Articles

Economy | ARTICLE | September 18, 2026

Why County Tax Increases Can Be Tricky

By David Stokes | Read Time 4 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 17, 2026

Understanding Missouri’s Teacher Shortage with Avery Frank and James V. Shuls

By Susan Pendergrass and 2 more | Episode Length 24 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 16, 2026

Paying Excellent Teachers to Serve High-Need Schools

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

Kids in classroom, boys in school, girls in school, gender bias in schools, school choice

Education | ARTICLE | September 15, 2026

Are Schools Built for Girls?

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 15, 2026

What Parents Think About Public Education with Colyn Ritter

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 21 min

School hallway, Hillsboro school district, Missouri school personnel boom, tax increases

Economy | ARTICLE | September 11, 2026

Hillsboro School District Seeking Enormous Tax Increase

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

Chiropractor, Missouri Medicaid, Missouri budget, fiscal notes

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | September 9, 2026

More to the Fiscal Note

By Elias Tsapelas | Read Time 3 min

Housing construction, regulation, zoning, Lee's Summit

Economy | ARTICLE | September 9, 2026

City Admits Zoning Is a Barrier

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 9, 2026

A Better Way to Teach History with Jon Bassett and Gary Shiffman

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 32 min

Kansas City streetcar, Kansas City subsidies, streetcar costs

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | September 8, 2026

What Does a Streetcar System Cost?

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 1 min

Kansas City Streetcar, streetcar sales tax, Kansas City subsidies, Tom Gerend

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | September 3, 2026

The KC Streetcar’s Sales Tax Claim

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 4 min

Empty school hallway, DEI, school administrators, personnel boom, Missouri schools

Education | ARTICLE | September 1, 2026

Missouri’s School Administrator Personnel Boom—Is It DEI?

By Cory Koedel and 1 more | Read Time 2 min

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