Drawing of Gretchen Whitmer facing her desk signing Elliott-Larsen expansion

Michigan’s Pro-Equality Majority Celebrates Signing of Elliott-Larsen Expansion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  News from Progress Michigan March 16, 2023  Contact: Lonnie Scott, lonnie@progressmichigan.org  Michigan’s Pro-Equality Majority Celebrates Signing of Elliott-Larsen Expansion Landmark civil rights initiative becomes law after years of advocacy from LGBTQ+ activists and allies  MICHIGAN –– Today, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law an expanded version of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. In…

Whitmer is promoting energy affordability and accessibility in Michigan

Michigan’s Propane Prices are Near an All-Time High, Here’s Why

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  News from Progress Michigan  December 8, 2021  Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Michigan’s Propane Prices are Near an All-Time High, Here’s Why Corporate greed abets fearmongering, but Whitmer and Nessel are helping families get by  MICHIGAN ­­– As temperatures fall and propane use increases, fossil fuel corporations aided by their well-paid lobbyists are squeezing…

Orgs Applaud Whitmer’s Veto of Anti-Voter Bills

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Multiple Organizations Friday, October 29, 2021 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Orgs Applaud Whitmer’s Veto of Anti-Voter Bills Senate Bill 303, Secure MI Vote ballot initiative perpetuate “Big Lie,” aim to make voting harder LANSING – A number of organizations issued statements today applauding Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for protecting voting rights…

Whitmer Vetoes Bills That Promoted ‘Big Lie’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Monday, October 4, 2021 Contact: Lonnie Scott, lonnie@progressmichigan.org Whitmer Vetoes Bills That Promoted ‘Big Lie’  Four election bills were simply aimed at voter suppression MICHIGAN – After Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed four anti-voter bills that originated from conspiracies about the November 2020 election, Lonnie Scott, executive director of Progress Michigan, issued…

Dismantling Democracy in Michigan

Looking for a Emergency Manager destination to find out if your community is in danger? Click here. In Benton Harbor, one of Michigan’s first new local emergency managers under Public Act 4 described himself as an “angel of common sense” just days after he suspended democracy there by ordering the City Council to quit doing…