Missouri voters to decide the future of the income tax

By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief

Good morning,

Missouri House Republicans have now handed voters a direct say on one of the biggest tax fights in recent memory: whether to give future lawmakers broad authority to expand the sales tax as they work to phase out the income tax.

Supporters are selling it as a competitiveness play. Opponents see a plan that would hit everyday spending and leave too much unresolved until after the election.

Elsewhere, Missouri’s attorney general is taking a lead role in defending Donald Trump’s mail-ballot order, and a Cole County judge has ruled the House went too far when it docked Wiley Price’s pay after his censure.

by Rudi Keller

The ballot fight over Mike Kehoe’s top priority is officially on, and the biggest question is not whether taxes would change but how much power voters are being asked to hand over before the details are written.

by Jonathon Shorman

Catherine Hanaway is leading a multi-state effort to keep Trump’s mail-ballot order alive, pushing Missouri into a national legal battle over election authority and voting access.

by Jason Hancock

A judge has ordered the state to repay former Rep. Wiley Price, finding the House crossed a legal line when it turned an ethics case into a payroll penalty.

by Patrick Tuohey

Missouri’s probation reforms helped shrink prison populations, ease strain on officers and avoid the cost of a new prison. Supporters of the federal Safer Supervision Act say Washington should follow Missouri’s lead by focusing supervision where it matters most.

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