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GOP’s Norris on Budget Discussions: Lawmakers ‘Never Allowed Complexity to Outweigh Common Sense’
Press Release from the Senate Republican Caucus, May 21, 2011 : (NASHVILLE, TN), May 21, 2011 — The Tennessee General Assembly passed several major bills on the closing day of the 2011 legislative session, including the state budget, which was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville).
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives Monday evening made quick progress toward preliminary passage of its version of the state budget. After about 2 hours and 45 minutes of debate, the House had dealt with 10 of the 13 bills that make up the state’s spending plan. The House proposal closely follows [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At a time when state funding levels for support of higher education are at the lowest levels they have been in decades, more Missourians than ever before seeking higher education. Representatives of the state’s community colleges and the University of Missouri System appeared before a House of Representatives committee this week [...]
Continue reading …January 20, 2011 MNH News Nut: Nixon predicts tuition increase in wake of proposed cuts to higher education JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After proposing a seven percent budget cut to state higher education, Gov. Jay Nixon said that “modest” tuition increases are likely on the horizon for Missouri state universities. Nixon did not specify how [...]
Continue reading …State of the State Strikes Optimistic Tone Even in the Face of Spending Cuts
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By TIM SAMPSON Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As he presented a budget outlining more cuts for the state government, Gov. Jay Nixon took an optimistic tone about the state economy, declaring that Missouri has finally started moving out from under the “shadows of the recession.” During his annual State of the State [...]
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By TIM SAMPSON Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Social services and mental health services providers appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday scaled back funding requests for the coming fiscal year hoping to avoid cuts in what officials will be a year of major budget tightening. The appropriations committee is hearing testimony all [...]
Continue reading …By Tim Sampson Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – With an estimated $500 million funding shortfall looming over their heads, Missouri lawmakers held a hearing Tuesday to examine ways to trim money from the state’s education budget. Senators discussions ranged from teacher pay raises to funding changes to cuts in higher education as they [...]
Continue reading …January 12, 2011 MNH News Nut: Bill seeks to remove animal shelter exemption from puppy mill law JEFFERSON City, Mo. – A Senate bill introduced Wednesday seeks to alter the terms of the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, narrowly passed as Proposition B by Missouri voters in November. The “Puppy Bill Equality Act,” introduced by [...]
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