On Ruckus the other day, panelist Woody Cozad mentioned that taxes in Kansas City are high. He’s right. My colleague […]
The Kansas City Star published a 2,500 word front page story on Sunday that asked, “Why do so many stores […]
Four years ago, when Kansas City’s homicide rate was down, City leaders were eager to let people know. “There is […]
Late last month I made the fateful choice to join the gig economy (after hours, naturally) by collecting and charging […]
If Missouri has a workforce development problem—that is, if students are leaving high school without the skills they need to […]
Earlier this year I talked about a proposal in the Missouri legislature that I thought was a great idea: to […]
In a recent column, The Kansas City Star editorial board bemoaned the instinct of Mayor Sly James to be opaque […]
What type of school do you like? Do you prefer those that use Maria Montessori’s approach, which is based on […]
Does Western culture face a crisis because of its failure to defend liberty against ideological forces of the past? In […]
On Monday, Gov. Mike Parson made two appointments to the Missouri Housing Development Commission, the body in charge of awarding […]
It’s an alarming statistic. Even though more than 90 percent of Missouri high school students graduate, the Department of Elementary […]
Parenting is hard. We want to do more than just keep our children safe and happy. We try to give […]
Kansas City leaders tell us that the bonds issued by the Kansas City Industrial Development Authority to fund the construction […]
On Thursday, September 13, Crosby Kemper III appeared on KCPT’s Ruckus to discuss the debate over funding a new aquarium […]
It was with great anticipation that I received the long-overdue study of economic incentives in Kansas City conducted by the […]
When researchers at the Show-Me Institute argue that high tax burdens encourage people to leave Kansas City and St. Louis, […]
Kansas City recently released a study of its economic development incentive programs. Unfortunately, rather than a rigorous examination of the […]
When?Janus vs. AFSCME?was decided earlier this summer, its immediate effect was on the 22 states that allowed government unions to […]
For years, Kansas City Mayor Sly James asserted that revenue generated at the airport cannot be redirected to the city. […]
Dwight Scharnhorst was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2006. Shortly thereafter his grandson, Bryce, was diagnosed with […]
