by Mike Lear | May 1, 2013 | News
The state House has passed legislation that contains the changes the Governor proposed to a measure to resume collection of taxes on vehicle purchases made out-of-state. Senate Bill 182 would have eliminated state and local use taxes on those vehicles and replaced it...
by Mike Lear | Apr 19, 2013 | News
For the second straight year, Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill to address the charging of taxes on vehicles purchased out-of-state. Nixon says Senate Bill 182 doesn’t give voters the opportunity to address all the changes that would make in local and state...
by Mike Lear | Sep 14, 2012 | News
One of the organizations that helped develop and supported HB 1329 in the last legislative session says it will try another piece of legislation in the 2013 session. Deputy Director Richard Sheets of the Missouri Municipal League says its attorneys helped craft 1329,...
by Mike Lear | Sep 12, 2012 | News
House Republicans could attempt overrides of several vetoes by Governor Jay Nixon, but two issues are expected to be at the forefront of today’s veto session. Republicans will have to start in the Senate to attempt an overturn of Senate Bill 749, to allow...
by Mike Lear | Sep 5, 2012 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
With the veto session a week away, Governor Jay Nixon continues to make his case that the legislature should not overturn his veto of HB 1329, a bill to allow the collection of sales taxes on vehicle purchases made out-of-state. Nixon says of the more than 122...