tax increase

Ferguson city leaders, struggling to balance a budget decimated by fallout from unrest that followed the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown,…

Missouri lawmakers are proposing a 2-cent gas tax increase as a step toward easing a projected funding shortfall that officials warn could result in the…

Boone County's Putting Kids First initiative is beginning to take shape. Boone County voters approved a quarter of a percent tax increase that puts money…

A debate on state funding for bicycle paths caused legislation to impose a one-cent tax increase to be set aside in the Missouri House.The proposed…

State lawmakers are considering several proposals to improve infrastructure that could hit Missourians' wallets.One proposal could require residents to…

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce board of directors has formally endorsed Proposition B, a measure on the November ballot that would raise in the state’s…

A ballot measure that would raise Missouri’s cigarette tax is starting to catch fire.Leaders of the effort to raise the state’s tobacco tax are making…

Columbia tenants may see a slight increase in rent in the coming years. City council members approved an amendment to the city code that raises the rates…

A proposition on the November ballot that aims to increase the tobacco tax is picking up support. Missouri’s Coordinating Board for Higher Education is…

Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has found some common ground with Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.Kinder said Wednesday that he does not believe the…