Gov. Parson calls budget sent to him by lawmakers ‘disingenuous’

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Earlier this month, Missouri lawmakers cut the deadline close to get a budget to the governor’s desk. There’s growing concern that, because of the rush to meet the constitutional deadline, they will be back later this year to fix the spending plan.

For weeks, the budget was at an impasse in the General Assembly, making it seem like getting a spending plan to the governor’s desk would be impossible by the May 10 deadline. During the final hours, lawmakers approved nearly $52 billion to fund the state for another year, but Gov. Mike Parson, along with others, say this budget is problematic and will need fixing.

“I don’t think there’s any question,” Parson said in an exclusive interview with our Missouri Chief Capitol Bureau Reporter, Emily Manley. “There’s a lot of disingenuous numbers to this whole budget. I think we’re already seeing that very early on. I’ve been around this building for a long time and anytime you’re doing stuff like that, it’s pretty problematic when people don’t have input into the budget process.”

The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.

(Story by Megan Mueller, Emily Manley, ozarksfirst.com)