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…
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…
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…
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…