I sat down to write a wrap for KBIA recently about the Missouri’s budget situation, and it hit me like a bolt of lightning just how far we’ve come in so short a time. I’m still marveling at how quickly the state’s budget situation has devolved into a potential crisis.
Think about this: In late January, Gov. Jay Nixon promised no cuts to K-12 and higher education (whatever the truth value of those are… that’s another blog…) in his State of the State address. He said the state is one of the best-positioned in the nation to emerge quickly from the recession. The official line was that state revenues will grow in Fiscal Year 2011 — not by a little, but by a lot: 3.6 percent. Continue reading
Kyle Stokes 