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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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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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The Bluebird – April 25
April 25, 2025

  Paid Sick Leave Champions once again block HB 567, a bill that would overturn Prop A’s earned paid sick leave and minimum wage increase, approved by more than 57% of Missouri voters in November Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Missouri politicians are trying to completely overturn the will of the people. […]

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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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