Eliminating Missouri’s Income Tax, Subsidies for Gas Stations, and Early Literacy Reform

25/11/2025 30 min
Eliminating Missouri’s Income Tax, Subsidies for Gas Stations, and Early Literacy Reform

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Episode Synopsis

David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join host Zach Lawhorn to outline what a responsible plan to eliminate Missouri’s income tax should include, from revenue triggers and spending restraint to rethinking other taxes. They also break down St. Louis County’s Bill 182 expanding prevailing wage and DBE mandates, Independence’s proposed TIF package for a new Wally’s gas station and what it says about corporate welfare, Missouri’s early literacy crisis and reforms like a universal third grade reading screener, mandatory retention, and banning three cueing, and what they are watching next on prefiled tax bills, data center policy, and rising property tax bills across the state.

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