Parson pushes gas tax increase

Gov. Mike Parson is urging voters to approve a gas tax increase at the ballot box.

“If we really want to change the state of Missouri,” Parson said, “you’re going to have an opportunity at the ballot box to change Missouri for the better and to vote on an initiative that’s going to change infrastructure in our state forever. It’s going to take all of us working together to get that done in the state of Missouri.”

Parson spoke during a summit at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis on education and business issues.

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