Budget

Governor Jay Nixon delivered his annual State of the State Address Tuesday night. He touched briefly on the state budget and other issues, while spending…

The St. Louis County Public Works department is asking the County Council for permission to use more than $394,000 in unspent funds to make emergency…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 5, 2012 - With state support down and demand for accountability in education up, Missouri's…

Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn and the state's top four lawmakers have reached a deal to keep seven state facilities open until June.Quinn had targeted mental health…

St. Louis County Council members gather tonight at 6:00 p.m. to discuss County Executive Charlie Dooley’s proposed budget for 2012. Facing flat revenues…

St. Louis County Executive is defending his proposed budget that includes layoffs and closing some 20 parks and other facilities. In a letter to the…

They called her "Mama Duck," for the way she tried to move everyone toward consensus.She was a "pillar" of an alderwoman despite her short stature, a…

Illinois's 44 regional superintendents have decided not to appeal a court ruling that upheld Gov. Pat Quinn's right to cut funding for their salaries from…

A proposed federal transportation budget could eliminate Amtrak service between St. Louis and Kansas City.A report on KMOX radio says the House…

Reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Sean Crawford and WBEZ's Sam Hudzik was used in this story.Gov. Pat Quinn says he will need to lay off 1,900 state…