Graphic with blue logo that reads "2023 rural policy action report / a roadmap for rural progress." Behind the logo is an image of a bearded African American man wearing a black baseball cap and orange henley talking to a woman in a plaid shirt holding a thermos mug. Behind them to the left is a man in a cowboy hat and jean jacket holding a sign next to an older gentleman talking to a woman.

New Report Highlights Policy Action for Rural America  

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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…

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Prominent MIGOP Activist Again Linked to White Supremacy

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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…

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DeVos-Backed Republicans Must Answer for Chatfield’s Alleged Crimes 

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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…

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Chatfield’s Alleged Criminal Enterprise Included DTE, Consumers Energy 

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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

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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…