Post by Logan on May 14, 2016 0:15:09 GMT -6
‘Stand your ground’ and voter ID highlight Missouri GOP wins as 2016 session ends
JEFFERSON CITY -- To say Kansas City leaders spent the 2016 legislative session playing defense would be an understatement.
Kansas City’s earnings tax, which accounts for nearly half the city’s general fund, was on the chopping block as GOP lawmakers pushed to repeal it.
An ordinance the city passed last spring regulating vehicle-for-hire companies like Uber and Lyft was the target of legislators seeking to replace it with more lenient statewide standards.
A “religious freedom” amendment to Missouri’s constitution that local business and government officials complained could be a disaster for the region’s economy began picking up momentum early in the session.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article77559532.html
JEFFERSON CITY -- To say Kansas City leaders spent the 2016 legislative session playing defense would be an understatement.
Kansas City’s earnings tax, which accounts for nearly half the city’s general fund, was on the chopping block as GOP lawmakers pushed to repeal it.
An ordinance the city passed last spring regulating vehicle-for-hire companies like Uber and Lyft was the target of legislators seeking to replace it with more lenient statewide standards.
A “religious freedom” amendment to Missouri’s constitution that local business and government officials complained could be a disaster for the region’s economy began picking up momentum early in the session.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article77559532.html