JEFFERSON CITY — Republican legislators have unblinkingly voiced displeasure with the Missouri Department of Transportation during this year’s legislative session.
With billions of dollars of surplus funds in the state treasury, lawmakers are considering how — or whether — to use a billion of those dollars to expand Interstate 70 — a priority in Gov. Mike Parson’s budget proposal.
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