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Governor Jay Nixon today signed an executive order to close state offices on Black Friday, Nov. 23, in part because state revenues have increased. State…
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Missouri will chip in nearly $330 million next year to pay for state worker pensions.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports state government will pay about…
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Missouri closed out its 2012 fiscal year with slightly better than expected revenues. But that doesn't necessarily translate to a budget surplus.Figures…
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Missouri’s revenues rose more than expected during the month of May. The state collected about $6.6 billion in revenue last month, compared to just under $6.4 billion in May of 2011. Governor Jay Nixon’s Budget Director, Linda Luebbering, credits most of the improvement to higher collections of state income and sales taxes. “That's the good news, things are picking up," Luebbering said. "I think we do have to be cautious, still, because of what’s going on at the national and particularly the international picture, with European Union issues and everything that's going on globally that could have some bearing on the overall economy.”
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The Missouri Office of Administration has released the General Revenue report for February and general revenue collections have increased 2.4 percent in…
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The Missouri Office of Administration released today the General Revenue report for February. According to the report, general revenue collections have…
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is releasing more than $5 million that had been withheld from public education because of budget concerns. Nixon's administration…
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Missouri is planning to refinance more than $500 million of debt as part of Gov. Jay Nixon's plan to balance the state budget.Nixon's budget proposal for…
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Natural disasters have cost the state of Missouri $15 million and the state budget director says that tab is still going up.by Matt Evans (Jefferson City,…