A panel of Missouri appellate judges ruled Tuesday that the constitution’s “plain, unambiguous” language means cities and counties cannot stack marijuana sales taxes. The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District’s decision reversed a lower court’s ruling in May that allowed both Florissant and St.

JEFFERSON CITY — St. Louis and St. Charles counties cannot add their own tax on the sale of marijuana on top of local municipal sales taxes, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Richard D. Zellner of O'Fallon, Missouri, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for using company funds to pay off $2.1 million in cred…

When Missouri votes legalized recreational marijuana, it allowed for local governments to benefit not only from sales tax, but even from the additional 3% tax.

After an appellate court ruled St. Charles and St. Louis counties could not stack their own marijuana sales tax on top of municipal sales taxes, the top elected official in St. Charles County said they’ll take the fight to the state supreme court.