Chesterfield does not have a municipal property tax. There’s nothing wrong with that. It funds its local government primarily with […]
Suppose your boss comes to you one day and asks you to take a survey. He or she asks you, […]
My dad used to ask me: If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you do it too? The 2022 […]
The 2022 scores on the Nation’s Report Card (or NAEP), a test administered every other year by the U.S. Department […]
I vividly remember the days when I would ask for a new video game or pair of basketball shoes, and […]
“We have a problem with resource deployment.” Ya think? This quote from a member of the Missouri Teacher Recruitment and […]
The Wall Street Journal recently published an editorial that expressed legitimate shock about the relationship between teacher ratings and rates […]
In truly unwelcome news for people who care about good government, a coalition has been put together to create a […]
David Stokes, Patrick Ishmael and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the special session, a property tax scheme in […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the Laclede County Record. This November, Laclede County residents will vote on reducing […]
This November, Laclede County residents will vote on reducing an obscure tax that places the county at a competitive disadvantage […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the Clay County Courier-Tribune. This November, Clay County residents will vote on […]
Congratulations, West Virginia families! The West Virginia Supreme Court just ruled that the new Hope Scholarship program—an education savings account […]
In the fall of 2019, a student in the Independence (MO) School District applied to the Missouri Virtual Academy (MOVA). […]
Back in August, my colleague Elias Tsapelas wrote a succinct blog post about why the legislature’s intention to pass or […]
The tale of 2022’s legislative activities has been a bit of an odyssey. Hopes were high in January that reforms—from […]
In November, voters in Clay County (and also Laclede County) will have the opportunity be the first counties in Missouri […]
The federal government is once again using climate change as a justification for a massive economic project. The National Electric […]
The Kansas City Westside neighborhood is the historic home of the Mexican–American community in Kansas City. It has experienced particularly […]
“Aldermanic courtesy” is a practice adopted by some local government boards or councils that gives wide latitude to local officials […]
