Try, try again, right? Unfortunately, that seems to be the motto developers are using with the Crestwood Plaza mall site. […]
This is the third in a series of posts on assessment practices in Jackson County, Missouri. It comes a mere […]
As reported by ProPublica’s Jeremy Kohler and Haru Coryne, more than 100 homes with PACE loans in metropolitan Kansas City […]
Should the Missouri Legislature require all diesel fuel sold in Missouri be blended with corn and soybean oil? A bill […]
Public support is growing for efforts to protect local funding from bad tax-increment financing (TIF) deals, but will the elected […]
SMI Podcast: What We Got Wrong About School Reopenings with Andy Smarick
Andy Smarick joins the podcast to discuss his recent piece in The Dispatch titled What the Narrative on School Reopenings […]
[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 Talks Property Assessments in St. Louis County
The New York Times had an excellent article on property taxation issues a week ago. The article had a nationwide […]
The Latest on Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts and HB 349
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 […]
We Have the Money. Let’s Expand Education Options for All Students
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 […]
More on the Earnings Tax
We have written several times about the earnings tax in recent weeks and its detrimental economic effects. On Tuesday, voters […]
How Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) Work
Download Infographic Here How ESAs would be funded ESAs are not paid for through the state budget – Under the […]
