Articles

Wildwood, tax subsidies, tax incentives, tax abatements, property taxes

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | September 19, 2025

Wildwood’s Big Mistake

By David Stokes | Read Time 2 min

Kansas City, PortKC, subsidies, government transparency

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | September 18, 2025

Correction: PortKC Ignoring Its Own Audits for Five Years, Not Four

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

Empty classroom, education policy, Missouri education, charter schools, charter school performance, education during COVID

Education | ARTICLE | September 17, 2025

Charters Have Outperformed Traditional Public Schools Post-Pandemic

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Nashville, Tennessee, nuclear energy, Tennessee nuclear projects, nuclear advisory council

Economy | ARTICLE | September 16, 2025

Tennessee Lands Another Nuclear Project

By Avery Frank | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 16, 2025

The Rise of Equitable Grading with Adam Tyner

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

Student reading book, third-grade retention, retention policies, learning to read, literacy tests

Education | ARTICLE | September 12, 2025

Students Who Can’t Read Benefit from Third-Grade Retention

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Consumer-regulated electricity, energy regulation, wind energy, nuclear energy, New Hampshire House Bill 672

Economy | ARTICLE | September 11, 2025

Is Consumer-Regulated Electricity Going Worldwide?

By Avery Frank | Read Time 3 min

Empty classroom

Education | ARTICLE | September 11, 2025

Third-Grade Retention and Early Literacy Policies

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

House, property taxes, Platte County, property tax assessment, tax rollbacks

Economy | ARTICLE | September 8, 2025

Platte County Agreement Could Be a Model for Missouri

By David Stokes | Read Time 4 min

SNAP benefits, food stamps, the OBBB, SNAP error rate, state welfare programs

Economy | ARTICLE | September 5, 2025

SNAP Back to Reality

By Elias Tsapelas | Read Time 3 min

Apartment building, landlord fees, broker fees, landlord regulation, FARE Act, housing affordability

Economy | ARTICLE | September 4, 2025

Massachusetts Joins NYC and KC in Shifting Fees to Landlords

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Grading, school grades, equitable grading, grade inflation

Education | ARTICLE | September 3, 2025

Most Teachers Don’t Like Equitable Grading Practices Either

By Scott Tanner | Read Time 2 min

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