Missouri voters will get a ballot question later this year on eliminating the state’s individual income tax, a proposal that would also authorize a sales tax expansion if approved. The measure would mark the first time since the modern income tax began that a state legislature asked voters directly to phase out the tax. The proposal is positioned against a wider backdrop of shifting state tax policy since the COVID-era recovery, when many states adopted reductions to income, sales, or other taxes. Supporters describe a path to elimination, but the structure acknowledges the practical difficulty of maintaining budgets without replacing revenue. While the article focuses on state revenue and tax mechanics, the immediate higher-education implication is the likely downstream impact on appropriations and student financial aid capacity—areas that depend on stable general-fund revenue.