Today is Earth Day, the 44th anniversary of the birth of the environmental movement. Before the movement began, fossil fuel industries and governments could spew into the air, pump into the water, and dump onto the ground virtually any type of pollution with no consequence. The first Earth Day in 1970 led to the creation…
Over the last few years Michigan has been experiencing a “brain drain,” or a large number of young, college educated people moving out of state. According to one college grad, this phenomenon is rooted strongly in the fact that the state’s political system is out of control and our elected leaders are taking opposing positions…
It’s my third day on the job as Progress Michigan’s new Executive Director, and already I’m amazed at the threat presented to our state’s future by corporate-funded right-wing politicians. We need your help. Every day, Progress Michigan fights back against the attacks on Michigan’s middle-class families. We have been on the front lines in the battle…
Lansing yawned when it was announced, months ago, that Gov. Rick Snyder was starting a few political funds – including his now-infamous NERD Fund, which isn’t required to disclose its donors. A November 2012 report compared the non-profit, chaired by Republican booster Charlie Secchia, to similar funds operated by Kwame Kilpatrick and Bob Ficano. But at least…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Friday, June 28, 2013 Contact: Jessica Tramontana, jessica@progressmichigan.org, 517-974-6302 LANSING – Progress Michigan released the following statement on a federal judge issuing a preliminary injunction against the ban on benefits for domestic partners signed into law by Gov. Snyder in 2011: “Today’s ruling is just the first step…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Thursday, June 20, 2013 Contact: Joshua Pugh, joshua@progressmichigan.org, 517-575-7180 LANSING – Citizens’ watchdog group Progress Michigan released the following statement on the failure of the Michigan Senate to even vote on expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act before leaving for summer vacation until late August: “The failure…