With $1,000,413.00 released of $169,442,861.00 restrictions, $168,442,228 currently remains restricted as future restriction rumors loom.
Restrictions increased last fiscal year over the previous with FY2017 seeing $388,644,981 in restrictions with $36,940,077 released. FY2016 saw $48,187,508 in restrictions with just below $7.5 million released.
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced on December 4 that November 2017 net general revenue collections increased 8.2 percent compared to November 2016, from $687.2 million last year to $743.8 million this year.
CURRENT FY2018 RESTRICTIONS:
| Agency Name | Restricted Amount | Released Amount |
| OFFICE ADMINISTRATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | $47,000,000.00 | $0.00 |
| HIGHER EDUCATION | $35,088,654.00 | $0.00 |
| MENTAL HEALTH | $18,442,603.00 | $0.00 |
| ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | $15,259,713.00 | $0.00 |
| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | $10,123,860.00 | $0.00 |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | $9,835,362.00 | $407,105.00 |
| OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION | $9,026,609.00 | $0.00 |
| AGRICULTURE | $4,000,000.00 | $0.00 |
| REVENUE | $3,655,000.00 | $0.00 |
| PUBLIC SAFETY | $3,520,698.00 | $186,203.00 |
| PUBLIC SAFETY | $3,520,698.00 | $186,203.00 |
| REVENUE | $3,655,000.00 | $0.00 |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | $9,835,362.00 | $407,105.00 |
| $172,963,559.00 | $1,186,616.00 |
FY2017 RESTRICTIONS
FY2016 RESTRICTIONS
| 2016 | ||
| Agency Name | Restricted Amount | Released Amount |
| AGRICULTURE | $500,000 | $0 |
| ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | $825,000 | $575,000 |
| HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES | $4,419,658 | $650,000 |
| LEGISLATURE | $1,231,939 | $118,312 |
| MENTAL HEALTH | $12,650,084 | $0 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION | $1,557,231 | $0 |
| OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER | $250,000 | $0 |
| REVENUE | $2,950,000 | $0 |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | $18,365,809 | $650,000 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
| TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | $1,937,787 | $1,937,787 |
| Total: | $48,187,508 | $7,431,099 |
NUMBERS COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Rachael Herndon was editor of The Missouri Times until 2019. She also produced This Week in Missouri Politics, published Missouri Times Magazine, and co-hosted the #MoLeg podcast. Herndon joined The Missouri Times in 2014, returning to political reporting after working as a campaign and legislative staffer. In 2019, she entered Missouri’s cannabis industry, co-founding Greenway Magazine.
