Press Releases

For Immediate Release: October 30, 2019 Georgetown University Report Finds Number of Uninsured Missouri Children Up Nearly 17 Percent Analysis shows Missouri losing significant ground in covering kids The number of uninsured children increased nationally by more than 400,000 Read More

For Immediate Release: June 20, 2019   MBP Urges Trump Administration to Reject Change That Would Undercut Safety Net Press Statement by Amy Blouin, President & CEO of the Missouri Budget Project   The Missouri Budget Project and more than forty organizations from across Read More

As our country prepares to honor our nation’s veterans, Empower Missouri and Missouri Budget Project are calling on Congress to support veterans by passing a farm bill that protects and strengthens the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps more than 37,000 Read More

For Immediate Release:  January 16, 2018 Contact: Traci Gleason, Director of Communications The Missouri Budget Project released an analysis today showing that bills being considered by the Missouri Senate Ways & Means Committee will do little for most Missouri families, pass Read More

Statement from Amy Blouin, Executive Director, Missouri Budget Project   Amy Blouin, Executive Director of the Missouri Budget Project, issued the following statement in response to today’s vote by the House of Representatives to pass its tax bill: “Despite claims to the Read More

Governor’s Veto of House Committee Bill 3 & Cuts to Budget, Create Unnecessary Harm to Seniors, People with Disabilities and Kids Statement from Amy Blouin, MBP Executive Director The Governor just announced his veto of House Committee Bill 3, which would have tapped unused Read More

Download the PDF Version For Immediate Release, May 4, 2017 Through an inspiring bipartisan effort, the Missouri Senate acted to protect the well-being of 108,000 vulnerable Missourians in the upcoming fiscal year 2018 budget. It is now up to the Missouri House to protect home Read More

DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION Statement from Amy Blouin, Missouri Budget Project Executive Director The Missouri Senate faces difficult decisions in their negotiations for the fiscal year 2018 budget. So far, legislators have posed a false choice, pitting vulnerable populations Read More

For Immediate Release, February 7, 2017 More than 100,000 Missouri seniors and people with disabilities may lose a modest property tax credit in order to pay for another corporate tax cut, as a result of a proposal advanced by the Senate Ways and Means Committee this morning. Read More