REPORT: How Missouri’s Ethics Commission is Broken by Design

July 8, 2025

Progress 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 […]

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The Kansas City Star Highlights Progress MO’s Report on Missouri Ethics Commission’s Intentional Dismantle

July 8, 2025

A recent Kansas City Star article, “How Missouri’s ethical watchdog was ‘quietly dismantled,’ according to new report,” highlights a report from Progress MO detailing how prolonged vacancies have effectively dismantled the Missouri Ethics Commission (MEC or Commission) and exposing a critical failure in enforcing Missouri’s campaign finance and ethics laws. This intentional inaction has prevented […]

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RELEASE: Josh Hawley Vows to Cut Medicaid, Turns Back on Missourians

June 29, 2025

Senator 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 […]

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RELEASE: Missouri Lawmakers End 2025 Session with Profits Over People Agenda

May 15, 2025

The 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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STATEMENT: Missouri Lawmakers Pass Capital Gains Tax Giveaway

May 7, 2025

Progress MO released the following statement by Communications Director Abbey Schoenrade in response to the passage of House Bill 594 which will exempt capital gains from state income tax.   “The Missouri Legislature just voted to hand out nearly $300 million a year in tax breaks to the wealthy. “This tax cut is a gift to […]

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RELEASE: Missouri Legislature passes bill allowing politicians to lie to voters

April 14, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, April 14, 2025Contact: Claire Cook-Callen, claire@progressmo.org The Missouri Legislature today passed Senate Bill 22, a bold power grab that gives politicians ample opportunities to mislead and deceive voters at the ballot box. This legislation removes essential checks and balances in Missouri’s century-old initiative petition process and demonstrates the lengths to which Missouri […]

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Missourians Head to D.C. to Demand Congress Say No to More Tax Breaks for Billionaires, Corporations

April 10, 2025

Jefferson City, MO — A delegation of advocates, workers, and community members from Missouri traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to deliver a clear message to Congress: no more tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations – especially not at the expense of hardworking Missourians. “Everything is getting harder for working people, yet Congress continues […]

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RELEASE: Missouri lawmakers seek to rig the system, deceive voters

April 1, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, April 1, 2025Contact: Abbey Schoenrade, abbey@progressmo.org JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri lawmakers held a hearing Tuesday, April 1, on Senate Bill 22, a bill that doubles as a bold power grab and gives politicians ample opportunities to mislead and deceive voters. If passed, this legislation would remove critical checks and balances from Missouri’s […]

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