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Feb 22, 2021
Local Gas Taxes Are the Secret Garden of City Road Funding Options
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. When troubled or sickly aristocratic English youth needed a place to recuperate in private away from their cruel stepparents, they would […]
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State and Local Government
Feb 11, 2021
What to Know About Local Fuel Taxes
All drivers are familiar with Missouri’s state fuel tax, which raises money for road maintenance. But what many Missourians don’t know (and even many local leaders) is that cities and […]
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State and Local Government
Feb 5, 2021
Objections to Tolling Only Tell Half the Story
In his recent State of the State address, the governor mentioned the need to keep Missouri’s roads in good shape. Show-Me Institute analysts have written about ways to generate adequate […]
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State and Local Government
Feb 1, 2021
Senate Bill 262 and an Increase in State Fuel Taxes
On February 1, Show-Me Institute analyst Jakob Puckett submitted testimony to the Missouri Senate Transportation, Infrastructure, and Public Safety Committee. Click here to read the full testimony.
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State and Local Government
Feb 1, 2021
Kansas City and St. Louis Receive D’s in Fiscal Health
Kansas City and St. Louis City ranked poorly in Truth in Accounting’s Financial State of the Cities 2021 report, meaning they are in bad fiscal shape and have high amounts […]

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