Missouri’s general revenue collections, after refunds, fell by 14.6 percent in February, resulting in a 12.7 percent decline for the first eight months of fiscal year 2010 overall. Click here to read the full report. Read More

If approved, HJR 48 and SJR 25 would require voter approval to amend the Constitution of Missouri. These amendments attempt to exclude Missouri from any individual mandate to purchase health insurance, which is a key provision of proposed federal health care reform. Click here to Read More

If approved, HJR 48 and SJR 25 would require voter approval to amend the Constitution of Missouri. These amendments attempt to exclude Missouri from any individual mandate to purchase health insurance, which is a key provision of proposed federal health care reform. Click here to Read More

This presentation provides an overview of the state of Missouri’s budget and the structural causes of the state’s budget struggles.  Read More

This presentation provides an overview of the state of Missouri’s budget and the structural causes of the state’s budget struggles.  Read More

The world – and the way we live in it – has changed significantly in the past few decades.  One thing that has not changed with the times, however, is Missouri’s tax structure. Click here to read a Policy Pulse article on how passing the streamlined sales Read More

Governor Nixon recently estimated that about $500 mil needs to be cut from the budget he proposed in January.  Click here to read an analysis of how this impact Missouri.  Read More

A substitute version of Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 29 was recently unveiled in the Missouri Senate. The substitute bill makes a number of changes including exempting a handful of services and purchases from the sales tax. Click here to learn more about how those changes would Read More

Click here to read the first Policy Pulse edition, a new feature on the Missouri Budget Project web site with short articles about critical issues of the day.  In this article, learn more about a push to eliminate the Kansas City and St. Louis earnings taxes that is Read More

Several constitutional amendments that propose to eliminate personal and corporate income taxes and replace them with a greatly expanded sales tax have been introduced this year in the Missouri Legislature.  Click here to read a policy brief on these proposals.  Click Read More