US EditionMissouri budget heading to conference after Senate, House approve different versions
- The Missouri Senate and House approved different versions of a $49.4 billion budget plan in April 2025, leading to conference committee negotiations.
- The budget differences arose because the Senate plan allocates $1.5 billion more than the House and includes new big-ticket items and numerous earmarks from committee work.
- The Senate’s budget increases K-12 education funding by $300 million, adds $107 million for child care subsidies, and includes 169 earmarked projects totaling $441 million in mostly general revenue funds.
- State budget director Dan Haug reported a general revenue fund balance of $3.7 billion, with another $1.5 billion available, making paying for budget items feasible despite a projected revenue shortfall of about $300 million annually.
- Lawmakers have until May 9, 2025, to finalize the budget, with discussions focusing on reconciling priorities like education funding, earmarks, and tax cuts amid caution about long-term revenue and economic uncertainty.
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Missouri Senate finalizes state budget after fending off conservative challenges
The Republican-led upper chamber moved quickly to add $300 million to Missouri’s school funding formula and boosted spending on universities and colleges over what the House approved earlier.
Missouri budget heading to conference after Senate, House approve different versions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri House began voting Wednesday morning on budget bills approved by the Senate -- a step in hammering out a compromise version between the two chambers. The Senate approved the state's 13 budget bills in a late-night session Tuesday. The House rejected those bills on Tuesday. With differences between the two versions, the budget discussions will head to a conference committee. All spending bills have to be ap…
Missouri Senate debates budget with $450 million in spending on ‘pet projects’
Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Lincoln Hough, right, and Vice Chairman Rusty Black speak with state budget director Dan Haug April 16 during a break in committee work (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).More than half a billion dollars in general revenue earmarks added to the Missouri budget for hundreds of local projects or favored vendors will be in play when the final budget negotiations take place next week. The Missouri Se…
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Missouri Senate to debate budget with $450 million in spending on ‘pet projects’
More than half a billion dollars in general revenue earmarks added to the Missouri budget for hundreds of local projects or favored vendors will be in play when the final budget negotiations take place next week. The Missouri Senate on…
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