State budget office created to counter governor's power closes
Monday, November 2, 2009 | 8:53 a.m. CST;
updated 9:46 a.m. CDT, Monday, April 26, 2010
BY
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri lawmakers have eliminated a budget office they created to counter the governor's power.
Dan Kowalski, director of the Legislative
Budget Office, said the office closed Friday after
lawmakers decided earlier this year not to reauthorize it. Before
coming to Missouri, Kowalski worked for the U.S. House Budget Committee and the Congressional Budget Office.
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The
budget office's creation was announced in 2007. It was designed to give
lawmakers an arm to analyze how bills and policies affect the state's
budget. Researchers already prepared cost estimates for legislation but
relied on cooperation from state agencies controlled by the executive
branch.
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