A last-minute effort from Lt. Gov. Mike Parson to delay the end of a state tax credit for low-income housing failed Tuesday.
The Missouri Housing Development Commission voted 8-2 to end the state’s largest tax credit program. Parson and Jon Hensley, who was voting as a proxy for Treasurer Eric Schmitt, were the two dissenting votes.
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