Last week several Missouri legislative leaders spoke out against House Joint Resolution 77. This is a bill that would allow Missouri voters to decide whether Missourians should dedicate some of the taxes they are already paying to the construction of new major medical and scientific facilities at our public colleges and universities, as well as to make long overdue repairs to crumbling state infrastructure.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Let voters decide on bond issue for higher education
Monday, February 22, 2010 | 1:45 p.m. CST;
updated 10:48 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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