Sales tax

Fire truck, fire protection districts, fire district sales taxes, firefighters, fire decline

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | March 9, 2026

Fire District Sales Taxes

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

Economy | ARTICLE | February 19, 2026

Missouri Doesn’t Have To Be Kansas

By Elias Tsapelas and 1 more | Read Time 4 min

Taxes | TESTIMONY | January 27, 2026

Income Tax Elimination and Sales Tax Modernization

By Elias Tsapelas | Read Time 1 min

Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs stadium, STAR bonds, border war, stadium subsidies

Economy | ARTICLE | January 7, 2026

Kansas’s Coming STAR Bond Tax

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Economy | ARTICLE | October 24, 2025

Election Day Preview, SNAP Shortfalls, and Missouri’s Data Center Debate | Roundtable

By David Stokes and 2 more | Episode Length 1 min

Gas station pump, gas tax, local gas taxes, user fees, special taxing districts, TDDs

Economy | ARTICLE | October 23, 2025

Harrisonville Goes for a Local Gas Tax

By David Stokes | Read Time 4 min

Amazon delivery, online sales taxes, use taxes, municipal revenue, Missouri taxes

Economy | ARTICLE | October 6, 2025

Use Taxes on the Ballot in Missouri This November

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

Hy-Vee, tax subsidies, special taxing districts, TDDs, CIDs

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | August 28, 2025

Hy-Vee Wants to Give the Heave-Ho to a CID

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

Mississippi river, port districts, subsidies, Jefferson Arms project, sales taxes, port authorities

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | August 22, 2025

Denied Entrance at the Port of Call

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

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