Even with all of the job cutting done by both Gov. Jay Nixon's and Gov. Matt Blunt's administrations, Missouri government today is more than 21 percent bigger than it was in the 1992-93 budget year.
According to information and data provided by the state Office of Administration, that was the year the state payroll listed the lowest number of employees in the last two decades.
But the peak payroll came in the 2001-02 state business year, with more than 62,000 employees - more than 34 percent larger than the payroll from nine years earlier.
A number of lawmakers have said in recent years the state has grown beyond its budget, and downsizing - or "right-sizing," as some say - is necessary to get the state back in good financial shape.
The employee numbers began to drop - in some departments - with the ....
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