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Taxes: Hitting Some Missouri Businesses Harder than Others?
27 Oct

Taxes: Hitting Some Missouri Businesses Harder than Others?

Posted by Rik W. Hafer Taxes

In their essay, “Taxing Business in Missouri,” Professors Rik Hafer, Ph.D., and Howard Wall, Ph.D., review the research of the […]

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TechNet Companies: Want More Education Funding? Then Pay Your Fair Share.
24 Oct

TechNet Companies: Want More Education Funding? Then Pay Your Fair Share.

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

In a recent opinion column, Linda Moore, the president and CEO of TechNet, a “national, bipartisan network of technology CEOs […]

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Teachers’ Opinions of Missouri’s Public School Retirement System
23 Oct

Teachers’ Opinions of Missouri’s Public School Retirement System

Posted by James V. Shuls Public Pensions

For years, Show-Me Institute analysts have written about reforming teachers’ pensions. Multiple research projects have demonstrated that poorer districts subsidize pensions […]

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Auditor Report on Tax Incentives and Exemptions
23 Oct

Auditor Report on Tax Incentives and Exemptions

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Transparency

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has issued a report on the Cost of Tax Incentives and Exemptions. The auditor calls […]

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Broadway Economics
23 Oct

Broadway Economics

Posted by Joseph Haslag Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

The Broadway Inn is convenient for all the universities in Columbia, and its owner wants to build a $20 million […]

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David French on Free Speech
20 Oct

David French on Free Speech

Posted by David French Uncategorized

On October 11, National Review Institute Senior Fellow David French was at Washington University in Saint Louis to deliver a […]

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One More Lap around the Ice Rink
20 Oct

One More Lap around the Ice Rink

Posted by Andrew Aubuchon Corporate Welfare, Special Taxing Districts

As our readers might remember, the Chesterfield Hockey Association (CHA) wants to raise $7 million from the Chesterfield Valley Transportation […]

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Are Kansas City and Saint Louis Getting Taken?
20 Oct

Are Kansas City and Saint Louis Getting Taken?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Municipal Policy, State and Local Government, Subsidies

The deadline for submissions to Amazon to host their new headquarters building has come and gone, and both Kansas City […]

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Show-Me Forum: David Steelman Discusses Mizzou Two Years after the 2015 Protests
19 Oct

Show-Me Forum: David Steelman Discusses Mizzou Two Years after the 2015 Protests

Posted by David Steelman Accountability

David Steelman discusses the fate of Missouri’s flagship state university two years after the disruptive protests of 2015.

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Is the Fate of Kansas City’s Airport Terminal In Its Star?
18 Oct

Is the Fate of Kansas City’s Airport Terminal In Its Star?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Transportation

On October 8, The Kansas City Star editorial board urged readers to vote for a new airport terminal in the […]

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Subsidies Are Cleared for Takeoff as Wow Air Comes to Saint Louis
18 Oct

Subsidies Are Cleared for Takeoff as Wow Air Comes to Saint Louis

Posted by Andrew Aubuchon Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

In August, many Saint Louisans (myself included) were excited to hear that Iceland’s budget airline Wow Air will begin operating […]

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Beware the Perils of Corporate Welfare: An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
18 Oct

Beware the Perils of Corporate Welfare: An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos

Posted by Andrew B. Wilson Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

Amazon is amazing. Just amazing. In just 20 years as a public company, it has experienced a thousand-fold growth in […]

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Like Google, Amazon Wants Good Government over Gimmickry
16 Oct

Like Google, Amazon Wants Good Government over Gimmickry

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy

The imaginations of municipal governments across the country have been captured by the prospect of being chosen as the location […]

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Patrick Tuohey on KCPT Ruckus discusses the possibility of moving Kansas City Royals to a downtown stadium. Is that a good idea?
13 Oct

Patrick Tuohey on KCPT Ruckus discusses the possibility of moving Kansas City Royals to a downtown stadium. Is that a good idea?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

Patrick Tuohey on KCPT Ruckus discusses the potential for moving Kauffman Stadium downtown and other local and state issues.

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School Choice for Me, But Not for Thee: Part 4
12 Oct

School Choice for Me, But Not for Thee: Part 4

Posted by James V. Shuls School Choice

Over the past two posts, I have discussed reservations some parents have expressed about school choice programs. First, I examined […]

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Minnesota Is Embracing School Choice-Missouri Should, Too
11 Oct

Minnesota Is Embracing School Choice-Missouri Should, Too

Posted by Emily Stahly School Choice

School choice is shaking up Minnesota’s public school system. Either by using the open enrollment system or attending a charter […]

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School Choice for Me, but Not for Thee: Part 3
10 Oct

School Choice for Me, but Not for Thee: Part 3

Posted by James V. Shuls School Choice

Many people who have (and use) the resources to choose their own child’s school nevertheless oppose programs that make school […]

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School Choice for Me, but Not for Thee: Part 2
09 Oct

School Choice for Me, but Not for Thee: Part 2

Posted by James V. Shuls School Choice

In my last post I discussed how some people support school choice for their children, but do not support private […]

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St. Louis’s Multi-Million-Dollar Toy Train
09 Oct

St. Louis’s Multi-Million-Dollar Toy Train

Posted by Frank Catanzaro Corporate Welfare, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Transportation

When will St. Louis’s long-delayed and over-budget Loop Trolley open? It’s hard to say, but in the meantime, construction on […]

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Essay: Taxing Business in Missouri
06 Oct

Essay: Taxing Business in Missouri

Posted by Rik W. Hafer Taxes

As the U.S. Congress turns the national conversation toward reforming the tax code, one aspect they are discussing is the […]

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