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Missouri House Republicans surprise Senate by killing $500 million construction bill

5 days ago | missouriindependent.com | Rudi Keller

Missouri House Republicans unexpectedly refused to allow a vote Friday on a $513 million spending bill for construction projects, citing a desire to control spending for a move that was not anticipated by Democrats in the chamber or members of the state Senate. The move sank funding for major projects around the state, including national guard facilities, Boys and Girls clubs, and community health centers, to name a few.
Treasury advises Congress must deal with debt limit before August or face default

5 days ago | missouriindependent.com | Jennifer Shutt

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department announced Friday that Congress must address the debt limit before August, setting a firm deadline for Republicans to wrap up work on the “big, beautiful bill” that will raise the nation’s borrowing limit by up to $5 trillion.
As Trump slashes AmeriCorps, states lose a federal partner in community service

5 days ago | missouriindependent.com | Ashley Murray

WASHINGTON — Hillary Kane learned on a Saturday morning in April that within days, she would lose AmeriCorps funding for two programs that match mentors with West Philadelphia high schoolers and first-generation college students — both vulnerable groups at risk of not completing diplomas and degrees.
Federal family planning funding freeze in Missouri impacts more than Planned Parenthood

5 days ago | missouriindependent.com | Anna Spoerre

Until April, much of the $5,000 a month in federal Title X family planning funding received by the Dent County Health Center went toward purchasing contraceptive devices for some of the 200 people they serve annually. But the health center’s administrator, Zachary Moser, said a recent decision to freeze family planning funds has the center fearful it won’t be able to continue covering family planning services for its rural southeastern Missouri population.
Bill funding newborn rescue boxes heads to Missouri governor

6 days ago | missouriindependent.com | Anna Spoerre

A bill that would help fund the installation of rescue boxes for parents in crisis to anonymously relinquish newborns to the state is headed to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe. State Rep. Jim Murphy, a St. Louis Republican and the sponsor of the “Safe Place for Newborns Fund,” called his legislation “a pro-life bill that everybody agrees with.” That was nearly true. The bill faced no opposition until it reached the Senate, where state Sen.
Missouri budget negotiators agree to spend $50 million on private school scholarship program

6 days ago | missouriindependent.com | Rudi Keller

After a sharp, brief fight in which Democrats were outnumbered by majority Republicans, Missouri legislative budget negotiators agreed Thursday to spend $50 million to expand the MOScholars program that helps pay tuition at private and parochial schools. The general revenue support would be the first time state tax dollars have been appropriated directly to the program begun in 2021. The line item, a major part of Republican Gov.
Puzzled senators question Trump’s FBI chief on nonexistent spending plan

6 days ago | missouriindependent.com | Jennifer Shutt

WASHINGTON — The case of the missing Federal Bureau of Investigation budget request was on full display Thursday, when senators repeatedly asked the law enforcement agency’s director what resources he needed Congress to provide in the upcoming fiscal year. FBI Director Kash Patel did not disclose a dollar amount, an unusual development at a hearing at which an agency head traditionally discusses a budget request in detail with lawmakers who hold the purse strings.
U.S. House panel debates FEMA’s role, as Trump administration eyes 'top-down reform' • Missouri Independent

6 days ago | missouriindependent.com | Jennifer Shutt

WASHINGTON — U.S. House lawmakers on Wednesday began debating when the Federal Emergency Management Agency should provide state and local communities with help addressing natural disasters and when aid should be handled by others. The Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee’s hearing on FEMA’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year came just days after the Trump administration sent its spending proposal to Capitol Hill.
Lawmakers negotiating Missouri budget add $300M to public schools spending

6 days ago | missouriindependent.com | Rudi Keller

Missouri’s public schools would be fully funded and a policy some blame for undermining a child care subsidy program would be fixed, legislative budget negotiators decided Wednesday night as they worked through eight of the 13 spending bills for state operations in the coming year. Over about three hours, the conference committees of five lawmakers from both the House and Senate resolved differences between the spending bills, more often than not by selecting the option that spent more money.
Missouri bill exempting capital gains from income tax sent to governor

1 week ago | missouriindependent.com | Rudi Keller

Missouri House Republicans muscled their biggest tax-cut priority of the year across the finish line on Wednesday, sending a bill exempting capital gains from income tax to Gov. Mike Kehoe. No Democrats supported the bill, although 10 did vote “present” to show they supported provisions of the legislation other than the exemption on profits from the sale of property or investments held more than a year.