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Some St. Louis organizations could see less funding from the state this year 20%
By Sarah Kellogg38%
7/1/2026, 7:15:30 PM
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Several St.
Louis-area organizations are in state funding limbo after Gov.
Mike Kehoe restricted spending in signing the state budget.
On Tuesday, Kehoe issued 65 line-item vetoes.<b> </b>They totaled over $52 million, with more than $30 million of that being general revenue dollars.
Kehoe also restricted over $440 million in funding, including more than $337 million in general revenue.
Those projects were not vetoed, but for now the funds are not being released for the 78 budget items on the restriction list.
Those budget restrictions could be lifted but only by the governor.
Local organizations affected include the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St.
Louis, Annie Malone and Habitat for Humanity St.
Louis.
Boys and Girls Clubs President and CEO Brandon Williams said Wednesday the organization remains optimistic that opportunities still exist to restore the funding after $4 million was frozen.
“We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with Governor Kehoe and legislative leaders to identify solutions that help ensure young people throughout the St.
Louis region have access to safe, high-quality programs and the opportunities they deserve,” Williams said in a statement.
Habitat for Humanity St.
Louis was slated to get $200,000.<b> </b>Habitat’s CEO Kimberly McKinney said that was the entirety of state funding the organization was expecting.
The money would have gone toward new housing.
“We take the allocation every year that we receive from the state and then couple it together with local monies and private donations to construct houses,” McKinney said.
She hopes Habitat for Humanity being on the restricted list rather than the veto list means that Kehoe sees the value in the work the organization is doing.
“I am a big believer in keep hope alive, so I would rather be on the withhold list than the veto list, because it least means there's still a chance,” McKinney said.
Rep.
Betsy Fogle, D-Springfield, said she was surprised at how little Kehoe vetoed in the budget.
“I was honestly kind of surprised that the governor didn't make more cuts.
I think what this sets us up for is a few years of very difficult decisions that will be made by future general assemblies, where we will probably see cuts to core services that state government is intended to provide,” Fogle said.
Vetoes issued by Kehoe include:
* A transfer of $7.5 million that lawmakers wanted from an Interstate 44 fund into general revenue.
Kehoe said that keeping the interest in this fund could “help offset any potential cost overruns and allow the project to be completed."
* $200,000 to Black Men Read, a tutoring literacy program focused on men and fathers in St.
Louis.
Kehoe said in his veto letter that the state funded this organization last year and it was intended to be a one-time investment.
* $1.9 million in general revenue with the Department of Public Safety’s budget for a school safety platform.
Kehoe said it was “incumbent upon local school districts to prioritize the use of their resources for this type of programming.”
Of the expenditure restrictions Kehoe placed, many of them were within <u>HB 2019</u>, which often contains projects outside the operating budget.
Fogle said if she were Kehoe, she would have vetoed those restrictions, rather than freeze them.
“I think people are going to have their hopes up that those dollars might make their way to their organization or to their infrastructure project.
I would anticipate that next to zero of those dollars are spent in fiscal year 2027,” Fogle said.
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