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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Voters in Missouri will decide whether the state can expand sales and uses taxes, in order to eliminate the income tax. Local government officials worry about how it will impact businesses, consumers, revenue for services like parks and transit, and budget planning. -
As a proposal to eliminate Missouri sales tax is put before voters this year, some workers worry efforts to offset the losses will make it hard to pay rent or put food on the table. -
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.
