Release: Progress MO Welcomes Abbey Schoenrade as Communications Director

March 19, 2025

Progress MO is pleased to welcome Abbey Schoenrade as its new communications director, where she will lead the organization’s communications and storytelling strategies to amplify progressive voices and make political discourse more accessible throughout Missouri. Schoenrade brings a wealth of experience in strategic communications, advocacy and political engagement. Her background includes developing strategic messaging and […]

The Bluebird – March 14, 2025

March 18, 2025

Congressman Alford (R-Mo.) among GOP reps advocating for cutting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security It took Rep. Mark Alford (MO-4) less than a minute on CNN to completely embarrass himself and our state yet again this week. As Elon Musk and unelected grifters pillage our coffers, privatizing public services for personal profit, Alford […]

RELEASE: Missourians Sound Alarm on Dangerous Initiative Petition Changes Moving in MO Legislature

February 27, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY – Politicians in the Missouri Senate are attempting to remove critical checks and balances from the state’s 100 year old initiative petition process, a constitutional right, that would give Missouri’s Secretary of State up to three chances to write the most skewed language possible — and give fellow partisan judges the power to […]

RELEASE: Missouri Congressmen Set to Put Billionaires Over Working People

February 25, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As outlined in Trump’s Project 2025, the proposed budget Congress is expected to vote on Tuesday will take even more money from Missouri’s hard-working middle class to line the pockets of the very richest. Working Missourians will be stuck with the $2 trillion+ price tag, handing billionaires even more tax breaks […]

RELEASE: Congressman Eric Burlison introduces federal abortion ban months after MO votes to end statewide ban

February 5, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 5, 2025Contact: Claire Cook-Callen, claire@progressmo.org Congressman Eric Burlison introduces federal abortion ban months after MO votes to end statewide ban JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Rep. Eric Burlison of Southwest Missouri is turning his back on Missourians in filing H.R. 722, which will effectively institute a federal abortion ban across the United States. […]

RELEASE: Missourians Urge Lawmakers to Protect Majority Rule at Voting Rights Legislative Day

January 28, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, Jan. 28, 2024Contact: Claire Cook-Callen, claire@progressmo.orgDenise Lieberman, media@movpc.org Missourians Urge Lawmakers to Protect Majority Rule at Voting Rights Legislative Day JEFFERSON CITY – Hundreds of Missourians gathered in the Capitol rotunda on Tuesday, January 28 to urge lawmakers to protect majority rule and ditch efforts to alter the initiative petition process. Missourians […]

Release: Actual State of Missouri Not As Rosy as Governor Kehoe Depicts

January 28, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Governor Mike Kehoe will make his first state of the state address today. However, there is a stark difference in the picture he paints from the actual state of Missouri. The simple truth is that it’s hard to live in Missouri. While the Governor and Legislature are focused on cutting taxes […]

RELEASE: Rep. Eric Burlison puts Missourians’ jobs and health at risk by sponsoring a repeal to the Inflation Reduction Act

January 15, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, Jan. 15, 2025Contact: Claire Cook-Callen, Claire@ProgressMO.org Rep. Eric Burlison puts Missourians’ jobs and health at risk by sponsoring a repeal to the Inflation Reduction Act Rep. Burlison has signed on as a co-sponsor of H.R.191 which would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Rep. Eric Burlison of Southwest Missouri has co-sponsored […]

The Bluebird – December 12

December 23, 2024

U.S. Rep. Mark Alford wants to cut Medicare and Social Security to give billionaires even more tax breaks Missouri Congressman Mark Alford wants to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block in the quest to make billionaires even richer. In an interview with Fox Business, he also suggested that we should push […]

Release: Missouri workers to defend overwhelming victory of Proposition A

December 10, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 9, 2024Contact: Joni Wickham, joni@wickhamjames.com 1,679,972 Missourians voted to raise the minimum wage and allow workers to earn paid sick time Workers across the state denounced a lawsuit filed by interest groups who are asking the courts to overturn the will of Missouri voters who passed Proposition A with 57% of the […]