Missouri income tax repeal plan hits a $4.2 billion snag

By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief

Good morning,

Missouri Republicans are still pushing some of their biggest priorities of the session, but the details are getting harder to wave away.

The plan to swap the income tax for sales arrived in the Senate with a price tag that shocked even some supporters, while a bill aimed at reining in the state’s high school athletics association emerged in a pared-back form after senators backed off a more sweeping approach.

In both cases, the broad political argument is familiar. The harder question is what survives once lawmakers have to translate it into something that can actually pass.

Let’s get to it.

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