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Kansas City Star  Worried over “Bullying” from Uber, Lyft
24 Feb

Kansas City Star Worried over “Bullying” from Uber, Lyft

Posted by Joseph Miller Business Climate, Transportation

The Missouri legislature is currently considering statewide regulation for ridesharing companies, like Uber and Lyft, which would pre-empt local regulations in […]

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Hail to the Chiefs? City Includes Arrowhead on List of Urban Core Successes
24 Feb

Hail to the Chiefs? City Includes Arrowhead on List of Urban Core Successes

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

After a recent KCPT documentary on urban neglect made waves across the region, supporters of the earnings tax are eager to counter […]

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Bombardier’s Troubles Continue As Company Lays Off 7000
23 Feb

Bombardier’s Troubles Continue As Company Lays Off 7000

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

Back in November we updated readers on the case of Bombardier, a company that in 2008 sought millions in state tax […]

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Patrick Tuohey appears on Ruckus, February 18, 2016
23 Feb

Patrick Tuohey on Ruckus

Posted by Show-Me Institute Staff Taxes

The Show-Me Institute's Patrick Tuohey appeared on Ruckus on February 18 to discuss education spending in Kansas, the earnings tax […]

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Fueling MoDOT: Higher Gas Taxes?
23 Feb

Fueling MoDOT: Higher Gas Taxes?

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

In Missouri, a small tax increase would have drivers pay a little more for roads, and could head off proposals […]

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Exactly How Many State Senators Plan to Immediately Become Lobbyists?
22 Feb

Exactly How Many State Senators Plan to Immediately Become Lobbyists?

Posted by Patrick Ishmael State and Local Government, Transparency

I ask the question because after listening to last week's State Senate debate on HB 1979, it seems glaringly obvious […]

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Should Saint Louis Raise Property Taxes for Public Schools?
22 Feb

Should Saint Louis Raise Property Taxes for Public Schools?

Posted by James V. Shuls Accountability

What do you call nearly $15,000 per pupil? If you’re the Saint Louis Public School System, you call it “not […]

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Kansas City Star: Do As We Say, Not As We Do
19 Feb

Kansas City Star: Do As We Say, Not As We Do

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Taxes

The Kansas City Star has a fever, and the only cure is more anti-tax cut blogs. This time the Star's […]

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Meet the Teacher Who Gets Paid Like a Pro Athlete
19 Feb

Meet the Teacher Who Gets Paid Like a Pro Athlete

Posted by Michael Q. McShane School Choice

Education blogger Joanne Jacobs flagged a fascinating story on Udemy, an online course provider that offers classes on subjects ranging […]

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Financial Disclosure Provision in Paycheck Protection Bill is Toothless
19 Feb

Financial Disclosure Provision in Paycheck Protection Bill is Toothless

Posted by John Wright Transparency

The House passed a paycheck protection bill on Thursday. The idea behind it—that a worker should be able to choose […]

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Jones Dome Headed for Demolition?
18 Feb

Jones Dome Headed for Demolition?

Posted by Joseph Miller Budget and Spending, Business Climate

We’ve talked about the fate of the Edward Jones Dome many times on this blog. When the city was planning […]

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Geri Thwing
17 Feb

Geri’s Story: Holding Unions Accountable

Posted by John Wright Business Climate

Geri Thwing works as a school bus driver. She also pays for representation by a union that she feels doesn’t […]

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Earnings Tax Opponents Already Getting Results
16 Feb

Earnings Tax Opponents Already Getting Results

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy, Taxes

On April 5, Kansas Citians will vote on whether to retain the 1% earnings tax. This vote was brought about […]

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Intercity Bus Service on the Rise in Missouri, Nationally
16 Feb

Intercity Bus Service on the Rise in Missouri, Nationally

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

I often find myself traveling to Chicago to visit family, and when I do I have a number of transportation […]

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Soccer Mania Strikes Saint Louis County
16 Feb

Soccer Mania Strikes Saint Louis County

Posted by Joseph Miller Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

Soccer, professional and otherwise, is big business across the country and around the globe. The MLS is even considering putting […]

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So Long, Farewell . . .
15 Feb

So Long, Farewell . . .

Posted by Rik W. Hafer Business Climate

Every year since 1993, Atlas Van Lines has analyzed interstate moving patterns among U.S. households. Their Migration Patterns report shows […]

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Belton Schools have been getting shorted $500,000 per year. There is a lesson here.
15 Feb

Belton Schools have been getting shorted $500,000 per year. There is a lesson here.

Posted by Michael Q. McShane Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

The Cass County Democrat Missourian has a great story on the Belton School District learning that it was getting almost […]

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Save Bright Flight Scholarships
12 Feb

Save Bright Flight Scholarships

Posted by Michael Q. McShane School Choice

The Post-Dispatch published a story this week detailing the efforts of an advocacy group to end the Missouri Bright Flight […]

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Hair braider at work
11 Feb

Hair Braiders’ Hands Tied by Missouri’s Twisted Regulations

Posted by John Wright Economy, Regulation

Joba Niang and Tameka Stigers are two successful entrepreneurs who provide African-style hair braiding for their communities. They’re also both […]

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A Tale of Two Taxes
11 Feb

A Tale of Two Taxes

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

If you drive in the Show-Me state, you pay two gas taxes—one of 18.4 cents per gallon to the federal […]

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