Lawmakers work to protect region's health lab

Thursday, April 8, 2004

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Discussions on the state budget are often in terms of hundreds of millions of dollars. For a group of Bootheel lawmakers, the key figure has been a mere $125,000.

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