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Despite passing a more than $46.5 billion budget, the House left about $1.8 billion in general revenue unspent. Senate leaders have indicated they plan to spend at least some of that leftover money.
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The budget bills come as the Missouri Senate is expected to make changes to the House’s legislation. Senators have expressed frustration at the House taking what they believe is longer than normal on the budget with only six weeks left in the 2022 session.
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Plans for using stimulus funds also include community development, campus construction projects.
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The proposed amendment next goes to the state Senate. And if the legislature passes it, the measure would need voters' approval in November.
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The Missouri House also passed a resolution that makes several changes to the state’s initiative petition process. It would make it tougher for proposed amendments to the state’s constitution to make it on the ballot and for voters to pass them.
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The original supplemental budget bill included both a 5.5% cost-of-living adjustment and a baseline of $15 an hour for all state employees. Now, those across-the-board raises are out.
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The emergency supplemental budget also includes almost $2 billion in federal money for schools and funding for Missouri’s Medicaid program.
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The Federal Reimbursement Allowance Tax on health care providers will continue funding the state’s portion of Medicaid. The House also passed a bill Wednesday defunding Planned Parenthood, but its future is unclear.
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The Missouri Supreme Court is expected to decide the fate of a constitutional amendment expanding Medicaid.
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The Carthage Republican explains why the GOP-controlled House didn't expand Medicaid this week.