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Spending in Missouri increases by $1 billion

February 12, 2001
By: Cara Karunaratne
State Capital Bureau

State government spending keeps increasing despite budget tightening.

Cara Karunaratne has more from Jefferson City.

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The Chamber of Commerce says the state government spent $1 billion more in 2000 than it did 1999.

Director of fiscal affairs for the Missouri Chamber of Commerce Ray McCarty says the state is spending at a much faster rate than the federal government.

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Contents: Ray McCarty says that the state government is growing at double the rate of the federal government.

McCarty says the chamber of commerce is asking lawmakers to examine expenditures more closely ... before considering any tax increases.

From Jefferson City, I'm Cara Karunaratne, KMOX News.