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More Good News for People Who Want to Buy Vacant City Property
08 Apr

More Good News for People Who Want to Buy Vacant City Property

Posted by Audrey Spalding Municipal Policy

After hearing about Show-Me Institute research finding that the city of Saint Louis was turning down almost one out of […]

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Two Thumbs Down for Downtown Theater Subsidy
08 Apr

Two Thumbs Down for Downtown Theater Subsidy

Posted by Thomas Duda Municipal Policy

Last Friday’s St. Louis Business Journal reports that movies will soon return to downtown St. Louis more than eight years after […]

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Serious Effort to Reduce Number of State Reps
08 Apr

Serious Effort to Reduce Number of State Reps

Posted by David Stokes Uncategorized

The Missouri Democratic Party has announced that it will be launching an initiative petition to reduce the number of state […]

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Free-Market Field Trip: Food Truck Edition – Stay Tuned!
07 Apr

Free-Market Field Trip: Food Truck Edition – Stay Tuned!

Posted by Christine Harbin Economy, Municipal Policy, Regulation

It was sunny and in the 70s yesterday — I couldn’t picture a better day to grab a cupcake and […]

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Is It Redevelopment? Or Is It Politics?
06 Apr

Is It Redevelopment? Or Is It Politics?

Posted by Audrey Spalding Municipal Policy

In 2010, no fewer than four different people tried to buy 2925 Union Blvd., the building pictured below. During an […]

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The Education of Tommorow … Today!
06 Apr

The Education of Tommorow … Today!

Posted by John Payne School Choice

In the second half of this short 1967 video about the first personal computer in Britain, the narrator describes how […]

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Subsidizing Exports Will Do More Harm Than Good for Missouri
05 Apr

Subsidizing Exports Will Do More Harm Than Good for Missouri

Posted by Christine Harbin Taxes, Transparency

China already imports free-marketpolicy analysts from Missouri. State lawmakers want to turn Saint Louis into an international cargo hub. Sounds […]

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New Evidence Demonstrates How Earnings Taxes Harm City Growth
04 Apr

New Evidence Demonstrates How Earnings Taxes Harm City Growth

Posted by Josh Smith Taxes

Voters in Saint Louis and Kansas City will soon vote on whether to retain their respective city earnings taxes. What’s […]

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False Advertising? Missouri’s Corporate Income Tax Rate Is the 16th-Lowest – Not the 5th-Lowest
01 Apr

False Advertising? Missouri’s Corporate Income Tax Rate Is the 16th-Lowest – Not the 5th-Lowest

Posted by Christine Harbin Transparency

There’s a factual error in the advertisement for Missouri that I highlighted recently. The ad says “5th lowest corporate income tax rate,” […]

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The Earnings Tax Debate: Argle-Bargle or Foofaraw?
01 Apr

The Earnings Tax Debate: Argle-Bargle or Foofaraw?

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy, Taxes

Show-Me Institute scholars and analysts have been activily involved in debates about the earnings taxes in St. Louis and Kansas […]

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Good News For People Who Want to Buy Vacant City Property
30 Mar

Good News For People Who Want to Buy Vacant City Property

Posted by Audrey Spalding Municipal Policy, Transparency

What a difference a few months make. The Saint Louis Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) held its monthly meeting today, and […]

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Cutting Cigarette Taxes for Budget Health
30 Mar

Cutting Cigarette Taxes for Budget Health

Posted by Christine Harbin Taxes

While lawmakers in the Show-Me State want to hike the cigarette tax rate, lawmakers in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and […]

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The Kansas City Earnings Tax Is Bad for Our Health – But Do We Care?
29 Mar

The Kansas City Earnings Tax Is Bad for Our Health – But Do We Care?

Posted by David Stokes Taxes

Call it “the smoker’s dilemma”: Everyone knows that smoking kills, but a habitual smoker may be convinced that he requires […]

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Off the Track
29 Mar

Off the Track

Posted by David Stokes Transportation

The governor has announced that Missouri will seek additional funding for high-speed rail. This is, in my opinion, a very […]

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“Eenie, Meenie, Miney, MO! This Is Where You Ought to Go!”
28 Mar

“Eenie, Meenie, Miney, MO! This Is Where You Ought to Go!”

Posted by Christine Harbin Transparency

As I flew back from vacation, I stumbled upon a full-page advertisement for Missouri in my in-flight magazine. Although I […]

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Why Spend More Than $400 Million to Subsidize Warehouse Construction?
25 Mar

Why Spend More Than $400 Million to Subsidize Warehouse Construction?

Posted by Audrey Spalding Taxes, Transparency

From today’s Post-Dispatch: “St. Louis’ dreams of becoming a gateway for Chinese air cargo are going to need some more […]

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Food Truck Sighting in the Central West End!
25 Mar

Food Truck Sighting in the Central West End!

Posted by Christine Harbin Economy, Regulation

Now that I have my eyes open for food trucks, I see them nearly everywhere I go! While I was […]

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Charter Schools Boost Graduation Rates and College Attendance
25 Mar

Charter Schools Boost Graduation Rates and College Attendance

Posted by John Payne School Choice

A study (non-gated, working version) in the latest Journal of Labor Economics shows that students attending charter schools are significantly […]

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The Saint Louis Earnings Tax Is Bad for Our Health – But Do We Care?
24 Mar

The Saint Louis Earnings Tax Is Bad for Our Health – But Do We Care?

Posted by David Stokes Taxes

Call it “the smoker’s dilemma”: Everyone knows that smoking kills, but a habitual smoker may be convinced that he requires […]

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$27 Million in Loans, but Who Pays for It?
24 Mar

$27 Million in Loans, but Who Pays for It?

Posted by Christine Harbin Transparency

Yesterday, the Missouri Watchdog ran an article by Brian Hook about the State Small Business Credit Initiative, which will make […]

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