 Late News Now. I'm John Roger, KRMS Radio News. Our top local stories. Each year, the state officials will go through months of preparation towards having the budget ready for the final fiscal year. Senate Correspondent Dean Morgan has more. Senator Lincoln Huff of Springfield chairs the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee. He says the budget process for him started in December. And a whole host of infrastructure projects, transportation, water projects, things like that. In a rare move this year, there were no Missouri Senate House Conference Committees on appropriations measures.