Progress MO released the following statement by Communications Director Abbey Schoenrade in response to Governor Mike Kehoe’s announcement of a special session to redraw Missouri’s congressional districts and rig the rules to end majority rule and take away our rights: Gov. Mike Kehoe just caved to the president. This is an unconstitutional power grab that threatens our democracy, […]
Read MoreThe Republican budget bill – signed into law July 4, 2025, with full support from Missouri’s Republican members of Congress – includes the largest Medicaid cuts in U.S. history, ripping away health care from millions of Americans in order to fund massive tax giveaways for billionaires. In Missouri, an estimated 170,000 people will lose MO […]
Read MoreProgress MO released the following statement by Communications Director Abbey Schoenrade in response to U.S. Representative Ann Wagner’s (MO-2) written statement to The Missourian following public criticism over her silence on the federal Jeffrey Epstein investigation: After weeks of public pressure and silence, Rep. Ann Wagner finally issued a statement on the Epstein investigation, but […]
Read MoreMissourians expect transparency, integrity and protection for the vulnerable. Instead, they’re getting silence from Rep. Ann Wagner that overwhelmingly protects the powerful and elite. U.S. Representative Ann Wagner built her career on anti-human trafficking legislation and survivor advocacy. As she put it, “We have a moral obligation to stop the devastating consequences of human trafficking […]
Read MoreSenator Josh Hawley is now trying to undo the very Medicaid cuts he voted for. After supporting the GOP budget bill that is now law – a bill that cuts trillions from Medicaid and threatens to gut rural health care – Hawley has introduced new legislation to reverse some of the damage he caused. If […]
Read MoreProgress MO Executive Director Claire Cook-Callen is featured in a Kansas City Star article, “After scathing report, Missouri governor fills vacancies on ethics watchdog,” commenting on Governor Mike Kehoe’s recent appointments to the Missouri Ethics Commission (MEC). The MEC, responsible for enforcing state campaign finance and ethics laws, had been unable to conduct investigations or […]
Read MoreProgress MO is proud to release its new report detailing how the Missouri Ethics Commission (MEC) has been effectively dismantled by long-standing and intentional vacancies. Our findings show dozens of ethics complaints dismissed without investigation due to the MEC’s lack of quorum. This isn’t an accident. It’s a deliberate abdication of legal responsibility and it’s […]
Read MoreLocal organizers, health care workers and advocates speak out against the GOP budget bill. Progress MO hosted the national “Stop the Billionaire Giveaway” bus tour in Kansas City on Monday, July 7. Organized by Fair Share America and Unrig Our Economy, the tour stop highlighted the urgent impact of the recently passed federal reconciliation bill […]
Read MoreSenator Josh Hawley announced his intention to vote for the GOP budget bill (H.R. 1), which includes significant cuts to Medicaid. After publicly warning that cutting Medicaid would harm working families, close rural hospitals and take health care away from Missouri’s children and seniors, he’s now turning his back on Missourians to protect corporations. “Senator […]
Read MoreThe 2025 Missouri legislative session is over and, once again, the House and Senate majorities revealed exactly who they serve. Instead of respecting what Missourians voted for, conservative lawmakers advanced an agenda that protected power, pleased high-dollar donors and left working people behind. Lawmakers had the opportunity to reduce costs, safeguard basic rights and uphold […]
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