JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have approved an additional $700 million of spending this year, primarily to fund higher-than-expected costs in the Medicaid health care program for low-income residents. The Senate gave final approval Thursday to the supplemental budget bill, sending it to Gov. Eric Greitens. The House approved it earlier this month.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon says he likely will freeze tens of millions of dollars of spending in Missouri’s new budget. Missouri’s roughly $27 billion operating budget for the 2017 fiscal year is to take effect Friday. Nixon said Tuesday that he wants to analyze the final revenue figures for the current fiscal…
( KTRS ) State senators have trimmed about $28 million of Medicaid spending from a mid-year increase to Missouri’s budget. Most of the nearly $500 million supplemental budget would still go to health care for people with low incomes. The adjustment to Missouri’s current $26 billion budget reflects higher health care costs than officials estimated…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has passed a budget plan that would boost spending for public education. Senators voted Thursday to approve a $27 billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. Missouri’s colleges and universities would get a $56 million increase. Gov. Jay Nixon has said would be enough to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri Senate panel has begun making changes to the House’s version of the state budget, but many of the most contentious issues remain unresolved. The Senate’s budget writers Tuesday left open questions about how to fund soaring Medicaid costs and higher education. Gov. Jay Nixon has said a 6…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed a budget with more than $27 billion in spending for the next fiscal year. The Republican-led House passed 13 appropriation bills Thursday over some Democrats’ objections. The budget includes wording to block Medicaid patients from getting any health care services from Planned Parenthood when the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican lawmakers are raising concerns about Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s request to add almost half a billion dollars more to this year’s budget. Budget officials said Medicaid accounted for about three-quarters of the budget request. Some senators asked how earlier estimates had been short by hundreds of millions of dollars.…