Ryleigh Hindle
Missouri Statehouse Reporter, The BeaconRyleigh Hindle is The Beacon’s Missouri statehouse reporter.
She is a data and investigative journalism master’s student at the University of Missouri and previously worked for Missouri Business Alert covering labor and the economy. A Missouri native, she strives to make state government an accessible topic to everyone.
Email her at ryleigh@thebeacon.media
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Missouri’s legislature is debating a proposal that would gradually eliminate the state’s income tax and allow the legislature to hike or expand sales taxes. Economists warn it could add a financial burden to people who can least afford it —and mean less money for schools and transit. -
Bills have been introduced to add a 65-cent monthly charge on phone bills to create a permanent source of state funding for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
