JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House passed a $24 billion state budget plan Thursday that holds funding steady for education but cuts medical benefits for the blind — a tradeoff decried by the governor that may get undone in the Senate.
UPDATE: Missouri House funds education, cuts blind benefits
Thursday, March 22, 2012 | 5:40 p.m. CDT;
updated 10:34 p.m. CDT, Thursday, March 22, 2012
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