Charter school, voucher expansion hurts already financially strapped public schools FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, June 14, 2024Contact: liz@progressmo.org COLUMBIA Mo. – The Missouri Legislature let down kids repeatedly this year, failing to invest in public schools that more than 90% of Missouri school children depend upon. This year’s legislative session was the least productive and most […]
Read MoreFailure to protect contraception means a ban could follow the same path as abortion in the state FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, June 7, 2024Contact: liz@progressmo.org COLUMBIA, Mo. – New research shows a majority of Missourians are afraid of losing even more of their freedoms. And Missouri’s politicians are giving them every reason to be concerned. On […]
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, June 5, 2024Contact: liz@progressmo.org COLUMBIA, Mo. – The U.S. Senate failed to pass the Right to Contraception Act, which would affirm the right to use birth control in the United States. Missouri senators Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt turned their backs on Missourians with their no votes, refusing to codify basic health […]
Read MoreWelcome back to Under the Dome, your weekly update on the goings-on of the Missouri state legislature. Majority rule survives as dysfunction, chaos reign in Jefferson City The Missouri Legislature ended its session for the year in a display of utter dysfunction with only a few bills reaching the finish line despite Republicans holding a […]
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 17, 2024Contact: liz@progressmo.org JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The people of Missouri came together with a united message this legislative session: asking politicians to stop their radical attack on the initiative petition process. After months of political infighting, tens of thousands of calls, emails, and meetings, plus an over fifty-hour filibuster, the Missouri […]
Read MoreGreetings, fellow Missourians! It’s been a lively week in Jefferson City, with plenty of political developments to keep us on our toes. Let’s dive into the latest happenings. Despite having months to hammer out the state’s spending plan, the Missouri Senate narrowly avoided a budgetary impasse by just 24 hours. With a dysfunctional GOP supermajority, […]
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 8, 2024Contact: liz@progressmo.org Effort to chronicle politicians’ statements and actions that stand in contrast to their speeches JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – This morning, Progress MO, a multi-issue progressive advocacy organization that combines cutting edge online organizing and communications with rapid and hard-hitting earned media strategies, announced the launch of a new project […]
Read MoreWelcome back to Under the Dome, your weekly update on the goings-on of the Missouri state legislature. Missourians unite to improve future when politicians refuse to solve real-world problems In a legislative session marked by callous proposals to criminalize teachers who support their students, expand child labor and protect multi-billion corporations, Jefferson City got a […]
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 1, 2024Contact: liz@progressmo.org Hawley fails to man up and bring solutions to the table, use his power to make the state better JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After nearly six years of representing Missourians in the United States Senate, Josh Hawley continues to ignore the needs and concerns of most Missouri families. Hawley’s […]
Read MoreWelcome back to Under the Dome, your weekly update on the goings-on of the Missouri state legislature. Jefferson City politicians get busy kowtowing to GOP fringe group With just weeks left in the legislative session and hardly anything to show for it, the week Under the Dome began with a threat from the ultra-right “Freedom” […]
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