Today, many government workers are practically “married for life” to the union representing them in their professional fields. For a […]
The poor in Kansas City face a double hit: We are generally a high tax city, and development policy ignores the poorer […]
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported on what the city plans to do with the Near North Riverfront, the proposed site of […]
State Sen. Joseph Keaveny (D-Saint Louis) has an idea: Require school districts to post administrative salaries to their websites. Watch below […]
At the Show-Me Institute’s latest Policy Breakfast, Sen. Bob Onder talked about the need for the dealings of government unions to […]
From harnessing solar energy to launching the first privately funded rocket, SpaceX founder and PayPal cofounder Elon Musk is a […]
I joined Kelly Jackson and McGraw Milhaven on “The McGraw Show” this morning to discuss my new paper, “Vacant School […]
Missouri Senators Bob Onder and Joseph Keaveny talk about the recently concluded legislative session.
Let’s assume for the sake of argument that the planned convention hotel in Kansas City does increase convention business. How […]
Despite the fact that all serious economic research on streetcars indicates that they do not drive economic development, Kansas City streetcar […]
As first appearing in Education News: We all love to have enemies; not real enemies, just the kind that make […]
Public school systems are tasked with a tremendous responsibility. Not only do we expect them to educate our children, but […]
As we’ve discussed before, carpooling is the second most popular way of getting to work in Missouri (behind driving alone). […]
You gotta love Los Angeles, but when I read stories about what officials there might be planning with their minimum wage increase, […]
Kansas City Mayor Sly James has announced an effort, long discussed at City Hall, to subsidize a convention hotel downtown. […]
Recently, I talked to a financial advisor (who did not live in Saint Louis) about whether I should buy property. […]
Grit, not to be confused with the popular Southern breakfast dish, is a personality trait. Described by Webster’s Dictionary as “mental […]
In the early 1970s the Ford Motor Company designed the Pinto. In addition to being extremely ugly, the Pinto was […]
Just in case you thought the city actually had learned its lessons from the Power & Light District debacle, recent […]
Bradley Harmon, president of CWA Local 6355—a union representing state government employees—recently testified before a legislative committee against a union […]
