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GOP kills governor's plan for education funding

It was a bad day for the governor's plan to boost education funding. Aidian Holder has that story.

Gov. Holden called the general assembly back into special session to consider a package of tax bills that would raise $44 million in new funding for elementary and secondary education.

But the Republican-controlled Senate smashed his hopes without even giving his package a vote on the floor: the ways and means committee killed it on a straight party line vote.

Saint Louis Democrat Wayne Goode sponsored two of the bills. He says the issue is dead until after next year's election.