by admin | Mar 23, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
The state House has sent the Senate a $24 billion dollar budget that Republicans say meets the priorities of the average Missourian, and Democrats say results from pitting priorities against one another. The budget includes a two percent pay increase for state...
by admin | Mar 22, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The House is anticipated to vote today to send the Senate a $24 billion spending plan that does not include funding for the Blind Medical Subsidy Fund. The $28 million fund was eliminated and the money used to help restore the $106 million dollar cut to higher...
by admin | Mar 21, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
If funding is to be restored to a supplemental pension program for more than 2,800 blind in Missouri, it will likely have to happen in the Senate. The House spent more than five hours debating the 13 bills that make up the $24 billion Fiscal Year 2013 budget on...