Conference committee reversed several elements of the House’s plan, but supported a shortfall in public education funding.
Ryleigh Hindle
Ryleigh Hindle is The Beacon’s Missouri statehouse reporter. She is a data and investigative journalism master’s student at the University of Missouri and previously worked for Missouri Business Alert covering labor and the economy. A Missouri native, she strives to make state government an accessible topic to everyone.
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‘I’m looking at possibly losing our house.’ Some low-income workers fear Missouri income tax elimination’s impacts
With many low-income workers already living on razor-thin margins, increases to the sales tax could mean deciding whether to eat or pay rent.
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As Missouri weighs eliminating income tax, higher sales tax could leave seniors with less wiggle room
An income tax elimination proposal would allow the General Assembly to raise or expand sales taxes, which seniors say would increase their tax burden.
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‘An odd duck’: The economics of Missouri’s income tax elimination proposal
Missouri’s legislature is debating a proposal that would gradually eliminate the state’s income tax and give broad authority to the General Assembly to change the state’s sales tax structure.
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Missouri seeks stable funding for 988 mental-health helpline
Bills have been introduced to add a 65-cent monthly charge on phone bills to create a permanent source of state funding for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
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Missouri House sends $50 billion budget package, cuts and all, to Senate
The state looks to tap the remnants of the post-pandemic budget surplus to close a $2 billion budget gap. Missouri faces fiscal pain in coming years.
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Student aid for ‘low-earning outcome’ degrees on the chopping block
Programs whose graduates often do not earn more than a high school diploma holder would not be eligible for student loans.