Tagged: budget

The Missouri Legislature has given final approval to a bill that authorizes an additional $131 million of expenditures in the current budget.

The Missouri Senate passed a $24 billion state budget early Wednesday morning, following several hours of debate and closed-door negotiations.  The Senate reversed the House’s gutting of a pension program for the blind.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

This week on Talking Politics we speak with Columbia state Senator Kurt Schaefer about the budget-making process.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

• Missouri Senate Republicans block passage of state budget.
• Charter Communications expands coverage in Columbia.
• One Columbia bus route experiences rider shortage.

A State Senate panel spent several hours Wednesday putting together their version of Missouri’s state budget for next year.  But the fate of a program for blind residents is still up in the air.

That’s because it restores funding for higher education by cutting a health care program for the blind.