Nixon proposes softening colleges' budget cut

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday that he wants to soften a proposed budget cut to the state's colleges and universities by tapping money from a possible legal settlement with some of the nation's largest mortgage lenders.

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