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Missouri House Budget Chair Cody Smith, R-Carthage, presents the state s spending plan for the fiscal year that begins on July 1.
The Missouri House of Representatives passed its version of the $34.6 billion state budget on Thursday, leaving out funding for the voter-approved expansion of Medicaid.
It was a move that was expected after the Republicans on the Budget Committee unanimously voted down a bill to fund expansion last week. Budget Chair Cody Smith, R-Carthage, had previously segregated Medicaid expansion funding in a separate bill. He said he made the decision because it was a complex policy.
“It is a large expansion of a new program that is a very complicated policy matter that I believe deserves to be discussed and debated on its own merit, aside from what we already do in Missouri’s array of social services programs,” Smith said.
Missouri House Passes State Budget Without Funding For Medicaid Expansion
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Lawmakers have been trying to pass a bill to require online sales tax collections for years
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The Missouri state capitol building is located in downtown Jefferson City, near the south bank of the Missouri River. Author: Summer Ballentine and David A. Lieb (Associated Press) Published: 8:15 PM CST March 11, 2021 Updated: 8:15 PM CST March 11, 2021
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Missouri s Republican-Legislature on Thursday passed several bills to revamp the state s tax structure, including measures to collect online sales taxes and raise the gas tax.
Both the House and Senate advanced competing bills to require out-of-state online businesses to collect sales taxes on purchases by Missourians. The requirement would only apply to businesses that make at least $100,000 a year in online sales to Missouri residents.