FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan February 3, 2016 Contact: Hugh Madden, 734-250-2070, hugh@progressmichigan.org Document: Top Snyder Adviser Warned About Deadly Legionnaires Outbreak in March 2015 Email to Harvey Hollins shows officials concerned about Flint River as source of drinking water 10 months before state went public LANSING — An email obtained by Progress…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 28, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org No Exemptions from Transparency: New Campaign Launched in Michigan Progress Michigan Launches Campaign to End FOIA Exemption for Gov, Legislature LANSING — Progress Michigan announced today that the organization has launched a campaign committed to ending the exemption from Michigan’s…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 26, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Flint Emails Sought Under Common Law Rights FOIA laws so broken in Michigan, watchdog group tries a new route to transparency MICHIGAN — Today, Progress Michigan sent a Public Records Request to Gov. Rick Snyder’s office requesting all documents related…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 21, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Documents: Snyder Chief of Staff Met with Flint Residents About Lead in August No mention of August meeting in Snyder’s emails or SOTS timeline; all emails must be released LANSING — Documents obtained by Progress Michigan, a government watchdog group,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 20, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Cherry Picks Flint Water Crisis Emails Governor admits he’s going to only release select emails from his office MICHIGAN — During his State of the State address on Tuesday night, Gov. Rick Snyder said he would release emails from…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 19, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574 Progress Michigan Sends Governor Snyder Official Request for Flint Documents FOIA Request gives Gov. Snyder a chance to waive FOIA exemption LANSING — Today, Progress Michigan sent a FOIA request directly to Governor Rick Snyder urging him to waive his executive…
Decades of our representatives in Lansing cutting millions of dollars from local budgets and making it impossible to invest in infrastructure – it’s what’s led to the deplorable condition of Michigan’s roads, failing public education across the state, and now, the Flint water crisis. Had our representatives invested in our state’s water infrastructure over…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 4, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org House Leadership Spends over $77,000 on Courser/Gamrat Scandal House spends more than lawmaker yearly salary to expel lawmakers LANSING — To investigate the Courser/Gamrat scandal, the Michigan House leadership decided to pay an outside law firm over $77,000, in lieu…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan December 17, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Administration Leans on Lies to Avoid Flint Water Disclosures Lie told by Health Department lawyer needs investigation LANSING — In a recent story by the Detroit Free Press, it was reported that a lawyer for the Department of Health…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 25, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org The Attorney General Doth Protest Too Much Progress Michigan responds to Schuette’s attacks on organization, response to lobbyist probe MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan released the following response to an email that Attorney General Bill Schuette’s spokeswoman sent to members of…