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The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments today for not one, but two court cases against the state beginning at 9 a.m. in Jefferson City.

A law making cities cover costs for police officers found liable for misconduct is unconstitutional, lawyers for St. Louis argued to the Missouri Supreme Court.

The Kirkwood School District Board of Education is preparing to set its property tax rates for the 2023-24 school year.

Mehlville is not subject this year to the states Hancock Amendment, which prevents a windfall from a spike in property values.

Earlier this year, Missouri homeowners received their reassessment notices on the value of their property. For many homeowners, the new values were quite a shock.

To the Editor:

Your property tax assessment is only part of the equation when it comes to your tax bill. Lindsay Shively explains how your property tax bill is calculated.

Missouri’s Hancock Amendment is supposed to require tax rate rollbacks as assessed values increase.

Letter: Missouri taxpayers need to demand that their counties roll back rates to offset the otherwise large property tax hikes people will see later this year.

A lawsuit alleging the Strain-Japan R-XVI School District violated the Missouri Constitution’s Hancock Amendment concluded.