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Kansas City streetcar, Kansas City subsidies, streetcar costs

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | September 8, 2026

What Does a Streetcar System Cost?

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 1 min

Kansas City Streetcar, streetcar sales tax, Kansas City subsidies, Tom Gerend

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | September 3, 2026

The KC Streetcar’s Sales Tax Claim

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 4 min

Empty school hallway, DEI, school administrators, personnel boom, Missouri schools

Education | ARTICLE | September 1, 2026

Missouri’s School Administrator Personnel Boom—Is It DEI?

By Cory Koedel and 1 more | Read Time 2 min

Girl reading book, literacy policy, Missouri reading scores, phonics, three cueing method

Education | ARTICLE | September 1, 2026

Missouri’s Reading Scores Remain Low

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

Neighborhood, housing prices, housing regulation, zoning, St. Louis housing

Economy | ARTICLE | August 27, 2026

Housing in St. Louis Is Affordable, and Has Been for a Long Time

By David Stokes | Read Time 4 min

Education | ARTICLE | August 26, 2026

Dashboard: Missouri’s 21st Century Public School Personnel Boom

By Avery Frank and 1 more | Read Time 1 min

Economy | ARTICLE | August 25, 2026

Government Intervention in the Energy Market

By Avery Frank | Read Time 1 min

School building, school funding, charter school funding, charter schools, Kansas City, St. Louis

Education | ARTICLE | August 24, 2026

Bizarre Charter School Funding in St. Louis and Kansas City

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 4 min

Kansas City, Luminary Park, Kansas City subsidies, economic development policy

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | August 21, 2026

Heeding Luminary Park’s Incandescent Warnings

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

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