These extreme proposals will do nothing but unnecessarily burden voters—especially voters with disabilities, rural voters, elderly voters, and voters of color—and roll back the progress we’ve made. Every voter has the right to make their voice heard and we will fight to keep it that way.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan July 31, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Statement on Michigan Supreme Court’s Ruling on GOP’s ‘Adopt and Amend’ Scheme MICHIGAN – Today, the Michigan Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, declared the Michigan GOP 2018 “adopt and amend” scheme regarding paid sick leave and increasing the state’s minimum…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan August 15, 2023 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, 313-400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org New Poll: Voters Show Strong Support for Accountability Across the Board Michiganders back accountability for corporate polluters, utility companies, and false electors MICHIGAN — On Tuesday, Progress Michigan released the latest edition of Lake Effect, a monthly research newsletter that tracks…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 15, 2023 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Ottawa County Board of Commissioners Responds to FOIA Request Emails appear to show right-wing commissioners coordinating prior to being sworn in MICHIGAN – Progress Michigan filed a Freedom of Information Act request to learn more about what might have been happening…
Michigan voters across the political spectrum, including both gun owners and non-gun owners, weighed in on a variety of gun violence prevention policies.
Taking action to prevent gun violence and protect our communities shouldn’t be controversial—and for the majority of Michiganders, it isn’t. That’s right: Most Michigan voters, including Republican voters and gun owners, support evidence-based policies like Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws, safe storage regulations, and increased funding for community groups and mental health services. So…
July 7, 2022 Enbridge, the company that operates the Line 5 oil pipeline, has gotten away with a plan to build a dangerous oil tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac to replace a small but fragile four-mile portion of their aging pipeline. A state agency called the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority, created by former Gov.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 8, 2022 Contact: Lonnie Scott, lonnie@progressmichigan.org New Poll: Michiganders Support Gun Reforms, Stand Firm on Abortion Rights Voters also weigh in on signature forgery, competing tax plans, and election funding MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, Progress Michigan released the latest edition of Lake Effect, a monthly research newsletter that tracks public opinion…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan May 19, 2022 Contact: Lonnie Scott, lonnie@progressmichigan.org Whitsett’s Anti-Choice Vote is a Betrayal to Her Constituents Democratic representative delivers swing vote or anti-abortion funding MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s favorite Michigan Democrat, Representative Karen Whitsett voted with Republicans to pass a MDHHS budget that includes funding for…
May 5, 2022 The Michigan Republican Party has teamed up with a coalition of national and local Republican and right-wing groups to recruit paid election workers and credentialed volunteer poll challengers. These groups include an alarming combination of Big Lie conspiracy theorists, people who worked to overturn the 2020 election results, groups involved with the…