Earmarked spending slows but does not stop as Missouri budget faces fiscal crunch

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 1,274

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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When the Missouri Senate debated the state operating budget last month, state Sen. Brian Williams pressed the chamber’s budget chairman to identify who requested a dozen earmarks added after the bill cleared committee.

For 25 minutes, Williams, a University City Democrat and senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, asked state Sen. Rusty Black, the Chillicothe Republican who chairs the committee, to explain the new spending items inserted into the Department of Social Services …

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