FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Wednesday, October 3rd, 2013 Contact: Jessica Tramontana, 517-974-6302, jessica@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan speaks out on failed prison privatization bids Earlier today, bids from two private companies to run a prison in Michigan failed to achieve any savings for the state. The two bids, from GEO Group and MTC would…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Tuesday, October 1, 2013 Contact: Jessica Tramontana, 517.974.6302, jessica@progressmichigan.org Statement from Progress Michigan Executive Director Lonnie Scott on the Senate Republicans Failing Michigan Residents LANSING — Senate Democrats made a resolution to immediately end the 2013 fiscal year, which would allow the Medicaid expansion bill to take effect on January 1, 2014 as the law was intended.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Thursday, September 26th, 2013 Contact: Jessica Tramontana, jessica@progressmichgian.org, 517-974-6302 Progress Michigan responds to bill that aims to intimidate workers, infringes on First Amendment rights “Republican lawmakers are busy attacking unions and peoples’ right to assemble when they should be trying to create more jobs for Michigan’s workers,” said…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Wednesday, September 25, 2013 Contact: Jessica Tramontana, 517-974-6302, Jessica@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Responds to Snyder Campaign Ad with Video “Don’t believe the smoke and mirrors, because at the end of the day the man branding himself as “One Successful Nerd” is truly One Weak Geek,” said Lonnie Scott, Progress Michigan executive director. “Today…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Tuesday, September 24, 2013 Contact: Jessica Tramontana, 517.974.6302, jessica@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Calls on Snyder to Put a Stop to Privatization Plans for Michigan Prison Food Services LANSING – Today citizens’ watchdog group Progress Michigan called on Gov. Rick Snyder to halt plans to privatize food services to Michigan’s…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan executive director speaks out about Michigan’s Republican Delegation voting to cut food assistance “By voting to cut SNAP benefits to needy Michiganders and Americans by $40 billion, the Michigan Republicans in Congress have once again failed the people they claim to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from State employee unions Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Contact: Lonnie Scott, (734) 323-6028, Lonnie@progressmichigan.org State employee unions take right-to-work case to Michigan Supreme Court LANSING, Mich. — State employee unions filed papers today asking the Michigan Supreme Court to review a Court of Appeals opinion that state employees are governed by the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Tuesday, September 13, 2013 Contact: Jessica Tramontana, (517) 974-6302, Jessica@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan executive director speaks out about Legislature Failing to Give Healthcare Bill Immediate Effect “Shame on the legislature for failing to give Medicaid expansion immediate effect, and wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars,” said Lonnie Scott, Executive Director…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Thursday, August 29, 2013 Contact: Lonnie Scott, (734) 323-6028, Lonnie@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan calls out GOP senators for hypocrisy and greed “It’s incomprehensible how conservative senators think it’s acceptable to give themselves lifetime health benefits, but refuse to support even the most basic health care coverage for Michigan’s working poor,” said Lonnie Scott,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Contact: Lonnie Scott, (734) 323-6028, Lonnie@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Calls on Senate to Stop Half-(p)assing Their Job “Yesterday, the Senate failed to give the Medicaid expansion bill immediate effect, which is a mistake that will cost Michigan tax-payers roughly $7 million per day if implementation…