Carthage and Webb City voters who cast ballots in the August 2017 election to decide tax issues in those cities have seen how Missouri’s new Voter ID law works, but for many voters in the area, the April 3 municipal election will be their first experience with this new state law.
Oklahoma Bill Will Increase Teacher Pay and Taxes
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says she “absolutely” plans to sign a package of tax hikes to generate hundreds of millions of new dollars for teacher pay and avert statewide school closures. Just moments after the Oklahoma Senate passed the bill late Wednesday, she said: “We finally got the job done, and I applaud the bipartisanship of the House and Senate.” The Senate voted 36-10 to increase taxes on oil an…