Mo Gov Greitens Begins Administration Announcing $146M In Cuts - Education And Voting Take The Hit

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Tuesday January 17, 2017 · 8:36 AM PST

2017/01/17 · 08:36

Eric Greitens marketed his campaign as a “strong” conservative who would “mow down” gridlock in Jefferson City. While Republicans had the super majority in the house and senate, the Democratic governor occasionally managed to sustain a veto here and there.

Now, in his first weeks of office, Gov. Greitens has announced the first moves of his term, to cut $146M in appropriations, primarily from education.

www.kansascity.com/...

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Monday he will cut $146.4 million from the state budget because of lower-than-expected revenues and a poor state economy.

More than half the cuts will come from the Department of Higher Education, which oversees the state’s public colleges and universities.

Greitens continued by noting that a belt tightening was needed in order to keep taxes low, or potentially look to lower them further. Telling the press he would not make any cuts to K-12 education, the new Governor of Missouri submitted his proposal… which included $8.6M in cuts to K-12 education, cutting transportation budgets to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Cuts also include: the department of aging, contributions to AMTRAK. What may not be getting enough attention, though is a simple, $1M line item: a cut to election services. Missouri, which has one of the more stringent voting guidelines in the country — same day only voting — may turn the cuts to election services as a way to further limit access by many to the ability to vote.

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