Attention opponents of Common Core in Missouri: We won. You petitioned the state legislature and were successful in gaining the […]
The fact that Edmundson (a small town in North Saint Louis County) doesn’t levy a property tax on residential property […]
Proponents of a new downtown convention hotel are asking taxpayers to throw all of modern economic theory out the window—as […]
College affordability may prove to be one of, if not the, defining education issue of the 2016 election cycle. More […]
A public school rezoning issue is unfolding in New York City. P.S. 199 is a National Blue Ribbon Award-winner with […]
John Tamny, the political economy editor at Forbes and author of Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and […]
Columbia Feeling “Blue” About IBM’s Job Numbers
The silver lining in this recent report regarding the continued underperformance of the IBM call center in Columbia is that […]
Cato Study Shows that Federal Employees Make More than Private Sector; Government Unions Furious
Underlying the American Federation of Government Employee’s (AFGE) claims that their members deserve higher salaries and more lavish benefits is […]
As we’ve discussed many times before, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) faces a serious budget shortfall in the next […]
Does Running Up Debt For Convention Center Renovations Make Sense?
Watch Policy Analyst Joseph Miller on KTRS talk about the debt for convention center renovations.
The chairman of the Show-Me Institute, Crosby Kemper III, appeared on KCPT's Ruckus on October 15 to discuss, among other things, the […]
The Citizens of the World charter school, slated to open next school year in Kansas City, is generating interest in […]
Under Pressure from SB 5, Charlack May Disband Police Force
For many years, the small north Saint Louis County municipality of Charlack (population 1,366), has relied heavily on traffic fines […]
Alan Krueger, professor of economics at Princeton, has weighed in on the minimum wage debate. Writing in the New York […]
Conservative columnist and radio host Erick Erickson coined the phrase “you will be made to care” to describe the tendency […]
The Kansas City government has been slow to release documents pertaining to the convention hotel. Just recently they released a […]
For those who have seen the James Bond movie Goldfinger, remember when James Bond stops the atom bomb from destroying […]
In his 2014 state of the state address, Governor Jay Nixon bragged that “Missouri’s a low-tax state—sixth lowest in the […]
$100 Million Here, $400 Million There-Are We Talking Real Money Yet?
Recently, the Saint Louis Business Journal reported that the Saint Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (CVC) is pushing for a […]
The Convention Hotel’s Promised Occupancy Rates Are Suspect
A 2013 consultant’s report on the proposed convention hotel has some pretty rosy projections that are likely unrealistic. We have […]
