Earnings Tax

St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones beat Alderwoman Cara Spencer, D-20th Ward, on Tuesday to become the city’s first Black woman mayor.

St. Louis voters will also decide races for mayor, aldermanic elections in 16 of the city’s 28 wards, whether again to retain the earnings tax and six ballot issues addressing the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District borrowing $500 million to improve wastewater service and changes to the utility’s charter. St. Louis County voters will also weigh in on MSD.

St. Louis officials are asking voters to reauthorize the 1% earnings tax for people who live or work in the city. The revenue provides more than a third of the city's budget.

They argue their clients should be refunded the city's 1% earnings tax because they worked from home outside of the city during the pandemic.

St. Louis Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly is one of the main supporters of Prop E, which would retain the city's 1% earnings tax on people who live or work in St. Louis.

St. Louis is changing the rules for taxing telecommuters, a move tax experts say could make the city’s earnings tax vulnerable to legal challenges.Noncity…

The latest legislation against the 1 percent earnings tax in St. Louis is on hold in the Missouri Senate.Late Monday, Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, unveiled…

The overwhelming votes in St. Louis and Kansas City to keep the earnings tax may short-circuit efforts at the state level to eliminate it in St.…

St. Louis voters easily reaffirmed the city's earnings tax, a solid victory for city leaders and a stinging defeat for retired financier Rex…

Over the past 10 days, St. Louis Public Radio has presented articles on some of the issues before area voters this week. Most of the municipal elections…