A Missouri Mom’s Story: Medicaid Made the Difference
July 18, 2025
Crystal Lyon was 18 years old when she found out she was pregnant. Medicaid saved her daughter’s life.
Read MoreRELEASE: 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 […]
Read MoreMissouri 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 […]
Read MoreProgress 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 […]
Read MoreKCTV5 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 […]
Read MoreREPORT: 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreRELEASE: Progress MO Hosts National Bus Tour in Kansas City to “Stop the Billionaire Giveaway”
July 7, 2025
Local 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 MoreRELEASE: 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 […]
Read MoreMissouri Rural Crisis Center Opines on Protecting Medicaid, Work Requirements in The Hill
May 28, 2025
Missouri Rural Crisis Center’s Christi Lero is featured in a recent The Hill article, “Hawley stakes ground as chief GOP defender of Medicaid,” commenting on Sen. Josh Hawley’s vocal opposition to Medicaid cuts proposed in the House-passed budget bill. Hawley’s stance is evolving as Republicans debate the future of Medicaid, particularly provisions that would gut […]
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