[avatar user=”david-stokes” size=”thumbnail” align=”left” link=”file” target=”_blank” /] On Tuesday, April 27, David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy for the Show-Me […]
The economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has been much more rapid and robust than people initially predicted. It’s possible […]
I was an aide at the St. Louis County Council in 2003 when the council appointed Mark Burchyett as the […]
I saw a meme once that said “Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it while those […]
The Missouri Legislature is hard at work on the budget for the next fiscal year. One of the biggest components […]
The New York Times had an excellent article on property taxation issues a week ago. The article had a nationwide […]
On Thursday, April 15, 2021, Dr. Susan Pendergrass joined The Gary Nolan Show to provide an update on House Bill […]
Missouri—along with eleven other states—is suing the president over his administration’s handling of an environmental policy instrument billed as “the […]
In the latest round of federal stimulus, Missouri will receive about $2 billion in funding for public education. Of this, […]
A version of this commentary was published in the St. Louis Business Journal. As voters in the City of St. Louis […]
The Missouri Association for Public Charter Schools has released a new poll measuring the opinions of voters in St. Louis. […]
Apparently, Missouri is continuing its “war on public education.” According to a recent op-ed by a columnist at the Northwest […]
We have written several times about the earnings tax in recent weeks and its detrimental economic effects. On Tuesday, voters […]
Download Infographic Here How ESAs would be funded ESAs are not paid for through the state budget – Under the […]
If you’re like me, you’ve probably seen “We’re Hiring” and “Help Wanted” signs all over the place in recent months. […]
The Missouri Legislature is considering allowing parents in larger communities (more than 30,000 residents) to access a portion of their […]
In 2012, James Whitford founded the True Charity Initiative to advance nationally the cause of privately-funded effective charity at the […]
At a mayoral candidate forum last week hosted by the St. Louis Business-Journal, the topic of the St. Louis earnings […]
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released the results of its Household Pulse Survey, an effort by the government to […]
Following on the heels of its $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, the Biden administration just unveiled another multitrillion-dollar spending plan, this […]
