Reports

Today, the House passed HB 253, a wrong-headed tax cut that would cost the state more than $600 million, resulting in increased class sizes, higher college tuitions, and crumbling roads and bridges.  To read MBP Executive Director Amy Blouin’s statement about the Read More

In what may become an alternate vehicle to pass damaging tax cuts, the MO House gave preliminary approval to a proposal that would cost the state about $627 million annually when fully phased in.  The proposal would also require substantial cuts to the budget legislators are Read More

Listen to MBP’s new radio spot on the extreme tax proposal that would undermine Missouri’s economy by taking resources away from the public services that are critical to our state’s economic growth.  MBP launched the ad to increase citizen awareness of the Read More

The MO Senate voted to raise taxes on nearly 105,000 vulnerable Missouri seniors and people with disabilities by eliminating a modest tax credit that is critical to keeping them in their homes.  The action will "continue the devastating trend of tax cuts for big Read More

As the Missouri legislature considers deep cuts in personal income taxes, a national report finds that similar attempts by other states in the past have not fared very well. States that cut personal income taxes were just as likely to grow at rates below national averages in Read More

The extreme tax cut perfected by the MO Senate this week would slash Missouri revenue by $960 million, resulting in devastating cuts throughout the state.  Instead of spurring the economy, the proposal would severely undermine Missouri’s competitiveness by damaging our Read More

The extreme tax cut perfected by the MO Senate this week would slash Missouri revenue by $960 million, resulting in devastating cuts throughout the state.  Instead of spurring the economy, the proposal would severely undermine Missouri’s competitiveness by damaging our Read More

"The nearly $700 million in tax cuts passed by the Senate tonight will undermine Missouri’s economic growth," said Missouri Budget Project Executive Director Amy Blouin in a press statement.  "Instead of trying to match Kansas’ shortsighted tax Read More

An extreme tax cut proposal approved by a Senate Committee this week would slash MO’s general revenue by more than one-fifth, resulting in devastating cuts to services throughout the state and undermining Missouri’s ability to invest in the very services that make it Read More

Although Missouri’s financial position has begun to slowly improve, the state is still facing a difficult road to recovery from recession shortfalls.  MBP’s latest paper examines the budget proposals by the Governor and House, noting that they rely on a Read More