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Investing in Our Students’ Futures  Download the PDF of Investing in Our Students Missourians want to give our children the best possible chance at success. We want our children to have quality public schools that start them off right towards pursuing their dreams. Read More

Investing in a Strong Start Download PDF of Investing in a Strong Start All Missouri children should start school ready to learn so they have the best possible shot at success. Quality early care and education foster the development of cognitive and social skills that are Read More

All Missourians want the best for our families. A bright future for our children, security for our seniors, and an economic environment where working hard means you can get ahead. But this environment doesn’t just happen. For our state to be a place where Missouri families, small Read More

The Missouri Budget Project has developed a series of analyses that collectively propose a “policy game plan” for a more prosperous future for all Missourians. The analyses evaluate Missouri’s current investments in critical public services, how those investments have been Read More

Senate Cuts Harmful to Vulnerable Missourians Lawmakers Should Reject Cuts in Conference Last week, the Senate approved a FY 2016 budget that would cut funding for services to some of Missouri’s most vulnerable populations, such as foster children, seniors, and persons with Read More

This week the Missouri Office of Administration released the details of the state’s general revenue tax collections in February and for the fiscal year from July 1 through February. As of the end of February, the amount of revenue for the year to date has grown by 4.9 percent Read More

Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) encourage work, enhance take-home pay, improve health & economic outcomes, and have lasting benefits. Proposals to create a state-level EITC would build on these benefits of the federal EITC for more than 500,000 Missouri families. Click here Read More

Each day, every Missourian is affected by the General Assembly’s budget decisions – when you visit your local hospital, you child goes to school, or you just drive. The state constitution requires the budget be balanced, and priorities must be weighed against each Read More

Creating and maintaining good jobs and promoting a decent quality of life come from providing quality education from preschool through college, ensuring a solid safety net for when times are hard, and investing in reliable infrastructure, but Missouri is heading in the opposite Read More

An oft-cited claim by Medicaid opponents is that Missouri can’t afford to expand Medicaid. But the truth is, Missouri can’t afford NOT to expand and transform our MO HealthNet, Missouri’s Medicaid program. As shown in a newly released report by the Missouri Budget Project, Read More