Tagged: budget cuts

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Fire destroys Boonville's Unlimited Opportunities businesses
• Food bank's Buddy Pack program faces cuts, elimination
• Curators discuss proposed budget cut outcomes
  

The University of Missouri System Board of Curators is meeting today in Kansas City. One item on the agenda, and on everyone's minds, is the budget.

Missouri is planning to refinance more than $500 million of debt as part of Gov. Jay Nixon's plan to balance the state budget.

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Missouri tries to refinance more than a half billion dollars of debt as part of Gov. Jay Nixon's plan to balance the state budget
• Missouri General Assembly weighs changes to workplace discrimination laws

• Freshman Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler could face a challenger from her Missouri hometown 

The governor wants to cut the state’s Higher Education budget by nearly 106 million dollars, or 12.5%.