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El jueves el Consejo de Kansas City aprobó tres medidas sobre impuestos para la votación de abril. Los funcionarios estiman que los nuevos impuestos generarían millones en ingresos para la ciudad.

Kansas City residents will head to the polls in April to elect the mayor and city council, but voters will also decide whether to implement new taxes on recreational marijuana and short-term rentals, like Airbnb.

The position will oversee the equity measure that legalization campaign supporters boast to be the first of its kind in the nation — a microlicense program designed to boost opportunities in the marijuana industry for businesses in disadvantaged communities.

The Kansas City Council approved three tax questions for the April ballot on Thursday. Officials estimate that the new taxes would generate millions in revenue for the city.

Marijuana dispensaries across Missouri are expected to begin selling to recreational users by next month. Education experts say young people are capable of having serious conversations about cannabis and other substances — it's the adults who usually make it awkward.

The state of Missouri will allow cities to tack on an additional sales tax to recreational weed. Many local governments appear ready to put the question to voters, and enjoy a new source of revenue.

The midterm made 2022 a busy year for Missouri politics. Republicans strengthened their control in Jefferson City and voters voiced their support of recreational marijuana. A look at the biggest Missouri politics stories of the year and what to expect in 2023.

Missouri’s Amendment 3 laid out specific deadlines for expungement provisions, but courts and legal advocates say there are still unanswered questions about how exactly the process will work.

Right-leaning states like Missouri have moved to make ballot measures tougher to pass after the success of voter initiatives on abortion rights, marijuana and Medicaid expansion.

Adults in Missouri can now legally use marijuana. Dispensary operators say that some residents with medical marijuana cards may choose to keep them to take advantage of lower taxes and other benefits that customers who use marijuana recreationally don't get.

Police officers in Johnson County’s biggest cities say they do not expect Missouri's impending recreational marijuana law to change much about their operations. Marijuana possession is still illegal, as is driving while impaired.

Recreational marijuana will be available in Missouri as early as Feb. 6, 2023. While many details aren’t completely set in stone, here's what we know right now about buying legal weed.