Missouri Budget

Enacting the streamlined sales tax will help keep Missouri businesses competitive, provide the state with much-need funds and modernize our revenue structure.  Click here to learn more about this proposal.  Read More

Click here to learn more about a special discussion on Missouri’s budget situation, and opportunities to move the state forward, March 11th in Springfield.  Read More

On February 16, 2010 the Missouri House Appropriations Committee for Health, Mental Health and Social Services marked up House Bills 2010 and 2011, the appropriation bills for the Departments of Health & Senior Services, Mental Health and Social Services. Two large amendments Read More

House Joint Resolution (HJR) 77 currently being debated in the Missouri Legislature would allow Missouri to increase bonds for much needed capital improvement projects by $800 million. However, the issue must be evaluated in the overall context of the Missouri state budget Read More

Governor Nixon delivered his State of the State address on January 20. He outlined his priorities and released his proposed budget. Click here to view a summary of the Governor’s budget request. Read More

Click here to read a summary of the budget restrictions announced by the Governor on October 28, 2009. Read More

State Revenue dropped drastically in the first quarter of the fiscal year. Without the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding Missouri would be facing a major budget crisis in the current year. Revenue drop calls for further Federal Stimulus funds for the State in Read More

On August 20th, the Missouri Office of Administration announced than an additional $60 million is being withheld from the state’s budget.  Click here to learn more about these new cuts.  Read More

Click here to learn more about where Missouri ranks in revenue collections and spending on state residents compared with other states. Read More

Missouri’s revenue collections declined sharply in Fiscal Year 2009. Click here to read a detailed report of this decline in state revenue and what it could mean for the current fiscal year. Read More