NEWS ANALYSIS: Missouri budget cuts at stake in court case

Sunday, October 30, 2011 | 5:32 p.m. CDT; updated 9:03 p.m. CDT, Sunday, October 30, 2011

JEFFERSON CITY — Beneath the political overtones of a court battle between Missouri's Republican auditor and Democratic governor, an important constitutional question could soon be decided in a courtroom: Can the governor cut the state budget regardless of whether revenues are running short?

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