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...
Governor Mike Parson has proposed a nearly 53-billion-dollar state operating budget. Alisa Nelson talks to Missouri Department of Mental Health Director Valerie Huhn (hoon) about some of her department’s budget highlights.
Governor Mike Parson approved the new fiscal year 2021 budget bills totaling about $35.3 billion and vetoed 17 line items amounting to $11 million. However, continued revenue shortfalls expected because of the COVID-19 crisis have prompted him to block spending on...
Missouri’s governor wants lawmakers to focus on the state operating budget during the final few weeks of the 2020 session, and GOP legislative leaders in both chambers say that is their top priority. During a media briefing last week, Missourinet asked Governor...
