David Stokes, Corianna Baier and Jakob Puckett join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the possible expansion of America’s Convention Center Complex, the future of The Dome at America’s Center, another attempt at a comeback by the Loop Trolley and which policy topics will be hot in 2022.
Podcast: The Future of The Dome, Loop Trolley’s Comeback and Hot or Not in 2022
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Corianna Baier
Corianna grew up in Michigan, where she earned her B.S. in Economics from Hillsdale College. She then earned her M.A. in Economics from Troy University. Corianna is interested in business regulation and tax policy.
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Jakob Puckett
Jakob Puckett received his M.S. in Economics from University of Illinois in 2019. An Ohio native, his research interests include energy, transportation, and macroeconomic issues.
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David Stokes
David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from 2007 to 2016. From 2016 through 2020 he was Executive Director of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, where he led efforts to oppose harmful floodplain developments done with abusive tax subsidies. Stokes rejoined the Institute in early 2021 as the Director of Municipal Policy. He is a past president of the University City Library Board. He served on the St. Louis County 2010 Council Redistricting Commission and was the 2012 representative to the Electoral College from Missouri’s First Congressional District. He lives in University City with his wife and their three children.
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Zach Lawhorn
Zach Lawhorn joined Show-Me Opportunity in 2018. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Missouri. Prior to joining SMO he worked in marketing and strategic communications for the University of Missouri School of Health Professions and was a senior media producer at Mizzou Video Production.
