Saint Louis Public Schools are suing the state for 42 million dollars, claiming this money was improperly sent to charter […]
Mayor Slay is talking up plans for a billion-dollar-plus expansion of Saint Louis’s light rail system, the MetroLink. This means that […]
Waiting for VanLoh
The last three years of Kansas City aviation policy is much like Samuel Becket’s play, “Waiting for Godot.” We the […]
According to Startland, “Kansas City’s Home for Innovation News,” city leaders proposed a few ideas they would pursue if they […]
As the Post-Dispatch recently reported, Mayor Slay is starting to throw his weight behind a long-awaited expansion of the MetroLink, […]
Who’s Paying for $160 Million in Blues Upgrades?
The Saint Louis Blues had a very successful season, making it deep into the playoffs and just two wins short […]
The Kansas City Star reported over the weekend that the City Council will soon decide whether to spend more on […]
Pensions Are Taking on Riskier Investments and Putting Retirees’ Money In Jeopardy
A year ago, the Show-Me Institute released “Betting on the Big Returns: How Missouri Teacher Pension Plans Have Shifted to […]
Almost every story about the newly opened Kansas City streetcar tells us that ridership is higher than expected, and indeed […]
The Kansas City Star’s Joe Robertson has written recently about the closure of the Kansas City office of the National […]
In recent sessions, the Missouri State Legislature has made great strides toward reducing the perverse incentives and effects of taxation […]
Saint Louis’s Central Business District: The Heart of What?
Last week, a murder a few blocks from the Saint Louis Convention Center turned attention toward both the safety and […]
The Kansas City Streetcar opened to glowing and effusive praise from local media, some of it embarrassingly fawning. After all […]
Despite a few flabbergasting legislative moments that threatened to blow it all up, Missouri's General Assembly eventually did pass a basket of important […]
Some School Finance Common Sense from Deep in the Heart of Texas
Last week, the Supreme Court of Texas handed down its decision in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Lone […]
Session Notes: Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Fails Again
With the 2016 legislative session behind them, Missouri's legislature has once again rejected Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. Had it passed, the […]
The Metropolitan Taxicab Commission (MTC), which regulates for-hire vehicles (mainly taxis) in Saint Louis City and County, has attempted to […]
Education Savings Accounts Found Constitutional in Nevada
Last week, a Clark County judge threw out a constitutional challenge to Nevada’s landmark education savings account program. The ACLU […]
With strict new rules mandating overtime pay for aspiring professionals and others in mid-level managerial positions, the Obama administration is […]
Missouri State Parks Floating the Idea of Crowding Out Private Enterprise
Small business owners are used to competition. Most know who their main competitors are. They also know that if they […]
