by Mike Lear | May 23, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has set August 5 as the date for several proposed changes to Missouri’s Constitution, including the three-fourths of one cent sales tax to support transportation that was adopted by the legislature this year. Three other proposed...
by Mike Lear | May 14, 2014 | News
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...
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 | Apr 30, 2014 | News
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...
by Mike Lear | Apr 7, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Executive Director of the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation says a move to keep proceeds from a proposed transportation sales tax from going to bicycle paths was a “total blindside.” During House debate of the proposed constitutional...
