Corporate Welfare Stories

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | March 27, 2026

Why Hand Out Subsidies to Data-Center Developers?

By Avery Frank | Read Time 4 min

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | March 27, 2026

Tax Subsidies Are a Mistake We Can’t Seem to Learn From

By David Stokes | Read Time 4 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | March 16, 2026

Missouri’s April 7 Ballot Breakdown with David Stokes and Patrick Tuohey

By David Stokes and 2 more | Episode Length 1 min

Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs stadium, stadium subsidies, Kansas Chiefs deal, Kansas Sports Authority

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | March 11, 2026

Kansas Sports Authority Lets Chiefs Play as Home Team, Referee and Rulebook

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 4 min

Neighborhood, opportunity zones, subsidies, tax-increment financing

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | March 11, 2026

Are Opportunity Zones Just Federal-Level TIF?

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

H&R Block, tax-increment financing, subsidies, GFT, Kansas City subsidies

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | February 3, 2026

The TIF that Keeps Taking

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

Youth sports complex, subsidies

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | February 3, 2026

What’s the Deal with the Tax Subsidies for Youth Sports Centers?

By David Stokes | Read Time 2 min

World Cup, Kansas City World Cup, economic development subsidies

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | January 26, 2026

Extraordinary Economic Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence—Sports Edition

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 1 min

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | January 21, 2026

Live By the Sword, Die By the Sword

By David Stokes | Read Time 2 min

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