Unions in Idaho and Wisconsin have filed federal lawsuits claiming that employees who don't want to be in their unions […]
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 […]
