07.15.2009 10:48 am
What should Missouri’s budget priorities be while facing cutbacks?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Like so many other states, Missouri will begin budget cuts.
While the budget cuts will start at some of the state’s social services programs, the Tour of Missouri, a bike tour that starts Sept. 7, will be safe. According to the Post-Dispatch the bike tour costs $1.5 million, a fraction of the $60 million in cuts that Nixon is studying.
The Post-Dispatch also reported that $475,000 will be cut from domestic violence programs and $2.25 million from Health Care centers for low income families.
The Missouri Water Patrol, for instance, faces the possibility of scaling back patrols on some of the state’s rivers and…
