As of Wednesday, new laws in Missouri will let homeowners keep chickens, update senior tax credits, manage Medicaid funds, raise teacher pay, improve public safety rules, encourage people to start their own businesses, and make other changes.
New Missouri Laws – Homeowners Can Keep Chickens, Senior Tax Credits Clarified, and Medicaid Funding Restricted Starting Wednesday
The Springfield News-Leader reports that as of this Wednesday, New Missouri Laws will allow homeowners to keep up to six chickens, even if their home is in a homeowners’ association (HOA). The new rules also make it easier for counties and cities to handle homes that are empty or abandoned. They stop local governments from putting eviction freezes in place without state approval and make it clearer how senior tax credits work.
Medicaid funding has been changed so that it can’t go to abortion providers as a result of the new Missouri rules. The minimum wage for teachers will go up, and early childhood programs will get more money. The state inspector also has more power, and new rules will make it easier to handle meatpacking sludge.
Missouri’s New Public Safety Rules and Entrepreneurship Boost: Updated Penalties and Business Growth Initiatives Starting Wednesday
As part of the new rules for public safety, traffic fines will be treated differently, and people who fire a gun recklessly or run away from police will face new penalties. There will be a new Office of Entrepreneurship to help new businesses grow, and there will be a special program that will briefly lift some state rules so that new ideas can be tried out.
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