The state House has completed the legislature’s vote to ask Missourians whether they want to increase the sales tax by three-quarters of a percent to support transportation. Because the proposal has already cleared the Senate, it will go on the ballot in...
The Majority Floor Leader in the House says the chamber’s Democrats have already had what they say they want, before they will vote for a transportation sales tax increase. House Minority Leader Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) told Missourinet that his caucus wants a...
The House sponsor of a proposed sales tax increase to support transportation says he plans to take up the three-fourths-of-a-cent tax proposal passed by the Senate, and try to get it passed in the House. If the House approves that proposal without any changes, it...
An opponent of asking voters to support transportation with a one-cent sales tax for ten years says it’s “illogical” coming from lawmakers who also want to cut taxes. Legislative budget estimates are that the proposed ten-year tax would generate...
Whether to ask Missouri voters to pass a one-cent sales tax for transportation for ten years is now in the hands of the state Senate. The House has approved its version of that proposal. The Senate could send that measure to voters in November. Some lawmakers who...
