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  "path": "/2026/03/12/missouri-house-committee-advances-higher-education-funding-changes-as-part-of-budget-proposal/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T12:22:23.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Economy",
    "Education",
    "Legislature",
    "child care subsidy program",
    "Dirk Deaton",
    "Greg Sharpe",
    "Harris Stowe University",
    "higher education",
    "John Voss",
    "Lincoln University",
    "Mike Kehoe",
    "Mike Parson",
    "Mike Steinmeyer",
    "Missouri budget",
    "Missouri State University",
    "pregnancy resource centers",
    "Raychel Proudie",
    "The 57 Foundation",
    "University of Missouri"
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  "textContent": "The plan to completely overhaul the way Missouri funds higher education survived a committee vote Wednesday despite bipartisan misgivings about the impact on state colleges and universities. And the House Budget Committee also backed Chairman Dirk Deaton’s proposal to cut almost $52 million from child care payments and abandon plans to change how those payments […]",
  "title": "Missouri House committee advances higher education funding changes as part of budget proposal"
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