Bradley Harmon, president of CWA Local 6355—a union representing state government employees—recently testified before a legislative committee against a union […]
Reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the city of Kansas City and the developers who want to build a […]
The City Council of Kansas City is considering subsidizing half of a $300 million downtown convention hotel adjacent to Bartle […]
When it comes to ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft, too often our policymakers and the media highlight conflict: fights […]
Highway Dollars: Does Washington Give Missouri Its Fair Share?
Often, when discussing the impending funding crisis at the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), many residents are skeptical of the […]
Nearly everyone recognizes that the transfer program, which allows students to transfer from unaccredited school districts, is unsustainable. If the […]
Eric Hanushek, Ph.D., shows that the quality of education is closely related to national economic growth. He has authored or […]
HB42 is on Gov. Nixon’s desk. If he signs it, children in failing school districts would be able to cross […]
Have you ever been in Best Buy (or, for you millennials, on Amazon) and looked at a nice 70-inch 4K Ultra […]
CEO Says Lack of Ridesharing in Saint Louis Is Embarrassing
Recently, Gabe Lozano, the CEO of a local tech company, called the lack of ridesharing (like Uber and Lyft) in […]
This brief video clip shows my testimony before the City Council of Kansas City on an effort to raise the minimum wage […]
As first appearing in the Wall Street Journal: Liberals love to hate Sam Brownback, and for good reason. The Kansas […]
In an effort to research the so-called food desert in Kansas City, I shopped around at some of the grocery […]
When the legislative session began earlier this year, there was some hope that policymakers would be able to modernize the […]
The Columbia Tribune reported that Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Peter Stiepleman and other superintendents across the state are telling Gov. […]
If the Riverfront Stadium Plan Had Two Wheels, It’d Be a Bicycle
Recently, Dave Peacock, the head of Missouri’s stadium task force, spoke at a Commercial Real Estate Women of St. Louis breakfast. […]
Imagine you thought that there was a lot of demand for express bus service between two or three locations in […]
On Friday afternoon, Ronald Garan Jr., a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut, addressed about 40 students at a […]
They say those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. To better understand the seemingly intractable problems in the […]
Public officials should accept the scrutiny that comes with open government. Some do, but many—including Missouri Governor Jay Nixon—do not. […]
