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Missouri Secretary of State Approves Transportation Ballot Question
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander has approved the ballot question for House Joint Resolution 68, a bill that will raise the state sales and use tax by .75% for a period of 10 years in order to fund transportation projects throughout the state, if [...]
Lawmakers Defer to Voters on Tax, Budget Issues
Lawmakers Defer to Voters on Tax, Budget Issues Written by Elaine S. Povich, Staff Writer, for Stateline, the daily news service of The Pew Charitable Trusts. June 11, 2014 Many state legislatures have sent contentious issues to the voters this year. Nationwide, lawmakers in 36 states have [...]
Missouri Governor Moves Up Transportation Sales Tax Proposal
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has moved up a transportation sales tax ballot measure from its originally scheduled November 2014 election to this August. The measure proposes a three-fourths-cents state sales tax increase in order to support transportation infrastructure spending within the state. The Legislature voted in [...]
Missouri House Approves Transportation Sales Tax Ballot Initiative
On Wednesday, the Missouri House approved legislation that will allow voters to consider a ballot initiative to impose a sales tax of three-fourths-cent for transportation improvement projects throughout the state. If approved in November 2014, the sales tax increase would take effect in 2015. Over [...]
Missouri Senate Approves New Version of Transportation Sales Tax Bill
The Missouri Senate passed a revised transportation sales tax increase bill yesterday with a roll call vote of 22 to 10. However, the Senate lowered the penny sales tax proposal to a sales tax of three-fourths-cent-per-gallon. Over a ten-year period, the original one-cent-per-gallon sales tax [...]
Missouri Senate Expected to Debate Transportation Sales Tax Today
The Missouri state Senate will likely begin debate today on a 10-year, penny sales tax measure to fund transportation projects throughout the state. The proposal previously passed in the Missouri House in April. If the bill passes in the Senate, then Missouri voters will vote [...]
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