ST. LOUIS — Millions of dollars in funding for St. Louis-area projects has been slashed by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who made 201 vetoes, cutting $555.3 million from the coming year's state budget.
The General Assembly, which OK'd the $51.8 billion budget in May, returns for a veto session in September, but would need two-thirds majorities in the House and Senate to override the Parson moves.
Most prominently, Parson vetoed $46 million for an allied health building at St. Louis Community College. A spokesperson for the college didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
He also cut $10 million from a $25 million appropriation for Great Rivers Greenway, the St. Louis-based developer of urban trails. It's for the Brickline Greenway, which is to connect Fairground Park, Forest Park, Tower Grove Park and the Gateway Arch.
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