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Missouri governor expands call for special session
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has expanded on what can be discussed in the 2025 special legislative session at the state capitol.
In a news release late Wednesday afternoon, the governor announced that property tax relief could now be discussed. He's also entertaining additional funding for both disaster relief and budget appropriations.
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Wednesday, May 28, Republican State Senator Joe Nicola of Eastern Jackson County told FOX4 he wanted property tax relief for Missourians before he would support a stadium package for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Royals.
Early Wednesday evening, he seemed to be filibustering, saying the stadium package 'needed to die' unless Missourians first get property tax relief. On Friday, May 30, Republican State Senator and Freedom Caucus Chair Rick Brattin of Cass County told FOX4 something similar to Nicola's remarks.
Monday, June 2, Kehoe told FOX4 Capitol Bureau Reporter Mark Zinn that he did not know if property tax relief would be discussed this session. Two days later, that apparently changed.
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One of the agenda items now for the session is to consider withholding money from counties where the State Tax Commission's (STC) required a modification of assessments. .
If lawmakers approve the proposal, that could impact a county like Jackson, .
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