Missouri Senate advances some important issues

Sunday, April 21, 2002

Last week was a productive one in the often slow-paced Missouri Senate, which gave first-round approval to a measure that will begin to rein in the automatic property tax increases owing to reassessment.With that success in hand and the bill on its way to the House after one more vote this week, we turned our attention to addressing transportation needs. The Senate gave first-round approval to a transportation bill that keeps that issue alive. As with the property-tax measure, the transportation bill needs another vote this week before going to the House.

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