Stadium Subsidies, All Over Again . . .
Earlier this year, the Saint Louis Board of Aldermen narrowly approved the issuance of roughly $65 million in bonds to...
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Subsidized Downtown Stadiums, Forever and Always, a Bad Idea
The Kansas City Star editorial board rightfully condemned even idle talk of building a sports stadium downtown. And while most...
Putting the APPP in Perspective
The City of St. Louis is exploring the privatization of Lambert International Airport through the federal Airport Pilot Privatization Program...
Kansas City’s Airport: A Monument to Political Ego
Kansas City has an effective and efficient airport. There is no reason why Kansas City cannot continue to meet the...
Another Stadium Subsidy Bites the Dust
Missouri taxpayers dodged a bullet last December when state funding for a soccer stadium in downtown Saint Louis was opposed...
Why Subsidize It Once When You Can Subsidize It Twice?
There is so much demand for hockey in the Saint Louis region that officials and special interests want to subsidize...
The GO Bond Bait and Switch
The general obligation (GO) bond being considered in April would raise property taxes to pay off a series of 20-year...
Convention Center Renovations: Picking Winners and Losers with Taxpayers’ Money
Plans to renovate the Edward Jones Dome and America’s Center, which together serve as Saint Louis’s convention center, are resurfacing...
The Wrong Kind of Bet with the Wrong Kind of Money
A group of local businesspeople (SC STL) is trying to lure a Major League Soccer (MLS) team to the Gateway...
MCI and Privatization
For years now, city leaders have pushed for a $1.2 billion new airport terminal, first proposed by former Aviation Department...
Will Streetcar Funding Dry Up?
Slate, a left-leaning news site, considers the implications for transit of Trump’s naming of Elaine Chao to head the Department...
Creating a Field of Dreams for the American Royal
With the World Series in full swing, I’m reminded of a quote from one of my favorite sports movies, Field...
Chart: 2017 Obamacare Premiums in Your County
Earlier this week the Department of Health and Human Services released next year's Obamacare insurance exchange prices. You can find...
Like an Exploding Cell Phone, Obamacare Should Be Replaced
The last few months have been pretty devastating for the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." Shortly after United and Aetna...
The Ballooning Cost of Streetcars
Last summer, the Kansas City Star tried to defend the city from the charge that it overpaid for its 2.2-mile...
Secret Streetcar Plans Unveiled, Raise Concerns
At a City Council meeting last Thursday (8/18), a group of rail activists presented what were once secret plans for...
Waiting for VanLoh
The last three years of Kansas City aviation policy is much like Samuel Becket’s play, “Waiting for Godot.” We the...
Saint Louis’s Central Business District: The Heart of What?
Last week, a murder a few blocks from the Saint Louis Convention Center turned attention toward both the safety and...
Session Notes: Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Fails Again
With the 2016 legislative session behind them, Missouri's legislature has once again rejected Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. Had it passed, the...
Kansas City’s Tech Inertia
In the State of the City speech in late March, Mayor Sly James outlined his vision for an innovation economy...
