Attorney General Could Have His Budget Cut

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s dozens of recent controversial lawsuits could cost him. The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee has advanced a proposal that would cut his office’s budget by 500-thousand-dollars next fiscal year to hire five extra attorneys. Schmitt, a Republican running for U.S. Senate, has been busy filing lawsuits against China, the Biden administration for policy reasons as well as dozens of K-12 public school districts and local governments for taking virus-related measures. The committee’s vice chairman, Senator Lincoln Hough a fellow Republican from southwest Missouri’s Springfield, led the effort to cut Schmitt’s budget.

State Senators are expected to debate the state budget next week.