by Mike Lear | Jan 29, 2014 | Legislature, News
The House Budget Committee is not likely to put $14-million dollars in the supplemental budget toward a new state mental hospital at Fulton as Governor Jay Nixon (D) has proposed, but the House will support a way to pay for it this year. That’s according to...
by Mike Lear | Jan 24, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The House Budget Committee will hold a hearing next week to discuss whether Governor Jay Nixon’s proposed plan to fund a new Fulton State Hospital meets constitutional muster. Nixon proposes using about $189 million dollars in appropriation bonds to pay for...
by Mike Lear | Sep 12, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon has released $215-million dollars out of $400-million he withheld pending the fate of his veto of a tax cut bill. The rest is being held onto while his Budget Director considers the impacts of several issues. The largest amounts of money released...
by Mike Lear | Jul 30, 2013 | Legislature, News
The Senate Interim Committee on Capital Improvement will prepare a report by the end of this year for the rest of the senate. The Office of Administration has shown it a list dating to August 6 of last year of 20,782 repair or maintenance projects that would cost the...
by Mike Lear | Jul 8, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
The Department of Mental Health could take a $68 million hit to its budget if money withheld by Governor Jay Nixon is not released at some point. Director Keith Schafer says $28 million of General Revenue was withheld. That money and the programs it supports draw down...
