Post by Logan on Apr 7, 2016 21:25:37 GMT -6
JEFFERSON CITY • The Missouri Senate signed off on the major pieces of a $27.2 billion state budget Thursday, setting in motion a final push by Republican lawmakers to get the spending blueprint to Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk.
The plan, which would go into effect July 1, restores funding cuts made in the House that had been targeted at the University of Missouri system after last year’s protests on the Columbia campus.
And, it attempts to address rising costs of providing health care to poor Missourians, includes funds to give small raises to state workers and eliminates state funding for Planned Parenthood.
“Cooler heads prevailed,” Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard said of restoring cuts to Mizzou. “I think some of the things that MU has done has helped defuse the situation.”
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/senate-oks-billion-budget/article_a06df4f3-69b1-51e4-903b-6b920a3ed834.html
The plan, which would go into effect July 1, restores funding cuts made in the House that had been targeted at the University of Missouri system after last year’s protests on the Columbia campus.
And, it attempts to address rising costs of providing health care to poor Missourians, includes funds to give small raises to state workers and eliminates state funding for Planned Parenthood.
“Cooler heads prevailed,” Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard said of restoring cuts to Mizzou. “I think some of the things that MU has done has helped defuse the situation.”
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/senate-oks-billion-budget/article_a06df4f3-69b1-51e4-903b-6b920a3ed834.html