Despite GOP focus on immigration, Missouri governor cuts funding for future Texas deployment

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson has no plans to send more Missouri National Guard members to the Texas border, but he left money in the budget for the next chief executive to decide if that’s a priority. In action Friday, the Republican governor used his veto powers to reduce an $8 million allocation to $2 million to pay for sending troops to the Lone Star State as part of an ongoing election-year effort by the GOP to highlight immigration as a threat to the nation. The governor joined a...