Missouri House Strikes Compromise In Budget Battle

A compromise in the Missouri House gives Governor Bob Holden $50-Million more to help with the current fiscal year’s budget. The House has overwhelmingly approved a measure to turn a third of the state’s national tobacco settlement money into bonds to...

Securitization Effort Gets Hearings In Legislature

Majority Republicans in the Legislature say they’ll give Governor Bob Holden about one third as much money as he says he needs to avoid more budget cuts in the last quarter of this fiscal year. Bethany Senator David Klindt is sponsoring a bill authorizing bonds...