One chamber down on a nearly $51 billion state budget proposal. The Missouri House of Representatives has passed a spending plan that includes: •$3.8 billion in state aid to K-12 public schools •$1.1 billion in core funding for public higher education – $938 million for four-year colleges and universities, $179 million for two-year colleges. •$727 … Continue reading Missouri’s $51 billion state budget proposal reaches halfway point