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In Springfield, a new 30-member Citizens Commission on Community Investment is looking at renewing a city sales tax that bailed out the old police-fire retirement pension back in 2009. Commissioners are expected to make recommendations to City Council on how the money should be spent in the future, now that the retirement fund has been largely paid for. But city officials say there’s a cost to doing nothing.
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A 30-member Citizens Commission on Community Investment was appointed by Springfield City Council earlier this week. Commissioners will soon start work. Their task is deciding whether to ask voters to renew a key sales tax passed during the Great Recession — and how to spend the money.
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In the Great Recession era, Springfield passed a sales tax to address a $200 million shortfall in the pension fund for police and firefighters. Now the city is looking to possibly renew that sales tax.
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As a crucial sales tax is set to expire, major spending decisions lie ahead for Springfield City Council. Mayor Ken McClure on Wednesday announced a proposed new citizens commission. It could have a major impact on which priorities get funding.
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Sales taxes for recreational marijuana will be on the ballot in many places across the Ozarks on Tuesday.
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On Monday Springfield City Council voted 9-to-zero to ask city voters at a future election whether they want to approve a 3-percent sales tax on recreational marijuana.
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Springfield City Council is poised to ask voters to approve a 3-percent sales tax on recreational marijuana later this summer.
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Depending on where you live in Missouri, the amount of sales tax you pay can vary widely. Those discrepancies exist within Kansas City, where you could...
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The City of Springfield’s February sales tax check from the Missouri Department of Revenue is 19 percent higher than the amount budgeted. The sales tax…