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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…

Image of Lee Chatfield in a suit testifying in front of a committee

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…

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…