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April 27, 2010 By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – House and Senate budget conferees worked at record speed to slice nearly a half-billion dollars from the more than $23.5-billion-dollar fiscal year 2011 state budget. The process wrapped up Monday night, but an uncertain economic outlook teamed with a weakened revenue stream [...]

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April 23, 2010 By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri House of Representatives on Thursday gave approval to legislation that will give the same amount of assistance to Missouri college students regardless of what post-secondary institution they attend. The bill affects the Access Missouri Scholarship, a needs-based grant for which [...]

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April 21, 2010 By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Surrounded by education officials from college presidents to local school board members, Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday called on the General Assembly to enact legislation to cap and roll back tax-credit programs. While strategic use of tax incentives plays a role in [...]

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