Al Shanker, longtime leader of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), was an early cheerleader for public charter schools. Though […]
Show-Me Institute On Ruckus
The Show-Me Institute's Patrick Tuohey appeared on KCPT's Ruckus on October 8 to discuss policy matters in Missouri and Kansas […]
In their recent push to keep the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in Saint Louis City, city leadership has argued the […]
Three Tips for Managing St. Louis Public Schools’ Enrollment Decline
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that enrollment in St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) is down by nearly 1,500 students. This […]
Licensing Street Performers: Another Example of Government Overreach
Just when you thought licensing hair braiders was the silliest example of government overreach you had ever seen, University City […]
Convention Hotel Documents Claim it Will Double Hotel Business
Consultants for the proposed downtown convention hotel are telling us that if we build a new hotel we will almost […]
For my money, one of the most promising developments in American education today is not in public schooling, private schooling, […]
Saint Louis to Try, Once Again, to Spend its Way to Prosperity
A recent article in the Post-Dispatch reported on the city’s plans to spend more than a billion dollars on a […]
Ohio is leading the way with a Silicon Valley–like way to track each dollar spent by that state’s government. Since […]
Square Coming to Saint Louis City, but Not to Its Property Tax Rolls
Square, a tech company founded by a Saint Louis native, has generated significant fanfare by announcing a new office in […]
Former St. Louis Mayor Vince Schoemehl recently penned a letter to the St. Louis Business Journal about the benefits of […]
Stadium Planners Sweeten the Deal . . . for Billionaires
Recently, the governor’s stadium task force announced a provisional agreement for the naming rights of a proposed riverfront stadium. The […]
Allegiant Shows How Kansas City’s Airport Benefits from Low Costs
Recently, Kansas City International Airport (MCI) hailed the arrival of a new air service. The new airline, Allegiant, will operate […]
Jennifer Parrish, who operates a daycare business out of her home in Minnesota, was first approached by the Service Employees […]
The Ferguson Commission: A Bridge to Nowhere
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Roman philosopher Cicero once said, “Advice is judged by results, not […]
Arch Ground Already Costing Saint Louis More than Promised
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported that Great River Greenways, a regional, taxpayer-funded organization, […]
Prompted by Regulators, Truman Medical Closes Psychiatric Emergency Room
Last month, Kansas City residents found out that Truman Medical Centers would be closing its Behavioral Health Emergency Department, "effective […]
Kansas City's Northeast News reported on Tuesday that the Kansas City Area Transit Authority (KCATA) will be combining several bus stops in […]
A mayor in Maine has made the news for wanting to publicly list welfare recipients on the town's website. I […]
The saga of landlord licensing continues in Saint Louis County. With government finding more and more things to regulate, landlords […]
