Gov. Mike Kehoe Signs 2027 Fiscal Year Budget, Withholds $441M in Spending
Kehoe cut spending on new projects and withheld funds for several local items, lowering the signed budget to about $49.8 billion, officials said.
- Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the 2027 fiscal year budget yesterday, taking effect today at roughly $49.8 billion after he reduced total spending through vetoes and withholdings.
- Lawmakers sent Kehoe a $50.7 billion budget plan before the May deadline, but he cut nearly $500 million, describing the reductions as 'rightsizing government' for fiscal sustainability.
- Kehoe issued vetoes on more than $52 million in spending and withheld more than $441 million in other line items, targeting new projects and improper funding sources.
- Withheld funds include $4 million for a police training facility in Fallon, $3 million for a Louis County Police communications building, and $4 million for Jefferson Barracks, though officials said these could be restored later.
- Kehoe stated, "State government doesn't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem," emphasizing that fiscal discipline will build a more resilient Missouri.
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Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed the state’s fiscal year 2027 budget Tuesday, including millions of dollars in cuts through dozens of line-item vetoes as well as pausing hundreds of millions of …
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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe speaks to reporters on May 27, 2025 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Gov. Mike Kehoe vetoed nearly $53 million from Missouri’s $50.7 billion state budget Tuesday, but his larger move was to freeze $441 million in spending — including dozens of lawmaker-backed earmarks — as state revenues lag projections and Missouri’s pandemic-era surplus dwindles. The vetoes were relatively light, cutting only about $30 million i…
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