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Attention Teachers: Professionals Do Not Have a Salary Schedule
23 Nov

Attention Teachers: Professionals Do Not Have a Salary Schedule

Posted by James V. Shuls Budget and Spending

When you think of “professionals,” how do you think of them being paid? Do you expect them to have a […]

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Breakdown of St. Louis metro transportation spending
20 Nov

Saint Louis Transportation Planning Prioritizes Public Transportation, MetroLink

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

Saint Louisans depend on a functioning transportation system to do practically everything in their lives, from getting to work to […]

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Crosby Kemper III on Ruckus
20 Nov

Crosby Kemper III on Ruckus

Posted by Crosby Kemper III Transparency

The Show-Me Institute's Chairman Crosby Kemper III appeared on Ruckus on November 19 and discussed Kansas City's proposed convention hotel and airport […]

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Missouri Jobs Increase at Slow Pace
20 Nov

Missouri Jobs Increase at Slow Pace

Posted by Rik W. Hafer Business Climate

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its current snapshot of labor markets across states. While jobs in Missouri have […]

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How Long Have Saint Louis Planners Known About Loop Trolley Cost Overruns?
19 Nov

How Long Have Saint Louis Planners Known About Loop Trolley Cost Overruns?

Posted by Joseph Miller Budget and Spending, Transportation

In a previous post, we discussed the climbing costs of the Loop Trolley project, a 2.2 mile trolley line that […]

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Graph showing Missouri teacher pension benefits
18 Nov

Missouri Pensions Reward Some, Punish Others

Posted by James V. Shuls Public Pensions

Defined-Benefit public employee retirement systems are terrific for those who stay their full career in a single system. We all […]

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Questions for the Kansas City Public Schools Master Plan
18 Nov

Questions for the Kansas City Public Schools Master Plan

Posted by Michael Q. McShane Accountability

The Kansas City Public School’s new master strategic plan has already attracted its fair share of controversy.  Closing Southwest, a […]

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Killing the Golden Goose: How Walmart’s Left-Wing Critics Destroy Job Creation
18 Nov

Killing the Golden Goose: How Walmart’s Left-Wing Critics Destroy Job Creation

Posted by Andrew B. Wilson Business Climate

Under three different CEOs, Wal-Mart has done all kinds of somersaults to appease left-wing critics. In 2005, Lee Scott set […]

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Stand Up KC Organizes Misguided Fast-Food Worker Strikes in Kansas City
17 Nov

Stand Up KC Organizes Misguided Fast-Food Worker Strikes in Kansas City

Posted by John Wright Business Climate

A group called Stand Up KC is organizing strikes at fast food restaurants in Kansas City. The organization believes that […]

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St. Louis Board of Alderman meeting / outdoor
17 Nov

What I Saw at the Stadium Hearing

Posted by Joseph Miller Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

On Saturday, the Saint Louis Board of Aldermen’s Ways and Means Committee held a public comment session on the Near […]

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Keely Mullen
17 Nov

Million Student March Proposes Free College and Debt Forgiveness

Posted by Brittany Wagner Budget and Spending

Nearly one in five students who attend community college in Missouri will default on their student loans within three years, […]

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Debate Comment Sparks Discussion about Vocational Education
16 Nov

Debate Comment Sparks Discussion about Vocational Education

Posted by Brittany Wagner School Choice

During last Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, Marco Rubio joked, “For the life of me, I don’t know why we have […]

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Delmar Loop trolley map
13 Nov

Straight Talk about the Loop Trolley

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

The Loop Trolley is officially over budget. There was speculation earlier this year that the project could not be completed […]

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Chart of New Orleans student performance
13 Nov

Learning from New Orleans

Posted by Michael Q. McShane School Choice

Yesterday I highlighted a recent report that showed just how big a part of Kansas City’s education system charter schools […]

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The Convention Hotel Deal May Cost Kansas City Conventions
12 Nov

The Convention Hotel Deal May Cost Kansas City Conventions

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

On June 25, we described how the convention hotel deal agreed to by Kansas City officials made the city less […]

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Testimony Regarding the Use of City Funds for Professional Sports Stadiums
12 Nov

Testimony Regarding the Use of City Funds for Professional Sports Stadiums

Posted by Joseph Miller Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

On November 12, 2015, Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Joseph Miller submitted testimony to the Ways and Means Commitee of the […]

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City Delusional Over Stadium Economic Benefits
12 Nov

City Delusional Over Stadium Economic Benefits

Posted by Joseph Miller Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

A couple months ago, I was sitting in a movie theater watching Jurassic World. When life predictably “found a way,” […]

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Graph of charter school enrollment in Kansas City
12 Nov

We’re Number 5! We’re Number 5!

Posted by Michael Q. McShane School Choice

Today, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released a report on the market share of charter schools in cities […]

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Will Building the Convention Hotel Create Jobs?
10 Nov

Will Building the Convention Hotel Create Jobs?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Business Climate

  Proponents of a new $311 million hotel claim that the project will create construction jobs. At a recent hearing […]

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National Tolling Characteristics map
10 Nov

MoDOT Gets a New Director

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

Recently, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) named Patrick McKenna as its new director. The previous director, Dave Nichols, stepped down earlier […]

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