FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan April 18, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org, 313-400-0298 Poll Highlight: Michiganders Want More Light in Lansing Lake Effect newsletter highlights Michigan opinion on BRITE Act and FOIA reform   MICHIGAN –  Earlier this month, Progress Michigan released the April issue of Lake Effect, a monthly poll tracking public opinion about a variety of issues and political figures. In light of recently introduced transparency reforms in Lansing, polling shows a strong majority of Michiganders not only back BRITE A ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan April 17, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org,  313-400-0298 Amid Another Successful Election, MI MAGA Republicans Fail Challenge to Voting Rights Laws Yet another successful Michigan election, despite many MI Republican lawmakers election deniers continually trying to overturn the will of voters MICHIGAN – Michigan voters and election officials are celebrating yet another safe, secure, and accurate election. As disinformation, conspiracy theories, and even harassment and threats make the jobs of election workers in ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 16, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org  Progress Michigan Statement on Chatfield Charges  MICHIGAN – Today, Attorney General Dana Nessel held a press conference to announce criminal charges in the investigation against former House Speaker Lee Chatfield. Progress Michigan released the following statement, attributed to Sam Inglot, executive director:  “Corruption and impropriety seems to be synonymous with the Michigan Republican Party. What started with disturbing sexual assault al ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 11, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org Biden-Harris Administration’s Major Announcement on Gun Violence Prevention Expanded background checks for all gun sales will close major legal loopholes and save lives MICHIGAN – In a pivotal stride towards enhancing gun safety measures, the Biden-Harris Administration unveiled a landmark policy today expanding firearm background checks as part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Notably, the administration has enacted the most substantial extension of ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan April 10, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, (313) 400-0298, denzel@progressmichigan.org Poll: Michiganders Reaffirm Support for Reproductive Freedom Transparency reforms, extreme risk protection orders also prove popular MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, Progress Michigan released the latest edition of Lake Effect, a monthly poll that tracks public opinion about a variety of issues and political figures. This month’s poll focused heavily on reproductive rights, along with several policies that either passed recently or are being considered right now. “Sp ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org, 313-400-0298 Republican Leadership Uses Tragedy to Further Anti-Immigrant Fearmongering  Hoekstra, Hall use the murder of a Grand Rapids woman to stoke xenophobia and division MICHIGAN – Last week, a 25-year-old woman named Ruby Garcia was murdered in Grand Rapids, allegedly shot by her intimate partner, who is an undocumented immigrant. Despite research time and again showing that undocumented immigrants actually commit fewer crimes than U.S. citizens, Michigan ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan Thursday, March 28, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org Maddock Tweet & MIGOP Leadership Spread Lies About Immigration Rep. Maddock’s recent tweet shows truth is no barrier to Republican fear-mongering MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, Representative Matt Maddock posted a tweet asserting that several buses at the Detroit airport were transporting undocumented immigrants. The buses actually appear to have been for Gonzaga’s men’s basketball team, which landed in Detroit for March Madness shortly before Maddock posted the tweet ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan March 27, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org,  313-400-0298 Report: Nearly Half of MI Republican Lawmakers are Election Deniers States United Democracy Center report identifies 32 state legislators as election deniers MICHIGAN –  A new report released by States United Democracy Center has classified 32 Republican lawmakers, 44 percent of the Republican caucus in the Michigan Legislature, as election deniers. In response, Sam Inglot, executive director of Progress Michigan, issued the following s ..read more

Organization: MI Poder Position: Field Director Location: Michigan (Remote) Our families came to Michigan from all over Mexico and Latin America. They sacrificed everything so we could live the American dream, generations of seeking a better future. We know what we deserve: access to health care, education, and protection of our right to vote. Let’s celebrate our collective resilience by advocating for the future we see possible, the one we want to build for ourselves. Who We Are MI Poder is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, non-partisan social welfare and civic engagement organization serving the Latinx ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan Thursday, March 21, 2024 Contact: Denzel McCampbell, denzel@progressmichigan.org, 313-400-0298 Hall’s Lukewarm Statement on Schriver’s Racist Tweet Falls Far Short Hall must make clear that white supremacy has no place in state government MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, Michigan House Minority Leader Matt Hall finally broke his silence on Michigan State Representative Josh Schriver pushing the white supremacist “Great Replacement Theory,” which has been used repeatedly by white nationalists to justify murderous rampages and hate.   “I have condemn ..read more