Thanks to robust bipartisan support and assisted by a strangely-timed development proposal, the Missouri legislature is on the verge of […]
Last Friday, the Senate Jobs, Economic Development, and Local Government Committee passed HB1589/2307, which would create two tax credit-driven school […]
After years of losses at the polls, City leaders finally got the vote they needed in 2012 to approve the […]
In Missouri, a small fuel tax increase would have drivers pay a little more for roads, and could head off […]
For the time being, it seems that plans to tear down Kansas City International Airport (MCI) and build a $1.2 […]
If you head West on I-70, past the inner-ring suburbs of St. Louis and over the Missouri river, you’ll happen […]
Yesterday, the Missouri house voted 113-43 to override Gov. Nixon’s veto of SB 586, which reinstates a 5% cap on […]
NPR has reported that property taxes make public education unfair because some school districts receive more property tax revenue than […]
The City Council of Kansas City just voted 10 to 1 to declare some asphalt parking lots and grass fields […]
Mike McShane talks about expanding educational opportunity to rural communities in Missouri through course access. Read our recent papers on […]
Given the significant opposition from the public and likely from members of the City Council, Kansas City Mayor Sly James […]
Kansas City has decided against a ballot measure that would have financed the demolition and rebuilding of MCI airport. Patrick […]
Over the last couple years I’ve talked a lot about direct primary care (DPC), a doctor practice model that largely cuts insurance […]
For the first time in 80 years, the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is opening a new Catholic school in […]
For the first time in its history, University Academy (UA), a charter school in Kansas City, had a student accepted […]
On Wednesday, the Missouri House of Representatives passed HB 1589, a bill that would authorize four benevolent tax credits. The […]
If you’ve been listening to Saint Louis Public Radio’s coverage of school finance in the region, you might have some […]
If you follow the key players in the Saint Louis Charter School community on social media, you’ve probably seen the […]
Before it died amidst last year's Right to Work filibuster in the Senate, a bill requiring an independent audit of […]
In recent years, Missouri’s economic growth has been anemic. While nationwide states have averaged 2.0% growth in GDP since 2009, […]
