Senate panel to discuss state budget as conflict over Medicaid tax continues


by OZARKSFIRST

OZARKSFIRST— A big task awaits the Missouri Senate as the upper chamber plans to address the state budget this week.

Charleston City Paper—Week in Review: State Senate to take up $13B budget. The S.C. Senate’s version of the state’s $13 billion budget for 2024-25 calls for an income tax cut as well as pay raises for teachers and state employees. Senators will start debating the budget this week in Columbia.

Mississippi Today—Lawmakers negotiate Medicaid expansion behind closed doors, hit impasse on state budget. House and Senate Republicans continued to haggle over Medicaid expansion proposals behind closed doors on Sunday and did not publicly share details.

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