Missouri budget negotiators face Friday deadline

By Associated Press
Published May 6, 2014 4:00am ET
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Missouri budget negotiators face Friday deadline
Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones stands behind a lectern with microphones Tuesday, April 22, 2014, alongside Sen. Will Kraus, left, and other Republican lawmakers during a news conference at the Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Jones said Republicans remain supportive of an income tax cut sponsored by Kraus, despite Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's new assertion that it could bust a $4.8 billion hole in the state budget. (AP Photo/David Lieb) | David Lieb

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The state Senate’s budget chief says there are no plans to revise Missouri’s financial projections despite a recent decline in tax revenues.

House and Senate negotiators were to begin work Tuesday on a final version of Missouri’s more than $26 billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. They expect to get it done before Friday’s constitutional deadline for passing a budget.

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