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Jason Hancock Missouri Independent

Economy Missouri House backs GOP plan to replace income tax with expanded sales tax By Jason Hancock Missouri Independent – 3/10/26
A proposed constitutional amendment that would give lawmakers broad authority to expand the state sales tax and use the revenue to eliminate the income tax won initial approval in the Missouri House ...
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Crime Missouri bill targets ‘date rape’ drugs after lawmaker suspects she was drugged By Jason Hancock Missouri Independent – 3/03/26
When state Rep. Elizabeth Fuchs first arrived in Jefferson City as a lobbyist in 2015, a woman who had been around the Capitol longer pulled her aside and offered advice that sounded, at first, ...
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Coronavirus Federal prosecutors seek 2-year prison sentence for former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl By Jason Hancock Missouri Independent – 2/25/26
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl to two years in prison in his federal COVID relief fraud case, arguing his admitted misuse of nearly ...
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