RELEASE: Missourians Speak Out on Sen. Hawley’s Medicaid Reversal

July 17, 2025

Senator 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 […]

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Missouri Mom Decries Medicaid Cuts in New Federal Law

July 15, 2025

Crystal Lyon, a St. Charles County resident, is featured on a recent episode of St. Louis Public Radio’s Politically Speaking Hour discussing her experience with Medicaid and voicing concerns about the GOP budget bill signed into law by the president on July 4, 2025.  Lyon discusses her reliance on Medicaid, which she credits with saving […]

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Progress MO Report Pressures Kehoe to Fill Ethics Commission Vacancies

July 11, 2025

Progress 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 […]

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KCTV5 Highlights Community Voices, Impact of Medicaid Cuts at “Stop the Billionaire Giveaway” Bus Tour

July 8, 2025

KCTV5 featured powerful community voices from the national “Stop the Billionaire Giveaway” bus tour in Kansas City, an event organized by Progress MO, Fair Share America and Unrig Our Economy.  The Kansas City stop emphasized the urgent impact of the recently enacted federal reconciliation budget bill on Missourians and highlighted requests from health care workers […]

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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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