Snyder Administration Ordered Treasury to Show ‘Investment Value’ of Aramark

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 25, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Snyder Administration Ordered Treasury to Show ‘Investment Value’ of Aramark Email obtained through a FOIA request raises questions about administration’s relationship with Aramark An email recently obtained by Progress Michigan through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that Dennis…

Will Lawmakers Support Resolution to End Aramark Contract?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 25, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Will Lawmakers Support Resolution to End Aramark Contract? Sex acts, drugs and alleged murder plots plague privatized contract  MICHIGAN — In light of recent allegations that an Aramark employee approached an inmate at Michigan prison to solicit a murder for…

Media Rundown: Aramark

We love making waves at Progress Michigan. We definitely made the right kind of waves when we released documents showing that the Snyder administration had a hand in quietly removing a $98,000 fine on Aramark, the out-of-state corporation that was handed a $145 million dollar contract to run our state prisons’ food service. We know…

Progress Michigan FOIA Reveals Aramark Scandal Reaches Top Levels of Snyder Administration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 11, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan FOIA Reveals Aramark Scandal Reaches Top Levels of Snyder Administration MICHIGAN — Today, Progress Michigan released a document that was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request that shows the top levels of Snyder’s administration pulling strings…

Statement from Progress Michigan on Governor Snyder Retaining State Contract with Aramark

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 8, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Statement from Progress Michigan on Governor Snyder Retaining State Contract with Aramark MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan issued the following statement on the news that the state would — once again — fine Aramark over prison food service violation and apply…

Local Officials Demand Gov. Snyder End Aramark Prison Contract, Hold Company Accountable for Banned Employees

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan  July 31, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Local Officials Demand Gov. Snyder End Aramark Prison Contract, Hold Company Accountable for Banned Employees County commissioners express concern over privatization given high-profile failure of prison contract MICHIGAN — Today, county commissioners from Ingham and Oakland County demanded that Governor…

Scott Announces Departure from Progress Michigan After a Decade of Leading the State’s Premier Progressive Organization

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 10, 2023 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Scott Announces Departure from Progress Michigan After a Decade of Leading the State’s Premier Progressive Organization Deputy Director Sam Inglot named as Scott’s successor MICHIGAN – On Monday, Progress Michigan Executive Director Lonnie Scott announced he we will step down from…

You’re Killing Me, Shirkey

  “Transparency hawk” is a pretty cool title—like a superhero name, but for an elected official who goes above and beyond the call of duty in the fight to ensure our government is truly accountable to the people. Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, despite using that term to describe himself…does not do that. In fact,…