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  "path": "/2026/04/01/missouri-senate-panel-weighs-plan-that-could-swap-income-tax-for-broader-sales-tax/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T18:02:58.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Economy",
    "Legislature",
    "Bishop Davidson",
    "budget",
    "income tax",
    "Patty Lewis",
    "sales tax",
    "tax cut",
    "taxes"
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  "textContent": "As Missouri Republicans push a constitutional amendment to phase out the state income tax, the proposal’s House sponsor told a Senate committee Wednesday that sales taxes are a fairer, more transparent way to raise money — even as he insisted the measure itself would not directly raise them. Pressed on language allowing lawmakers to expand […]",
  "title": "Missouri Senate panel weighs plan that could swap income tax for broader sales tax"
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