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The council will also hear about constructing a new Fire Station 5 and introduce a one-year data center ban.

The proposed constitutional amendment gives lawmakers five years to expand transaction-based taxes to make up for revenue lost by eliminating the state income tax.

The council also approved Love Columbia's lease despite transparency concerns

The current state tax on groceries is one percent, but some local governments add their own taxes, too. Both would be outlawed under terms of the bill.

With high prices at the grocery store, legislators across the middle of the country have moved away from sales taxes on food purchases.

Proposition 1 is expected to raise $126 million for police, fire, streets and other capital improvements.

Today — Tuesday, August 6 — is Missouri’s primary election — but at the upcoming November 5 general election, voters in the state's third-largest city will also decide on a ¾-cent sales tax proposal.

Missouri is now the state with the fifth most legal cannabis sales, racking up $709 million from January to June.

The city uses its quarter-cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax to fund high-cost infrastructure projects.