Parson’s state budget proposal would add about 350 new state worker jobs

Missouri could add more than 350 state employees to its workforce. 

Governor Parson’s 47-billion-dollar state budget proposal for the next fiscal year includes that request. 

State Senator Denny Hoskins, a fellow Republican from west-central Missouri’s Warrensburg, does not see eye-to-eye with the governor on the effort.

State Budget Director Dan Haug said about 100 Department of Social Services positions have been added due to Missouri’s passage of Medicaid expansion. 

He says court-related matters and federal funding are the other reasons for the move.