Spending cuts are favored in state budgets

Wednesday, July 30, 2003

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As the Missouri Legislature resisted pressure to raise taxes this year in favor of spending cuts, most other state legislatures chose a similar course of action in crafting new state budgets amid a continuing financial crunch.

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