Next week, Gov. Mike Kehoe plans to roll out his state budget proposal. He told reporters today in Jefferson City that Missouri’s budget for the next fiscal year is going to be tighter. “I think it’s going to be even more tighter next year and the year after,”...
Missouri’s House Minority Leader is criticizing the budget process after Gov. Mike Parson promised he will issue some line-item vetoes. Rep. Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, said that the budget process was “essentially two people doing it behind closed doors without...
A $51 billion state budget is now in the hands of Missouri Governor Mike Parson, who has already promised he will issue some line-item vetoes. State Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee. He said he expects some line-item vetoes...
The filibuster is over. The Missouri Senate has given initial approval to a hospital tax bill to help pay for Missouri’s Medicaid costs. Members of the far-right leaning Freedom Caucus spent just over 40 hours Tuesday through Wednesday holding up the federal...
Missouri’s nearly $51 billion state budget proposal is under consideration in the Senate. The spending proposal would widen I-44 to six lanes in Springfield, Joplin, and Rolla. It also includes a 3.2% pay increase for state workers and it would boost funding for...
