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04 Nov

Douglas Murray: This Should Be A Lesson

Posted by Zach Lawhorn State and Local Government

Douglas Murray joined Colombo and Katie on NewsTalkSTL to discuss what we can learn from some of the elections held […]

03 Nov

How Do We Improve Municipal Elections in Missouri?

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy, State and Local Government

There is a proposal in St. Louis County to make the county-level offices (and campaigns) nonpartisan. The sponsor argues that […]

02 Nov

Trolley Grant Rejection Summed Up in One Question

Posted by Jakob Puckett State and Local Government, Subsidies, Transportation

The East-West Gateway Council of Governments rejected the Loop Trolley Company’s request for a $1.26 million grant last Wednesday. Trolley […]

01 Nov

The 2022 Blueprint for Missouri Virtual Town Hall

Posted by Claire Andrews Corporate Welfare, Economy, Education, Health Care, Labor, State and Local Government, Uncategorized

Please join the Show-Me Institute for a Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, December 8 at 2 p.m. The presentation will […]

29 Oct

Kirkwood Should Consider the Pros and Cons of All Transportation Funding Options

Posted by Jakob Puckett State and Local Government, Transportation

Kirkwood officials have placed a citywide transportation development district (TDD) on the ballot to raise money for road, sidewalk, gutter, […]

29 Oct

End of the Track for the Trolley, Election Preview and DST Ends Next Sunday

Posted by Jakob Puckett Business Climate, Economy, Labor, Municipal Policy, Regulation, State and Local Government

Corianna Baier, Jakob Puckett, and David Stokes join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the East-West Gateway Council of Governments’ decision to […]

28 Oct

A Policy Scare Story: Don’t Be Afraid of Food Trucks (or Competition)

Posted by Corianna Baier Economy, Regulation

Halloween and horror movies have given us reason to fear everything from chainsaws to dolls to empty houses. But with […]

28 Oct

School Choice Shines in Florida

Posted by Michael McShane Education, School Choice

The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program is one of the oldest and largest private school choice programs in America. Started […]

27 Oct

St Louis County Council Mandates Businesses Install EV Charging Stations

Posted by Jakob Puckett Economy, Energy

The Saint Louis County Council recently passed a law that would require businesses and landowners in unincorporated Saint Louis County […]

27 Oct

Policy Presentation: Missouri School Rankings (Springfield)

Posted by Claire Andrews Accountability, Education

Missouri schools are failing to teach the core subjects of reading and math, and the most recent test scores show that students […]

26 Oct

The Food Truck Debate in Ladue, Missouri

Posted by Corianna Baier Business Climate, Economy, Regulation, State and Local Government, Workforce

Ladue, Missouri does not allow food trucks to operate within the city. David Stokes and Corianna Baier took to the […]

25 Oct

Want Better Electricity Prices? Be More Like Illinois

Posted by Jakob Puckett Economy, Energy

One of the benefits of a cross-border rivalry is the ability to learn from your competitor (with Missouri sometimes learning […]

22 Oct

Missouri’s New Gas Tax Hassle

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Economy, Taxes

If you’ve ever bought something that came with a mail-in rebate, the story of Missouri’s new gas tax refund should […]

21 Oct

MoSchoolRankings.org launch, Sam Page Requests More Money and Who Will Pay for Flowers?

Posted by Corianna Baier Accountability, Corporate Welfare, Economy, Education, Education Finance, Municipal Policy, Performance, School Choice, Special Taxing Districts, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Tax Credits

Find your school at MoSchoolRankings.org Susan Pendergrass, David Stokes, and Corianna Baier join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the launch of […]

21 Oct

LIHTC Pilot Finds Permanence

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Corporate Welfare, Tax Credits

Missouri’s low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program is bad, but is it getting better? Earlier this year I wrote about […]

21 Oct

A Property Tax Increase for Ladue?

Posted by David Stokes Economy, Taxes

The City of Ladue is asking voters to approve a property tax increase on November 2. It costs money to […]

20 Oct

St. Louis County Needs Federal Dollars to Stay Afloat

Posted by Corianna Baier Budget and Spending, Economy, State and Local Government, Taxes

A recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is asking the St. […]

19 Oct

If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Improve It

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Education, Performance

Some things are hard to face—the scale, your checking account balance—but ignoring them doesn’t make problems magically go away. The […]

19 Oct

Community Improvement Districts Aren’t

Posted by David Stokes Corporate Welfare, Special Taxing Districts

The community improvement district (CID) that funds several programs in downtown St. Louis is having trouble. Big trouble. As in […]

19 Oct

Policy Lunch: Missouri School Rankings Project (St. Louis)

Posted by Claire Andrews Education, Performance, School Choice, State and Local Government, Transparency

Missouri schools are failing to teach the core subjects of reading and math, and the most recent test scores show that students […]