JEFFERSON CITY — Basic state aid for Missouri colleges will decline while funding for public K-12 schools will remain flat under a budget approved Thursday that lawmakers described as inadequate but the best they could do given the state's finances.
UPDATE: Missouri lawmakers send $23 billion budget to governor
Thursday, May 5, 2011 | 6:12 p.m. CDT
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