Top Missouri lawmaker pitches $700M in state budget cuts

(AP) — A top Missouri lawmaker wants to trim $700 million from next year’s state budget. Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith on Monday moved to make the cuts to the governor’s original $30 billion spending plan. Republican Gov. Mike Parson drafted his budget recommendations before the coronavirus started wreaking havoc on the state’s …

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