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House, Senate Negotiators Approve Final Version Of FY2014 Mo. Budget

St. Louis Public Radio | By Marshall Griffin,
Marshall Griffin
Published May 8, 2013 at 4:58 AM CDT
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Missouri House and Senate budget negotiators have crafted a final version of next year's state budget.

The nearly $25 billion spending plan includes a $66 million increase for K-12 schools, and a $25 million hike for state universities and community colleges.  It still does not include the Medicaid expansion proposed by Governor Jay Nixon (D), which disappointed committee member and State Senator Kiki Curls (D, Kansas City).

"There are hundreds of thousands of working Missourians that don’t have health care, and I think it was a prime opportunity for us to be able to provide health care services to some of those folks who need it most," Curls said during budget negotiations Tuesday.

Republican budget writers have also restored most, but not all, of the funding for Missouri’s Motor Vehicles division within the Department of Revenue.  House Budget Chairman Rick Stream (R, Kirkwood) says they’ve restored funding for only eight months, through February of 2014, and that getting the rest of the funding will depend on whether they change their policy of scanning and storing source documents for driver's license applicants.

"They need to stop (doing) that," Stream told reporters during a break.  "It's all part of the big picture of this whole plan of sending a message to DOR and the (Nixon) administration that we didn't like what was being done with scanning of documents and sending information out of state."

Stream says if Revenue officials comply, then the rest of the DMV’s funding would be included in next year’s supplemental budget.  The State Senate last month completely de-funded the Motor Vehicles division over its scanning policy, and for releasing the state's entire list of conceal carry holders to a federal investigator.  Governor Nixon last month ordered the agency to stop scanning documents for conceal carry applicants, but not for those seeking driver's licenses and other licenses.

Missouri lawmakers have until Friday to send the state budget to the Governor.

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Marshall Griffin
Missouri Public Radio State House Reporter Marshall Griffin is a proud alumnus of the University of Mississippi (a.k.a., Ole Miss), and has been in radio for over 20 years, starting out as a deejay. His big break in news came when the first President Bush ordered the invasion of Panama in 1989. Marshall was working the graveyard shift at a rock station, and began ripping news bulletins off the old AP teletype and reading updates between songs. From there on, his radio career turned toward news reporting and anchoring. In 1999, he became the capital bureau chief for Florida's Radio Networks, and in 2003 he became News Director at WFSU-FM/Florida Public Radio. During his time in Tallahassee he covered seven legislative sessions, Governor Jeb Bush's administration, four hurricanes, the Terri Schiavo saga, and the 2000 presidential recount. Before coming to Missouri, he enjoyed a brief stint in the Blue Ridge Mountains, reporting and anchoring for WWNC-AM in Asheville, North Carolina. Marshall lives in Jefferson City with his wife, Julie, their dogs, Max and Mason, and their cat, Honey.
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St. Louis Public Radio State House Reporter Marshall Griffin is a native of Mississippi and proud alumnus of Ole Miss (welcome to the SEC, Mizzou!). He has been in radio for over 20 years, starting out as a deejay. His big break in news came when the first President Bush ordered the invasion of Panama in 1989. Marshall was working the graveyard shift at a rock station, and began ripping news bulletins off an old AP teletype and reading updates between songs. From there on, his radio career turned toward news reporting and anchoring. In 1999, he became the capital bureau chief for Florida's Radio Networks, and in 2003 he became News Director at WFSU-FM/Florida Public Radio. During his time in Tallahassee he covered seven legislative sessions, Governor Jeb Bush's administration, four hurricanes, the Terri Schiavo saga, and the 2000 presidential recount. Before coming to Missouri, he enjoyed a brief stint in the Blue Ridge Mountains, reporting and anchoring for WWNC-AM in Asheville, North Carolina. Marshall lives in Jefferson City with his wife, Julie, their dogs, Max and Liberty Belle, and their cat, Honey.