A Cole County Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday that Missouri can use public funds to pay for private school scholarships even though state law doesn’t explicitly authorize it. In a 57-page ruling, Judge Brian Stumpe wrote that lawmakers could directly appropriate funds to the MOScholars program because state law does not “expressly prohibit” it. The […]

A surge of tax refunds tied to Missouri’s capital gains tax cut pushed general revenue collections below last year’s pace, as the Senate Appropriations Committee worked on Tuesday to finalize the state budget for the coming year. Net general revenue collections for the year fell $10 million between the close of business Friday and the […]