budget

Hannibal's City Council meets tonight.

The Hannibal City Council has given first reading to a budget bill totaling $20 million.

The Missouri House has passed a $26.6 billion state budget that ties the amount of an increase in funding for public schools to increases in state revenue.

The head of Missouri's public defender system says furloughs may be necessary if Gov. Jay Nixon does not release additional money for the system by January.

A watchdog group says Illinois' current state budget represents a "lost opportunity" because legislators didn't prepare for even more grim financial realities in the years ahead. The Chicago-based Civic Federation released its analysis Wednesday of the $35...

Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation patching a budget hole and renewing a Medicaid program for disabled workers. The budget fix took effect immediately upon Nixon' signature of the bill Monday. It will allow about $55 million to flow to early childhood programs and some health care initiatives that lacked a funding source under the budget that took effect July 1.

(JEFFERSON CITY)--The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee will take public comments on the state’s budget at a hearing today.

The projected deficit in the Adams County budget for the 2013 fiscal year took another dip after the Finance Committee learned Monday that one vacancy in the circuit clerk's office would not be filled. The Quincy Herald Whig reports that an administrative assistant position within the department will be left vacant after a new deputy clerk is selected from the existing staff by Lori Geschwandner,