JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri's financially strapped veterans' nursing homes could gain a permanent earmark for tens of millions of dollars from casino fees under legislation passed Wednesday by the state House of Representatives in an attempt to shore up the proposed state budget.
Missouri House passes funding plan for veterans homes
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 | 5:43 p.m. CDT;
updated 5:50 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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