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Proposed tax cuts could divide MO legislature as revenues flatten, past cuts take effect
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe election-year fiscal agenda for Missouri lawmakers includes big ideas like eliminating the...
Jay Ashcroft proposes slashing state budget to eliminate Missouri income tax
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSecretary of State Jay Ashcroft wants to eliminate Missouri’s income tax, which provides two out of...
Missouri lawmakers, you have a lot of work ahead in 2023. Put the public’s needs first
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoMore than 10% of Missouri’s elementary public school children now attend classes four days a week,...
Who is Larry Acree? Court records show accused shooter had turbulent financial history
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn early 2005, Larry Acree bought about 9 acres of land along North Elsea Smith Road in rural...
As Missouri lawmakers eye tax cuts, some voice concerns about funding public schools
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“Right now, our schools don’t have the staff that they need for our kids. That should not only worry...
Man charged in deadly Independence shooting had lost home over thousands in unpaid taxes
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCourt records show the former owner had financial troubles for years, filing bankruptcy in 1992 and...
Fines, fees used to fund criminal justice too often come from those disenfranchised by it
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhile the nation’s imprisoned population has declined since peaking in 2009, incarceration levels...
I-70 plan, tax cut demands slow Missouri budget talks as deadline looms
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLegislative budget negotiations hit an impasse as Friday’s constitutional deadline approached, with Missouri House leadership demanding the Senate pass a massive tax cut in exchange for agreeing ...
Boone County, municipalities pass sales taxes on recreational marijuana
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMultiple marijuana sales tax questions in Boone County passed Tuesday, but the question of if they can be stacked on top of other sales taxes remains. The amendment passed by voters in November ...
Missouri lawmakers anticipate challenges in 2024 after record-breaking budget
KTVI via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The state of Missouri is expecting a decline in general revenue in 2024 following a record-setting budget approved earlier this year. The projections leave some lawmakers ...