Appropriations
WASHINGTON - A key Senate panel approved a $58.8 billion war funding measure today that would raise the total price tag for Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade to $1 trillion.
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas legislators on Monday approved a $13.6 billion budget that protects aid to public schools, sending it to a supportive Democratic Gov.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri senators reversed course Wednesday and decided to preserve a deal freezing college tuition and to fund a program that gives teachers a salary boost for extra work, such as after-school tutoring.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Senate committee declared Thursday that it has sliced more than $500 million from Missouri's proposed budget for next year - meeting a target set by Gov.
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Tuesday to use a combination of spending cuts and one-time transfers from various accounts to balance next year's state budget.
