‘Redact’: Email Shows Now-U.S. Attorney Using Private Email During Schuette Tenure

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 2, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org ‘Redact’: Email Shows Now-U.S. Attorney Using Private Email During Schuette Tenure Matthew Schneider used private email account to communicate with GOP during 2016 recount MICHIGAN — Scrawled at the top of a 2016 email header with the email addresses…

Bungled Flint Investigation by Schuette Gets Reset

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan June 13, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-9016-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Nayyirah Shariff, 810-493-5946, nayyirah@flintrising.com Bungled Flint Investigation by Schuette Gets Reset Nessel’s Flint team announced today they were dropping criminal charges, starting from scratch MICHIGAN — Flint Rising and Progress Michigan released the following statements regarding the news that criminal…

Progress Michigan v. Schuette Appeal to be Heard by Supreme Court

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 20, 2019 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan v. Schuette Appeal to be Heard by Supreme Court Progress MI has evidence showing Schuette, staff used private email accounts to conduct public business LANSING — The Michigan Supreme Court will hear Progress Michigan’s case as the government…

Schuette’s Term as AG: Just a Right-Wing Crusader

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan  December 17, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Schuette’s Term as AG: Just a Right-Wing Crusader Working families, LGBTQ community, our environment, were targets of Schuette’s shady agenda  LANSING — Today, Michigan’s outgoing attorney general, Bill Schuette, held an end of term press conference. In response, Progress Michigan is releasing…

Schuette’s Toxic Legacy

In a state where water contamination is a growing crisis, threats to our Great Lakes go unchecked, and corporate interests lobby to dump pollution into our air and water, people are rightly concerned about the records and proposed policies of those seeking higher office. Throughout the last year, Attorney General Bill Schuette’s record on the…

Statement on Court of Claims Dismissal of Lawsuit Seeking to End Schuette Political Enterprise

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan  October 22, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Statement on Court of Claims Dismissal of Lawsuit Seeking to End Schuette Political Enterprise Madden to appeal decision  LANSING — Progress Michigan released the following statement after the Michigan Court of Claims dismissed the lawsuit seeking to end Attorney General Bill…

Schuette Trying to Dodge Accountability on UIA Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 9, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Schuette Trying to Dodge Accountability on UIA Case Schuette aggressively prosecuted innocent families, refused to settle LANSING — Attorney General Bill Schuette is trying to distance himself from the Unemployment Insurance Fraud case that will be heard before the Michigan Supreme Court.…

Does Schuette Super PAC Shakeup Show Campaign on the Ropes?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan September 20, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Does Schuette Super PAC Shakeup Show Campaign on the Ropes? Has the DeVos family money dried up or been pulled back? LANSING — Today in a tweet, Crain’s Business Detroit reporter Chad Livengood reported that Bill Schuette’s gubernatorial campaign has poached…

Schuette’s Auto Insurance Problem

Schuette’s Auto Insurance Problem It’s not news to anyone that Michigan has the highest auto insurance rates in the country.  But what may be a surprise is Bill Schuette’s record of supporting policies that jack up auto insurance rates for Michigan’s working families, especially in urban areas. Bill Schuette released an ad saying he would…

Did Schuette/Wyant Relationship Spare Ex-MDEQ Chief from Flint Charges?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan August 17, 2018 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Did Schuette/Wyant Relationship Spare Ex-MDEQ Chief from Flint Charges? New report sheds light on relationship between AG and former head of MDEQ MICHIGAN — Did the political and professional relationship between Bill Schuette and Dan Wyant spare the former head…