Springfield, Taxes
Springfield to vote on 3% marijuana sales tax, joining Missouri’s large cities(The Center Square) – The third-largest city in Missouri will ask voters on Tuesday to approve a 3% sales tax on recreational marijuana. The question on imposing the additional sales… Read More
Missouri, Transportation
Parson says $50 million for safer Missouri railroad crossings is ‘just a start’(The Center Square) – Spending $50 million to make Missouri’s railroad crossings safer is only a starting point, according to state officials. Gov. Mike Parson and Patrick McKenna, director of… Read More
Missouri
Parson says radioactive waste is federal problem, not Missouri legislature’s(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson will not call a special session as requested Tuesday by House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, to allocate money for the… Read More
Public Education
Missouri researcher gets $500K grant to study how app helps special education students(The Center Square) – While some teenagers are discouraged from excessive cell phone use, a federally funded study in Missouri will use the technology to help high school students with… Read More
Missouri
Missouri woman pleads guilty to fraud after obtaining over $100K in pandemic loan funds(The Center Square) – A woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to defrauding a COVID-19 pandemic loan program out of $100,927 in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Francheska Reese, 36,… Read More