Snyder’s Continued Efforts to Uphold the Ban on Domestic Partner Benefits

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 17, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Executive Director’s Statement on Gov. Snyder’s Continued Efforts to Uphold the Ban on Domestic Partner Benefits LANSING, MI — Earlier today, Gov. Rick Snyder asked a federal judge to uphold a ban on domestic partner benefits for public…

Statement from Progress Michigan Executive Director on Federal Balanced Budget Amendment Moving Out of Committee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 13, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Statement from Progress Michigan Executive Director on Federal Balanced Budget Amendment Moving Out of Committee LANSING — Today, the Republican chair of the House Financial Liability Reform Committee, Rep. Earl Poleski (R-Jackson), continually silenced the voices of Democrats on the committee. Democrats…

Voters Urge ALEC Legislators to Put Citizens Before CEOs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 30, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Voters Urge ALEC Legislators to Put Citizens Before CEOs In wake of proposed federal balanced budget amendment, citizens want to know legislators are on their side LANSING — Earlier today, a handful of citizens organized by the AFL-CIO and Clean…

Why is Gov. Rick Snyder Pushing Corporate Bill Mill Legislation?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 24, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Why is Gov. Rick Snyder Pushing Corporate Bill Mill Legislation? Call For Balanced Federal Budget Amendment Pushes Snyder Further to the Right LANSING — During his State of the State address on January 16, Gov. Rick Snyder called for the…

Progress Michigan Executive Director Responds to Anti-Choice Legislation Taking Hold in Michigan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan December 11, 2013 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Executive Director Responds to Anti-Choice Legislation Taking Hold in Michigan “Today it’s official: Michigan Republicans truly view women as second-class citizens,” said Lonnie Scott, executive director of Progress Michigan. “On the one-year anniversary of Right to Work, the…

Progress Michigan Executive Director Statement on Dave Agema’s Hate-Filled Comments Toward the LGBT Community

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan December 10, 2013 Contact: Lonnie Scott, 734-323-6028, Lonnie@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Executive Director Statement on Dave Agema’s Hate-Filled Comments Toward the LGBT Community LANSING – Dave Agema is at it again. This time the Michigan Republican National Committeeman made the bizarre and hurtful claim that gay people want free…

Progress Michigan Executive Director Reacts to Bill that Would Double Campaign Contributions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan December 10, 2013 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Executive Director Reacts to Bill that Would Double Campaign Contributions More money in politics is not what Michigan needs LANSING — A Republican-sponsored bill that would double the maximum amount of money that citizens could contribute to candidates…