Budget troubles are ahead in Missouri

Friday, December 14, 2001

Remember the multi-million tobacco settlement money Missouri received as part of the massive federal agreement? Well over $125 million of those funds were used earlier this year to cover budget shortfalls. And Gov. Bob Holden has already withheld another $25 million that had been earmarked for a new state health lab. Today more of that money will disappear when Holden announces another round of budget cuts for the state.

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