JEFFERSON CITY Senate budget writers want to cut funding by more than half for an early childhood development program that began in Missouri a generation ago and has since spread nationwide. The national president of the Parents as Teachers initiative said Thursday that the shortsighted cut could eliminate help for tens of thousands of families with young children. The Senate Appropriations ...

Senate budget writers want to cut funding by more than half for an early childhood development program that began in Missouri a generation ago and has since spread nationwide.