Decrease in Revenue Collections Speaks to Need for Balanced Approach, Not Further Budget Cuts

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<![endif]—>Governor Nixon, who has already made nearly $700 million in cuts, vetoes or withholds to the state’s budget for the current fiscal year – and included significant funding cuts in his proposed FY 2011 budget – announced that further budget cuts would be needed this fiscal year to offset the decline in state revenue.  Click here to read a press release on the need for a balanced approach to face the budget shortfall.