Missouri Senate passes transportation sales tax

Friday, March 15, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate approved a penny sales tax increase Thursday that could generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually for a highway system that long has been largely dependent on fuel taxes.

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