It doesn’t happen often, but markets can fail.

On Thursday, June 21, the Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Tuohey appeared on KCPT’s Ruckus to discuss the delayed opening of Kansas City’s new airport, a sales tax proposal to fund universal pre-K in Kansas City, and other state and local issues.

Bill Turque over at The Kansas City Star wrote the standard piece on this week’s streetcar extension vote, and gave some attention to the uncertainty of necessary federal funds,

Being financially responsible—keeping a close eye on your bank balance and even your credit score, for example—isn’t always pleasant. Being truly accountable for educating kids also requires keeping track of numbers, both good and bad. As President George W.

The Loop Trolley appears stuck in an endless loop of delays.

Kansas City Mayor Sly James is working on a proposal for a sales tax increase to fund expanded pre-K education. Despite a real cost to taxpayers, few details have been provided about how the money will be spent.

Good policy doesn't have to be complicated. That's the lesson we should take from the way Michigan legislators took on their prevailing wage (sometimes called a "public construction minimum wage") law.

By next week, the Missouri State Board of Education should be up and running again.

For decades, Missourians have been paying hundreds of millions in special sales taxes they all too often had no clue about.

Richard Florida is an urban studies theorist who promoted the idea that the creative class would drive urban renewal and that smart cities should cater to them.