KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Voters in Missouri’s two biggest cities are headed to the polls to decide whether to renew the decades-old earnings tax.
The tax requires those who work in Kansas City or St. Louis to pay a 1 percent tax on their pay. Because nonresidents also must pay, thousands of commuters from the neighboring states of Kansas and Illinois are affected.
Voters overwhelmingly embraced renewing the tax five years ago.