Blunt Calls For Spending Hike For Higher Ed

Governor Matt Blunt is proposing spending more money for higher education. In his State of the State Address on Wednesday, the Governor will call for a two percent funding increase for colleges and universities. The proposed $17.1-Million increase to two-year and four-year colleges and universities would bring to $873.8-Million the amount of state money headed to higher education in the 2007 fiscal year. Almost half the new funding would be given to the University of Missouri.