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Senate committee rejects anti-DEI language, restores library funds in Missouri budget

2 years 7 months ago

Anti-diversity budget language called a “job killer” by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce didn’t survive the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday, as the panel wrapped up its work on the state spending plan for the coming year. Over two days of work, the committee added more than $3 billion to the House-approved budget for state operations […]

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Rudi Keller

St. Louis proposes spending 7.1% more, to $1.32B

2 years 7 months ago
The city of St. Louis anticipates spending 7.1% more in fiscal 2024, to $1.32 billion, driven by employee pay increases. City Budget Director Paul Payne made an initial presentation to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, the three-member top fiscal body, on Wednesday, the first in a series of steps toward finalizing the budget, which takes effect July 1. Estimate and Apportionment, made up of Mayor Tishaura Jones, Aldermanic President Megan Green and Comptroller Darlene Green, is to meet April…
Jacob Kirn