State and Local Government Stories

Education | ARTICLE | September 26, 2025

MetroLink Line Canceled, SNAP Reform, and Missouri’s Reading Crisis | Roundtable

By David Stokes and 3 more | Episode Length 1 min

Kansas City, PortKC, subsidies, government transparency

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | September 18, 2025

Correction: PortKC Ignoring Its Own Audits for Five Years, Not Four

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | September 3, 2025

A Free-Market Guide to Zoning with David Stokes

By Susan Pendergrass and 1 more | Episode Length 22 min

Kansas City

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | September 2, 2025

A Free-Market Guide for Missouri Municipalities, Part Three: Planning and Zoning

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 min

Economy | ARTICLE | August 28, 2025

Missouri’s Nuclear Opportunity with Avery Frank

By Avery Frank | Episode Length 6 min

Economy | ARTICLE | August 26, 2025

Why America Can’t Build Enough Housing with Edward L. Glaeser

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 8 min

Nuclear energy, big tech, energy security, energy reliability, Missouri CWIP law, Amazon, Google

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | August 19, 2025

Connecting Nuclear Energy’s Past and Present: Guiding Missouri’s Future

By Avery Frank | Read Time 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | August 18, 2025

Faith-Based Charter Schools and the Future of School Choice with Andy Smarick

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | August 18, 2025

“It cost what?” —KC Streetcar Announces Opening of New Extension

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

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