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The Senate version outspends the budget passed by the House weeks ago by more than $1 billion. Additionally, the Senate has yet to address how to allocate federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Many worry that Greitens could present enormous problems for Missouri Republicans — even if he manages to win the U.S. Senate race later this year.

Supporters of the only attempt to add money to the record state budget Tuesday also complained loudest that the state is spending too much.

The budget includes extra money for K-12 public school busing and teacher pay raises

A conservative in the Missouri Senate decried the "death of fiscal conservatism" while a Democrat hailed the "most progressive budget" ever. The spending plan for the year that begins July 1 has big differences from the House version, with major items for negotiations to come.

The $45 billion fiscal year 2023 budget, which also fully funds school transportation, will now head to a conference between the Senate and House.

While Senate Democrats lauded increased spending in the budget plan, Conservative Caucus members condemned it as an expansion of government.

A constitutional amendment asking Missourians to let lawmakers decide year-to-year whether the state will offer Medicaid to working-age adults moved closer to passage Wednesday.

A constitutional amendment asking Missourians to let lawmakers decide year-to-year whether the state will offer Medicaid to working-age adults moved closer to passage on Wednesday.

A constitutional amendment would ask Missourians to let lawmakers decide year-to-year whether the state will offer Medicaid expansion.