Missouri high court hearing challenge to spending cuts

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 | 2:07 p.m. CST; updated 5:53 p.m. CST, Wednesday, March 6, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri's top judges quizzed attorneys for two of the state's top executives Wednesday in a legal showdown over the governor's power to cut spending and the auditor's authority to demand a financial justification for those cuts.

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