Compromise could ease budget woes

Sunday, January 4, 2004

The spotlight will fall on the Missouri General Assembly this week as legislators return to Jefferson City for what promises to be a difficult and divisive legislative session. For starters, it's an election year and that always erodes cooperation as each political party jockeys for voter attention come November. But as important this year, the state will again struggle with a tight budget that will require one of two decisions - either we cut government spending or we raise revenues to cover the shortfall. It doesn't get simpler than that.

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