Taxes

An early look at the Vacancy Strategy Initiative Report shows the number of vacant properties in the city decreased by 4% since 2018.

The legislation contains other tax provisions, including eliminating the state sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products.

Tariffs can increase revenue and protect domestic industry, but achieving the latter goal takes time and will require domestic manufacturers to find different sources of materials in the short term.

Local preparers say people have been heeding advice to file early this year, but resources are still available for those who haven’t.

St. Louis-based business owners in the game and biking industries worry President Donald Trump’s tariffs will raise prices for their business and for customers.

If the House approves the Senate’s changes to the bill, it will proceed to the governor’s desk.

Both bills now proceed to the Senate.

One bill has an estimated cost of almost $1.3 billion, most of which is the result of proposed income tax changes.

It’s a problem that metastasized over decades, making it unrealistic to expect a speedy solution to the roughly 25,000 vacant buildings and lots inside city limits.

The Democratic governor also peppered his seventh budget blueprint — which Republicans derided as the largest in state history — with key policy proposals for the upcoming fiscal year.