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Missouri Senate nears budget deadline as leaders press divergent education priorities
Summary
With about five weeks left in the regular session, Missouri Senate leaders signaled competing priorities for the state budget: the majority leader said the chamber could review the governor's proposals after the House drafts the bill, while the minority leader called for restoring school funding and removing $50 million from a voucher program.
Reporting from the state capital, Dean Morgan said the Missouri Senate entered the final five weeks of its regular session as lawmakers prepared to finalize the state budget that, by law, must be delivered to the governor by 6 p.m. on Friday, May 9; the new fiscal year begins July 1.
The budget is the legislature's only constitutionally mandated duty,…
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