Missouri levies a 4.225% sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products. This high sales tax rate, sometimes called a luxury tax rate, is far greater than the sales tax rate for groceries, which is 1.225%, or for many other healthcare products, which are tax exempt.
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In case you missed this week’s episode of This Week in Missouri Politics, here is a brief recap.

Press Release: State Representative Maggie Nurrenbern Launches Campaign for State Senate District 17
Today, Missouri State Representative Maggie Nurrenbern, who was elected to represent House
District 15 in 2020, is announcing her campaign for State Senate District 17.
Listen as Scott Faughn gives his midweek update. Scott talks about a variety of topics, including some new bills from the Senate.
In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Missouri House Local Government Committee voted to advance House Bill 909
Senator Jason Bean held an event this past Wednesday to showcase his constituents from Senate District 25.
For the past few years in the Education debate, the argument has centered around one word: choice.
This Week in Missouri Politics hosted by Scott Faughn, is expanding its borders to now be broadcast in the Great Northwest
Senators Mike Moon, Jill Carter, Denny Hoskins, and Bill Eigel held a press conference last week on SB 49, known as the "Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act” or the SAFE Act.