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Nixon questions constitutionality of vehicle sales tax bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives approved legislation early Thursday morning that would allow Missouri localities to instate a sales tax on vehicles sold outside of the state. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that localities could only impose a sales tax on automobiles purchased outside of the state only [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Tax credit reform following the failed Mamtek deal in Moberly has likely died in the legislative process. Wednesday, the Senate attached language that would limit the historic preservation tax credit to the bill that made changes to economic development rules. State Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, who led the tax credit reform [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With less than 48 hours remaining in legislative session, lawmakers in the General Assembly moved through a slew of bills on Wednesday. Late in the night, the Missouri House passed legislation aimed at keeping car sales in Missouri. The bill reinstates a local sales tax on out-of-state car purchases. The House [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The United States Department of Transportation has proposed a rule that would require all new large trucks and interstate buses to be equipped with roll over avoidance technology. Tom Crawford, president of the Missouri Trucking Association, said a federal mandate would not bother him and his association. “Pushing half of our [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The United States Postal Service announced a new plan Tuesday that would prevent closures of rural post offices, including hundreds of offices in rural Missouri. Under the new plan, the postal service would keep existing offices open, but cut back the number of hours the window is staffed. Hours for post [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The General Assembly passed legislation Tueday that would allow Missourians to register their cell phones with the state’s “no call list.” The bill’s lead sponsor, state Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said the legislation would modernize the no-call list, allowing cell phone users to opt out of unwanted telemarketing calls and [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A bill that could potentially expand charter schools statewide is on its way to the governor for signature. Legislation passed both chambers of the General Assembly Tuesday to offer greater opportunity for charter schools with support of both Republicans and Democrats. Many Democrats, including Assistant House Minority Floor Leader Tishaura Jones, [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After much back and forth between the two chambers, the Missouri General Assembly agreed on and passed a bill Tuesday disallowing employees from suing coworkers for damages caused by on the job accidents. The legislation, a compromise on a key push by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, passed the House of [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State Representative Steven Webber, D-Columbia, led a charge Tuesday against inscribing Kansas Jayhawks on Missouri license plates. “I have an amendment that will prevent the dreaded Jayhawk, the disgusting Jayhawk from being affixed to our beautifully crafted state license plates,” Webber said on the House floor. The bipartisan outrage — led [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A bipartisan contingent of U.S. Senators are calling on Senate leadership to move forward with debate on the 2012 farm bill. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, 44 Senators — including Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Roy Blunt — called for the [...]
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