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Download the Full PDF The Missouri Senate Ways & Means Committee is considering two bills that would dramatically alter Missouri’s tax code, beginning in 2019. While the bills contain a few good provisions that the Missouri Budget Project supports, those features pale in Read More

Based on the recently agreed to Consensus Revenue Estimate,the Missouri Budget Project estimates a $238.8 million shortfall in fiscal year 2019.* Click Here to Download PDF Version FY 2018 The revised FY 2018 Consensus Revenue Estimate (CRE) calls for general revenue collections Read More

Statement from Amy Blouin, Executive Director, Missouri Budget Project   Amy Blouin, Executive Director of the Missouri Budget Project, issued the following statement in response to today’s vote by the House of Representatives to pass its tax bill: “Despite claims to the Read More

The following map shows EITC rates by County or Senate and House districts. While not all those eligible for the federal credit would be eligible for a state version, it gives an idea of EITC usage across Missouri. Please be patient while the interactive map loads. Federal Earned Read More

Download the PDF The United States Senate will soon consider a major revision of the U.S. tax code that would, by 2027, raise federal taxes on many low- and middle-income Missourians. In order to pay for permanent tax cuts for corporations, the bill would increase personal income Read More

Download PDF Version Public services lift 1.1 million Missourians out of poverty each year by helping working families with low wages, seniors and people with disabilities who have fixed incomes obtain health care, pay for child care, and fulfill a range of basic needs. Safety Read More

Governor’s Veto of House Committee Bill 3 & Cuts to Budget, Create Unnecessary Harm to Seniors, People with Disabilities and Kids Statement from Amy Blouin, MBP Executive Director The Governor just announced his veto of House Committee Bill 3, which would have tapped unused Read More

**Note: The recently released Senate discussion draft would further cut Medicaid and shift even more costs onto Missouri over time. As a result, the consequences described in the papers below remain. The caps included in both bills would force Missouri to raise taxes, cut Read More

Download the PDF Version For Immediate Release, May 4, 2017 Through an inspiring bipartisan effort, the Missouri Senate acted to protect the well-being of 108,000 vulnerable Missourians in the upcoming fiscal year 2018 budget. It is now up to the Missouri House to protect home Read More

DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION Statement from Amy Blouin, Missouri Budget Project Executive Director The Missouri Senate faces difficult decisions in their negotiations for the fiscal year 2018 budget. So far, legislators have posed a false choice, pitting vulnerable populations Read More