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Corporate Welfare
Feb 23, 2021
Tax Incentive Reforms Would Benefit Kansas City
A version of this commentary appeared in the Kansas City Star. Ulysses S. Grant was known to say that in war, anything was better than inaction or indecision. Doing something […]
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State and Local Government
Feb 22, 2021
Local Gas Taxes Are the Secret Garden of City Road Funding Options
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. When troubled or sickly aristocratic English youth needed a place to recuperate in private away from their cruel stepparents, they would […]
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Education
Jan 19, 2021
A Crisis of Trust
A version of this commentary was published in the Jefferson City News-Tribune. What a difference a year makes. A year ago, parents across the state of Missouri were likely not […]
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State and Local Government
Jan 11, 2021
Five New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. Missouri is considered one of the most “conservative” of the 50 states. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? […]
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Education
Dec 10, 2020
Where Are the Kindergartners?
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 8, 2020. According to enrollment counts taken this fall, there are about 6,000 fewer kindergartners enrolled in […]
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State and Local Government
Nov 6, 2020
Commentary: Funding Roads by the Mile, Not the Gallon
A version of this first appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Missouri’s road maintenance funding is on a road to nowhere. Interstate 70, Missouri’s economic and transportation lifeline, is falling […]

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