Missouri lawmakers have passed a stripped-down budget for the upcoming fiscal year amid a steep drop in revenues because of the havoc the coronavirus has wreaked on the economy. Lawmakers managed to spare public K-12 schools and colleges and universities ...

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The Missouri House on Wednesday passed a stripped-down state budget for the upcoming fiscal year in anticipation of plunging revenues because of the coronavirus. House lawmakers slashed core agency budgets by roughly $146 million compared to this year and cut ...

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A top Missouri House lawmaker has moved to trim $700 million from the state’s proposed budget as revenues drop because of the coronavirus. Lawmakers returned to the Capitol Monday in a hurried attempt to pass a budget for the upcoming ...

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