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Missouri Senate moves on compromise plan to cut income taxes
2 years, 3 months ago

Missouri Senate moves on compromise plan to cut income taxes

Associated Press  

— Missouri senators on Tuesday gave first-round approval to a bill to cut state individual income taxes as called for by Republican Gov. The GOP-led Senate’s compromise plan would immediately cut the top income tax rate from the current 5.3% down to 4.95%. Under the Senate’s proposal, gradual cuts to the top income tax rate would be triggered by general …

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Missouri judge: Medicaid expansion unconstitutional
3 years, 6 months ago

Missouri judge: Medicaid expansion unconstitutional

Associated Press  

— A Missouri judge on Wednesday ruled that a ballot measure to expand Medicaid is unconstitutional, meaning hundreds of thousands of newly eligible adults won’t be able to access the health insurance program July 1 as promised. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem wrote that the voter-approved amendment unconstitutionally sought to force lawmakers to set aside money for the …

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Missouri responds defiantly to Justice Dept. over gun law
3 years, 6 months ago

Missouri responds defiantly to Justice Dept. over gun law

Associated Press  

— Missouri’s Republican governor and attorney general said in a defiant letter to the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday that they stand by the state’s new law that would ban police from enforcing federal gun rules. Missouri’s new law would subject law enforcement agencies with officers who knowingly enforce federal gun laws to a fine of about $50,000 per …

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Parson moves up vote on Missouri Medicaid expansion
4 years, 7 months ago

Parson moves up vote on Missouri Medicaid expansion

Associated Press  

Mike Parson on Tuesday said he’s moving up the date that voters will decide whether to expand Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults in the state. Missouri’s Medicaid program currently does not cover most adults without children, and it’s income eligibility threshold for parents is one of the lowest in the nation at about one-fifth of the …

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