Governor Kehoe recently announced that Missouri expects a $1 billion shortfall in general revenue in FY 2027. This shortfall is expected mostly because of the implementation of previously passed tax cuts. COVID-related savings temporarily masked the shortfall, and this budget gap has grown as state legislators continued to approve additional tax cuts. The recently passed federal budget cuts will magnify this gap. Over the past five years, extraordinary federal funds designed to address the he...| Missouri Budget Project
For Immediate Release: July 10, 2025Contact: Amy Blouin, Governor Signs $500 Million Tax Giveaway as State Faces Growing Budget Challenges Statement from Missouri Budget Project CEO Amy Blouin Governor Kehoe is expected to sign House Bill 594 this afternoon, a tax bill that will reduce state revenue by at least half a billion dollars annually. This comes at a time when our state is already facing significant budget pressures, as well as significant cuts to federal funding in the coming ye...| Missouri Budget Project
For Immediate Release: July 3, 2025Contact: Amy Blouin, Congress Passes Budget Reconciliation Community leaders respond to passage of the budget reconciliation bill, which puts health coverage and food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Missourians on the chopping block In a final vote today, the U.S. House of Representatives chose to take health coverage and food assistance away from Missourians, shift costs to states, and make life harder for families struggling to make ends m...| Missouri Budget Project