House Budget Committee Chairman Carl Bearden says the legislature will have to look elsewhere for spending cuts to make up for the expanding costs of Medicaid. From the state Capitol, I'm Monica Walter.
House Budget Chairman Carl Bearden says the budget includes a one-hundred-forty million dollar increase without the tax increases proposed by the governor.
The chairman of the House Budget Committee Carl Bearden says without the increase, the patrol isn't able to compete with other law enforcement entities for new employees.
House Budget Committee Chair Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, said Missourians won't support Holden's tax increases, especially while the economy is improving.
But even an increase begs the question: What increase is good enough? For House Budget Committee Chair Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, the budget is a great step forward showing that the state is funding higher education at a higher level than the last two to three years.
House Budget Committee Chair Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, said the legislature has been blamed for tuition increases at higher education institutions over the past few years.
Rep. Carl Bearden says that the allocation could take some pressure off the lawmakers for previously cutting funding for higher education.Get the package of radio stories
House Budget Committee Chair Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, said revenue collections are exceeding his expectations. House Republicans were criticized for writing bad checks and appropriating money that didn't exist last year, he said.
House Appropriations Committee Chair Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, said that there is a substantial difference between local taxes and a statewide tax. Primarily, he said, local school boards are individually responsible for campaigning for their tax raise.
Before Holden's proposal reaches the ballot in November, it must successfully maneuver through both chambers--an unlikely outcome, according to House Budget Chairman Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles.
House Budget Committee Chair Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, said the committee's budget protects education. Because the governor is currently withholding $116 million from elementary and secondary education, the funds appropriated represent an increase of $140 million over what schools have for the current budget year, he said.
House Budget Committee Chairman Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, said he expected February's revenue numbers to turn out lower than they did because of increased refunds.
Missouri's House Budget Committee chair Carl Bearden says increased revenue collections should be released to education... even if it means funding-levies would be defeated. Erin Israel tells how more money could mean less for schools.
House Budget Committee Chairman Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, said he expects the governor won't release the money until May, if at all, to allow passage of local tax levies for education planned for April ballots. Voters are less likely to approve a tax increase after additional funds have just been released, Bearden said.
House Budget Committee Chairman Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, agreed that there is an historical trend that revenues will decrease in January, February and March as tax refunds are filed.
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