The City of Kirkwood says it needs money to fund road maintenance and safety projects, and it wants to fill […]
One of the practices I have long been opposed to is governments using tax dollars to hire lobbyists to lobby […]
On Friday, March 12, David Stokes joined The McGraw Show on The Big 550 KTRS to discuss a judge ruling […]
What a year. Last March 21, Governor Parson issued a statewide order to close every public school in Missouri due […]
Developers have asked the City of Boonville for a tax-increment financing (TIF) subsidy to “help” them build a new subdivision […]
As far as I know, the biggest defeat of a tax increment financing (TIF) package or similar tax subsidy (and, […]
Dr. Aaron Hedlund joins Dr. Susan Pendergrass on this episode of The Show-Me Institute Podcast. [avatar user=”aaron-hedlund” size=”thumbnail” align=”left” link=”https://showmeinstitute.org/author/aaron-hedlund/” […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the Kansas City Star. School choice legislation is under consideration in the Missouri […]
Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting […]
A version of this commentary was published in the Columbia Tribune. Tax-increment financing (TIF) is Missouri’s bad idea that refuses […]
Developers have asked the City of Boonville for a tax-increment financing (TIF) subsidy to “help” them build a new subdivision […]
Missouri’s low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) is a classic example of throwing good money after bad. The program—which provides $1-for-$1 […]
A new tax-increment financing (TIF) package is being proposed to subsidize a new, 400-home development in Boonville. As best we […]
A new tax-increment financing (TIF) package is being proposed to subsidize a new, 400-home development in Boonville. As best we […]
Last year, the Missouri Legislature passed a watershed law that established one of the first true interstate license reciprocity reforms […]
My colleague David Stokes wrote recently in the The Star about Kansas City’s pivot toward local incentive reform, a move […]
Interstate 70 and several important Missouri roads need to be replaced soon but the Missouri Department of Transportation claims it […]
If local governments can take your money, they should tell you how they’re spending it. And if they can’t or […]
One of the revelations of the coronavirus pandemic has been how important online town halls can be to the public […]
Regulatory action that allows restaurants to serve to-go cocktails is one step closer to becoming permanent. While this is obviously […]
