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The MO House passed a $50.8 billion budget, but debates on Planned Parenthood funding and renewing medical provider taxes could slow Senate progress.
Missouri has plenty of money left in reserve as the state Senate prepares to work on the almost $51 billion budget passed Thursday in the House, but one looming issue could disrupt final passage and put the surplus in danger of disappearing.
“Our dead children are more qualified to investigate,” Brett Cross, a parent of a child killed in the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, told HuffPost.
The mayor of the Texas city that was the site of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history has announced his resignation, citing health issues
The Missouri House spent nine hours Tuesday debating the $50.7 billion state budget, with Republicans voting down most ideas from Democrats to add to the spending plan, even amendments that would restore cuts to Gov. Mike Parson's proposals.