As part of the research for the policy study "Standstill: Is Saint Louis Hindering Development by Waiting for Large-Scale Miracles?," the Show-Me Institute requested a number of documents from the Saint Louis Land Reutilization Authority (LRA). The data in the study comes from the agency's formal meeting minutes. Downloadable PDF copies of the LRA's minutes from 2003 through 2010 are available below.

This year, the Saint Louis City Recorder of Deeds office, which oversees real estate licenses, has collected $20,729 in copy charges from people who printed documents from the privacy of their own home or business. The copies didn't involve the use of any of the city's paper or staff time, things for which governments usually charge copy costs.

On Monday, a joint legislative committee tasked with planning out a 25-year-long, statewide strategy for Missouri's electricity production and consumption met to consider the cost and availability of alternative forms of energy.