1999 Lawmakers pass tax cuts on their last day. A tax compromise is reached for the final day of the legislative session. Carnahan to veto pension increase for lawmakers and other state employees. Tax cuts stall in the Missouri Senate on the first day of the last week of the session.
Lawmakers pass tax cuts on their last day.
Although voting for the proposals, GOP leaders said it was too small. The governor, on the other hand, said the total package may be too large and that he may veto some of the tax-cut bills. Also on their last day, lawmakers passed a measure that would double both driving license and auto registration periods. The emergency measure was attached to a funding bill that lawmakers say never would have passed had Boeing not announced this week it was laying off 7,000 people at its St. Louis plant. See our radio story for details.