JEFFERSON CITY — The state’s tax collections continued their steep decline in October, raising the possibility of more budget cuts.

Budget Director Linda Luebbering reported today that general revenue receipts plummeted 14 percent last month compared to October 2008. The state…

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon will reveal his latest round of budget cuts tomorrow.

Nixon and his budget director, Linda Luebbering, will detail the cuts at an 11 a.m. news conference in her first-floor Capitol office.

Budget-watchers expect Nixon to chop…

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon plans to make good this month on his promise to trim projects that the Legislature funded with federal stimulus money.

So what’s on the chopping block? At a news conference yesterday in St. Louis,…

JEFFERSON CITY — Have an idea on how to spend part of Missouri’s $4 billion share of the federal stimulus money?

Gov. Jay Nixon — or his staff, anyway — wants to hear from you. The governor today launched a new Web…

Gov. Jay Nixon has brought back a veteran number-cruncher to help him balance the budget.

Linda Luebbering started work today as Nixon’s budget director.

Luebbering was budget director during former Gov. Bob Holden’s administration, steering the state’s financial ship during the…