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Governor Signs $500 Million Tax Giveaway as State Faces Growing Budget Challenges

For Immediate Release: July 10, 2025Contact: Amy Blouin, Governor Signs $500 Million Tax Giveaway as State Faces Growing Budget Challenges   Statement from Missouri Budget Project CEO Amy Blouin Governor Kehoe is expected to sign House Bill 594 this afternoon, a tax bill that
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Congress Passes Budget Reconciliation

For Immediate Release: July 3, 2025Contact: Amy Blouin, Congress Passes Budget Reconciliation      Community leaders respond to passage of the budget reconciliation bill, which puts health coverage and food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Missourians on the chopping block
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U.S. Senate Passes Budget Reconciliation

For Immediate Release: July 1, 2025Contact: Amy Blouin, U.S. Senate Passes Budget Reconciliation   Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill puts health coverage and food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Missourians on the chopping block In a final vote this morning, the
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More Than 200 Organizations Oppose Dangerous DEI Language in State Budget

More Than 200 Organizations Oppose Dangerous DEI Language in Budget (as of April 24th, 2023) We believe this language will result in wide-ranging consequences that would undermine lawmakers’ economic and workforce priorities and urge you to remove it from the budget bills. 
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FY 2023 Budget Overview: Lawmakers Leverage Federal Funding to Invest in Critical Services & Infrastructure

This paper reflects the fiscal year 2023 budget approved by the General Assembly in May 2022. Click here for an updated version that reflects the vetoes Governor Parson made in June 2022.
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FY 2023 Budget Overview: Federal Funding Bolsters State Investments in Critical Services & Infrastructure

The following was updated in July 2022 to include Governor Parson’s vetoes. Click here to see the original version that summarizes the FY 2023 budget as passed by the General Assembly. Overview In May, Missouri legislators approved funding to provide critical public
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Summary of House-Passed ARPA Spending Bill

The Missouri House approved its version of the state budget bills this week, including a plan for spending the $2.68 billion in state aid provided through the federal American Rescue Plan (ARPA). Missouri policymakers must obligate these funds by the end of 2024 and spent them by
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