Sales tax

Missouri voters on Tuesday soundly rejected Amendment 5, which would have eliminated the state income tax and given lawmakers latitude to raise other taxes.

Indiana lawmakers are considering two more far-reaching property tax reforms before Senate Enrolled Act 1 has even been fully phased in.

States continue tinkering with finding the right mix of property tax, sales tax, and income taxes leveled on the affluent.

Increased use and size of the economic development tool led to the exemption of about $1.1 billion in property taxes between 2010 and 2024.

The MBTA may be moving past its days of literal train wrecks, but creating a better system is costly.

Amendment 5 would eliminate the state income tax, but critics are worried about the lost revenue.

The governors of two top Midwest destinations for data centers froze tax breaks for the projects as grassroots opposition groups begin building coalitions.

Democrats have, at least temporarily, blocked measures that would have led to local sales tax increase referendums.

Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, plans to issue $350 million of debt for new sports and entertainment arena anchored by a team called the Macon Mayhem.

A proposed $3 billion sports and entertainment district would involve bond issuance for a Dallas Stars hockey arena and public infrastructure.

The $762.4 million revenue bond deal will help finance a 750,000-square-foot arena to be named the Continental Coliseum, where the NBA's Thunder will play.

The Illinois House advanced a megaprojects bill that could enable the National Football League's Chicago Bears to stay in Illinois.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority sold about $900 million to refund older bonds and finance projects, including a subway extension.

Voters rejected a 3% hotel tax increase Tuesday in Springfield, Missouri. They had already rejected a similar measure in November.

The current 18,000-seat facility cost $87.7 million, and the city covered the cost with cash from its penny sales tax.

The bill creates a sports facilities authority for a $3 billion partly bond-financed NFL stadium and makes changes to a sales tax and revenue bond program.

A detailed plan for issuing the bonds, which will be backed by an extension of a 1% special sales tax, is expected by May 15.

Glen Carbon, Illinois, has applied to host the state's first NOVA district, a bigger version of a STAR bond district, to support a big mixed-use development.

Los Angeles County and Contra Costa County supervisors both approved placing sales tax measures on the June ballot to address federal Medicaid cuts.

The city of Olathe and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas City, Kansas, signaled support for a state bond plan to move the team from Missouri.