JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House spent nine hours Tuesday debating the $50.7 billion state budget with Republicans voting down most ideas from Democrats to add to the spending plan, even amendments that would restore cuts to Gov. Mike Parson’s proposals.
There were fights over higher education funding, child care subsidies and where Missouri should deploy the National Guard — to the Texas-Mexico border or to cities within the state where officials want help controlling crime.
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