Agricultural land is assessed at 12 percent of its productive value for property tax purposes, compared with 32 percent of market value for commercial property. The change could save Missouri sawmills ...

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Missouri sawmills will be getting a tax break. Gov. Jay Nixon signed legislation Wednesday that reclassifies sawmills as agricultural instead of commercial property. The change ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Taxes could be sliced significantly for Missouri's sawmills. But it could come at the expense of some public school districts. Legislation that has passed the Missouri ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Six months after a worker was killed at a northern Missouri sawmill, federal labor officials have cited the owner of the operation with more than 50 safety and health violations.