Enough of the Budget Games: MAGA Republicans Have Forced Uncertainty & Turmoil for Michigan Families
Republican lawmakers would rather shut everything down than do their jobs and fund our communities.
Progress Michigan Statement on Committee Recommendation of Anti-Voter House Joint Resolution B
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan Statement on Committee Recommendation of Anti-Voter House Joint Resolution B LANSING – On Tuesday, Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding the House Election “Integrity” Committee recommendation of House Joint Resolution B, an unnecessary and burdensome anti-voter piece…
New Report Highlights Policy Action for Rural America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Monday, September 11, 2023 Contact: Levi Teitel, levi@progressmichigan.org New Report Highlights Policy Action for Rural America Progress Michigan joins rural communities in developing roadmaps to succeed and prosper MICHIGAN – A national collaborative of rural policy and advocacy organizations released their 2023 Rural Action Policy Report, outlining specific investments, policy improvements, and…
Prominent MIGOP Activist Again Linked to White Supremacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan August 25, 2023 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, 313-400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org Prominent MIGOP Activist Again Linked to White Supremacy Progress Michigan yet again (this is getting old) calls on MIGOP leadership to condemn Republican activist and leader Shane Trejo for his white supremacist and alt-right views MICHIGAN – Shane Trejo, the former…
DeVos-Backed Republicans Must Answer for Chatfield’s Alleged Crimes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan October 19, 2022 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org DeVos-Backed Republicans Must Answer for Chatfield’s Alleged Crimes Lansing corruption entangled Chatfield, others with the DeVos political machine MICHIGAN – Upon leaving the Michigan Legislature in 2020, former House Speaker Lee Chatfield made a tribute to Lansing power couple Anne and Rob Minard…
Chatfield’s Alleged Criminal Enterprise Included DTE, Consumers Energy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 18, 2022 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org Chatfield’s Alleged Criminal Enterprise Included DTE, Consumers Energy More than $180,000 from fossil fuel lobby funded ex-speaker’s lavish, abusive lifestyle MICHIGAN – When former Michigan House of Representatives Speaker Lee Chatfield was going on fancy trips to Aspen, the Bahamas, Vegas and…
Bishop Closer To Check-Mate?
Image via Wikipedia MIRS reports that almost-former Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop will not run for chair of the Michigan Republican Party. Recall that last week the chattering class in the Capitol made sure reporters knew that Bishop was up for a job in the administration of Governor-elect Rick Snyder. Bishop maintains that he hasn’t…
Rick Michigan’s Tea Party
Image by Urban~Spaceman via Flickr The inmates are taking over the asylum. In a big and incredibly under-reported story that some of us who count tea bags have been predicting for weeks now, the far right tea party caucus of the Michigan Republican Party is taking over. Thousands of cranky “tea party” types showed up…