Missouri governor reluctant to divert money from Capitol renovation to public schools

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 1,085

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A Missouri Senate decision to use money set aside for Capitol renovations to shore up funding for public schools isn’t popular with Gov. Mike Kehoe or the budget chief in the Missouri House. But they aren’t dismissing it outright.

Speaking to reporters at a news conference in his office, Kehoe said lawmakers who set $600 million of surplus general revenue aside in 2022 and 2023 had done a service to the state to …

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