by admin | May 23, 2003 | Education, Politics / Govt
Governor Bob Holden has vetoed four budget bills in four consecutive days. Today he plans to wrap up his review of the budget and, perhaps, set the date for a special legislative session. The Governor this week has vetoed the budget bills funding health, mental...
by admin | May 23, 2003 | Education, Politics / Govt
Education Commissioner Kent King says he’ll be paying close attention to the upcoming special session of the Legislature, now that Governor Bob Holden has vetoed the public schools budget bill – a bill that called for $189-Million in cuts to the school...
by admin | May 22, 2003 | Education, Politics / Govt
Governor Bob Holden states his objections to the state budget approved by lawmakers for public schools, saying he will veto it. Holden says the $224-Million cut from the education budget cuts too deep and in the end doesn’t really save the state money. Holden...
by admin | May 22, 2003 | Politics / Govt
Governor Bob Holden’s call for the Legislature to pass a better state budget attracts some bipartisan support for a small part of it. Both political parties and Secretary of State Matt Blunt join Holden in asking the Legislature to provide money to pay for next...
by admin | May 21, 2003 | Politics / Govt
For the third day in a row, Governor Bob Holden has held a news conference to announce plans to veto a budget sent to him by the General Assembly. The latest target is the social services budget. Holden says the cuts contained in that budget could deny Medicaid health...
