by Mike Lear | May 27, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
Whether Missouri voters approve or reject a proposed three-quarters-of-one-cent sales tax increase to support transportation could have a lot to do with their memories going back about 22 years. In 1992, the 15-year highway plan was enacted that included making all...
by Mike Lear | May 26, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Senate sponsor of the proposed three-quarters-of-one-cent sales tax increase to benefit transportation doesn’t think it makes much difference that Governor Jay Nixon (D) has put it on the August primary ballot rather than the November ballot. Senator Mike...
by Mike Lear | May 12, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
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...
by Mike Lear | May 9, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri House Democrats’ leader says they’re angry about the veto override on a tax cut bill, so much so that they won’t vote for a proposed sales tax hike to support transportation if the Republican House Majority doesn’t bring Medicaid...
by Mike Lear | Feb 5, 2014 | News, Transportation
Those for and against asking voters for a temporary increase in the state sales tax to support transportation have made their cases to a House Committee. Even those who oppose a one-percent increase in the state sales tax to support transportation told a House...