Senate Approves Bond Issue To Deal With Budget Crisis

The State Senate has passed on the opportunity to go along with the Missouri House plan to authorize the sale of $150-Million in bonds to help ease the budget crisis for the remaining months of the current fiscal year. In its place, it has approved a proposal to sell...

Senate Prepares To Begin Securitization Debate

Showdown time is coming in the State Senate on how much the Legislature will give Governor Bob Holden to plug a state budget hole. And, it appears unlikely the majority Republicans will give him all that he says he needs. The Senate expects to start final debate...