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Empower Missouri Condemns Signing of Senate Bill 600; “Get Tough on Crime” Approaches Are Costly Failures

We at Empower Missouri are extremely disappointed to learn that Gov. Parson plans to sign Senate Bill 600. This reverses the positive direction that his…

Response to June 29, 2020 Release of State Audit Of Hancock Amendment (Article X, Sections 16 Through 24)

Today's report from Missouri's State Auditor shows that Missouri is continuing to decline in the revenue strength needed to withstand stresses like the current COVID-19 pandemic and economic…

DSS Must Immediately Correct Information Related to Work Requirements and SNAP Benefits

(Jefferson City, MO) …. On Thursday, Missouri announced it will resume work-hour documentation requirements in August for desperately poor Missourians receiving help from the Supplemental…

Coalition for Fair Policing Calls for the Passage of the 4th Amendment Affirmation Act in Response to Release of Vehicle Stops Report by AG

To combat the racial disparities, the Coalition is calling not only for an end to racialized policing but also for the passage of the Fourth…

Empower Missouri Applauds Passage of CARES Act; Urges Additional Steps to Strengthen Safety Net

(Jefferson City, MO)........Empower Missouri today applauded Congress for their passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) in a bipartisan and speedy…

Lawmakers, long-term HIV survivors push to rewrite Missouri’s HIV laws

(Jefferson City, MO)..... Missouri lawmakers, health professionals and long-term HIV survivors are calling for the state legislature to change Missouri’s HIV criminalization laws which they…

Empower Missouri Delivers Letter Encouraging Re-Institution of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) statewide match

Jefferson City, MO — On February 20th, 2020, Empower Missouri, along with more than 100 other individuals and organizations, signed and delivered a letter to…

PRESS RELEASE – Reps. Rehder and McCreery Prefile HIV Modernization Bills with Support of Large Coalition of Advocates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 13, 2019Contact: Conner Kerrigan, Communications Director815-263-1261 (cell)conner@empowermissouri.org JEFFERSON CITY, MO...On December 11th, 2019, Representatives Holly Rehder (R - Sikeston) and Tracy McCreery…

Media Advisory: Press Conference to Be Held Regarding Missouri’s HIV Criminalization Statutes

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – State Senator Shalonn “Kiki” Curls and State Representatives Holly Rehder and Tracy McCreery, along with Lynne Meyerkord, Executive Director of AIDS…

Empower Missouri Statement on Trump Administration’s Published Rule Changes to SNAP Waiver Eligibility

Today, the Trump Administration published a final rule that would disallow hundreds of thousands of individuals from utilizing SNAP to reduce their food insecurity. The…