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Tax Rebate Veto, KC Bus Issues, And The Osage Beach Outlet Mall
01 Jul

Tax Rebate Veto, KC Bus Issues, And The Osage Beach Outlet Mall

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Corporate Welfare, Economy, Municipal Policy, Special Taxing Districts, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Tax Credits, Taxes

David Stokes, Elias Taspelas, and SMI Intern Quin Rizer join Zach Lawhorn. Listen on Apple Podcasts  Listen on Stitcher  Listen […]

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Gas pump
30 Jun

A Little Good News on Gas

Posted by Abigail Wagner Economy, Taxes

As gas prices remain historically high across the nation and a statewide gas tax holiday seems unlikely, some very organized […]

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Parent with child
29 Jun

The Shift Toward Parents Continues

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Education, School Choice

Although teachers’ unions have been around for over one hundred years, collective bargaining and teachers’ strikes really began in about […]

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SCOTUS, Scooters, and a Gas Tax Holiday
28 Jun

SCOTUS, Scooters, and a Gas Tax Holiday

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability, Corporate Welfare, Economy, Education, Education Finance, School Choice, State and Local Government

David Stokes, Susan Pendergrass and Abigail Wagner join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the recent SCOTUS decision  upholding a parent’s right […]

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Metrolink train
28 Jun

Even with an Updated Route, MetroLink Expansion is a Waste

Posted by Quin Rizer State and Local Government, Transportation

Plenty of federal funds are available after President Biden signed a 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill into law last November, and […]

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Child reading
27 Jun

A Lesson on Early Literacy from the Magnolia State

Posted by Abigail Wagner Education, Performance

If I polled one hundred Missourians on which state they thought had the best early literacy policies in the nation, […]

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Doctor at computer
24 Jun

Legislature Squanders Health Care Opportunity

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Free-Market Reform, Health Care

As has been discussed on this blog multiple times over the past few weeks, Missouri’s 2022 legislative session was largely […]

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Centene Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
23 Jun

Centene Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Posted by David Stokes Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

There are numerous flaws in the ongoing subsidy-driven economic development strategy employed in Missouri. In this post, I want to […]

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U.S. Supreme Court
22 Jun

A SCOTUS Victory for Private School Choice

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Courts, Education, School Choice

Once again, the Supreme Court of the United States has upheld a parent’s right to choose a religious private school, […]

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Rainy day
21 Jun

Missouri Forgot Its Umbrella

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Budget and Spending, State and Local Government

Anyone familiar with Missouri weather knows that regardless of the day’s forecast, you should probably still be prepared in case […]

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KC Streetcar
20 Jun

As Kansas City’s Streetcar Expands, Its Buses Suffer

Posted by Quin Rizer State and Local Government, Transportation

On Wednesday morning, The Kansas City Star published a detailed report on the city’s suffering bus system. Riders complain about […]

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Attorney General’s Office Starts a Curriculum Database of Its Own
16 Jun

Attorney General’s Office Starts a Curriculum Database of Its Own

Posted by Patrick Ishmael State and Local Government, Transparency

When I started the Show-Me Curricula Project, I had no illusion that schools and districts would happily provide their teaching […]

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Scooters
16 Jun

Is a Scooter Ban the Answer in Saint Louis?

Posted by Abigail Wagner State and Local Government, Transportation

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a piece on Tuesday morning titled “With scooters gone, St. Louis police say weekend was […]

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Buc-ee's store
15 Jun

More of the Same in Springfield’s New Buc-ee’s CID

Posted by Abigail Wagner Corporate Welfare, Special Taxing Districts

The Springfield City Council just repeated an all-too-common Missouri mistake. The council passed a bill creating a new community improvement […]

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Corruption Allegations: Disappointing but Hardly Surprising
14 Jun

Corruption Allegations: Disappointing but Hardly Surprising

Posted by David Stokes Corporate Welfare, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Transparency

A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. In 1977, the Chicago Sun Times newspaper bought […]

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14 Jun

Part 5: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Municipal Policy, State and Local Government

(You can read part one, part two, part three, and part four in this series here.) How affordable is housing in Kansas […]

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Podcast: Inflation is Getting Worse with Dr. Howard Wall
13 Jun

Podcast: Inflation is Getting Worse with Dr. Howard Wall

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Economy

Dr. Susan Pendergrass speaks with the Director of the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and Professor of Economics in Plaster […]

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Podcast: St. Louis BOA Indictments And The Future Of Tax Subsidies With Patrick Tuohey And David Stokes
10 Jun

Podcast: St. Louis BOA Indictments And The Future Of Tax Subsidies With Patrick Tuohey And David Stokes

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Corporate Welfare, Municipal Policy, Special Taxing Districts, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Tax Credits, Transparency

Susan Pendergrass is joined by David Stokes and Patrick Tuohey. Patrick Tuohey is co-founder and policy director of the Better […]

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Financial Data on Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities
09 Jun

Financial Data on Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities

Posted by Corianna Baier State and Local Government, Transparency

The Tax Burden in Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities report that I published earlier this year displays financial information from Missouri’s […]

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08 Jun

Part Four: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Municipal Policy, State and Local Government

(You can read part one, part two, and part three in this series here.) In the previous blog post in […]

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