Missourians could soon pay with gold and silver after lawmakers approve odd bill

Missourians could soon pay with gold and silver after lawmakers approve odd bill

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Shoppers across Missouri could soon be able to pay for their groceries and pay taxes with gold and silver. Missouri lawmakers this week, in a move that surprised some, approved a controversial bill that would make gold and...

Missouri Senate passes bill to fund sheriffs' retirement system • Missouri Independent

Sen. Rusty Black, R-Chillicothe, on the first day of the 2024 Legislative Session (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).A bill to fund pensions for Missouri sheriffs from new fees on court documents and a slice of the money the state pays counties to house prisoners passed the state Senate on a nearly unanimous vote Tuesday, potentially rescuing a retirement system that voters refused to support at the ballot in November. Last year, lawmakers …

Missourians could soon pay with gold and silver after lawmakers approve odd bill.

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Missouri Senate passes bill to fund sheriffs’ retirement system

A bill to fund pensions for Missouri sheriffs from new fees on court documents and a slice of the money the state pays counties to house prisoners passed the state Senate on a nearly unanimous vote Tuesday, potentially rescuing a…