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  "path": "/2026/03/26/a-complete-joke-higher-education-funding-overhaul-finds-few-takers-in-missouri-senate/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T21:09:38.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Education",
    "Legislature",
    "community colleges",
    "Dirk Deaton",
    "foundation formula",
    "higher education",
    "Lincoln Hough",
    "MOScholars",
    "Rusty Black",
    "Stephanie Hein"
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  "textContent": "A plan to overhaul higher education funding by tying state aid to enrollment squeaked through the Missouri House on Thursday and faces strong opposition in the state Senate. The spending bill that would cut funding for some state universities by 40% or more passed the House 83-66 as 21 Republicans joined Democrats in opposition. A […]",
  "title": "‘A complete joke’: Higher education funding overhaul finds few takers in Missouri Senate"
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