Missouri Minute: DFA to acquire Dean Foods; lawmakers split over online sales tax
Summary
Parson’s budget estimates Missouri could generate up to $80 million annually by levying a tax on online sales, helping replenish the proposed emergency fund. One Missouri Senate bill would set aside 80% of online sales tax revenue for school transportation and use the rest to reimburse counties for jail costs owed by the state. The deal, which would give DFA 44 of Dean Food’s facilities, is likely to flame antitrust scrutiny focused on the dairy cooperative’s evolving role in the American milk business. That’s the estimated number of Medicaid recipients in Missouri who could lose their coverage under a new work requirement bill in the state Senate, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The bill, sponsored by Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, would require Medicaid recipients to work, attend school or volunteer to maintain their coverage.