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Senate leader wants "blight" conditions redefined

If the state Senate Republican leader gets his way, businesses would have a harder time meeting requirements for tax subsidies.

Jennifer Sheffield reports from the capitol.

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St. Charles senator, Steve Ehlmann, said he would love to sponsor legislation changing how Missouri defines "blighted" conditions.

This comes after a West County mall claimed that "blighted" factors made it eligible for thirty million dollars in tax subsidies.

Ehlmann said the General Assembly did not intend for tax money to be spent in wealthy areas.

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Contents: [119K WAV file] He said you can find just about any neighborhood in Missouri to be "blighted" by the current definition.

Ehlmann also said new legislation should focus soley on tax financing, rather than broad economic development issues.

I'm Jennifer Sheffield in Jefferson City.