Kari Monsees, right, deputy commissioner of education, and Dan Haug, state budget director, listen as members of the Missouri House Budget Committee question items in the $2.1 billion supplemental budget. Photo Credit: Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent
By Rudi Keller Missouri Independent Keeping Missouri state government operating through June 30 will cost $2.1 billion more than lawmakers budgeted last year thanks to…