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07.18.2008 11:19 am

Blunt budget boast blasted

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Matt BluntMissouri Gov. Matt Blunt celebrated his leadership this week with a news release that claims that he has created “strong budgets, surpluses, while other states see red.”

The release adds: “Gov. Blunt’s strong, conservative fiscal management of Missouri’s budget turned an inherited $1.1…

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05.12.2008 9:00 pm

Tuesday editorial: The crunch next year

capitol_opt.jpgLast week, as the Missouri Legislature was finishing work on the $22.5 billion 2009 state budget, an independent analysis of Missouri tax collections suggested that the state could find itself $500 million in the hole some time next year. The state’s…

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