Lambert Officials Admit: Market for Cargo “Disappeared” Post-Aerotropolis
Four years ago, the Show-Me Institute came out strongly against plans to spend upwards of a half-billion dollars to turn...
Significant Tax Cuts March Forward In Missouri House
Last week, I was invited to testify on Missouri House Bill 1366, a combined tax cut and tax credit reform...
Aerotropolis Revisited
Many Missouri residents remember the ill-fated effort to create a China Hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The plan, dubbed...
Emerald Automotive Still Seeking The Green
It’s been a couple years since we first discussed hybrid car start-up Emerald Automotive. When we last left it, Emerald...
Taxpayers Deserve Better Than This Shabby Treatment
The Missouri Legislature has embarrassed itself once again on the tax credit issue, and this year’s failure to protect taxpayers...
Want to Help Science Start-ups? Cut Their Taxes. While We’re At It, Cut Everyone’s.
Last year, I wrote about a Missouri circuit court’s finding that the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act (MOSIRA) —...
No, A Medicaid Expansion Would Not Be ‘Medicaid Reform’
On Wednesday, the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce held a press conference touting a report...
Part 2: It Is Time To Close The Book On Aerotropolis
Last week, I noted that Aerotropolis is back in the legislative conversation as supporters try (again) to direct state subsidies to...
Part 1: It Is Time To Close The Book On Aerotropolis
Last year, Saint Louis County officials decided to revive the moribund Aerotropolis project, a part-cargo, part-real estate tax credit boondoggle...
State Of The State Address: Simply Irresponsible To Propose Medicaid Expansion
It was no surprise that Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon expressed his support for expanding the state’s Medicaid program during his...
Not Nebraska, Too
When thinking of Nebraska, what immediately comes to mind? Some people would say football and some would say corn(husking). Cardinals...
And Over In The House
I previously blogged about the Missouri Senate’s stated agenda for the upcoming legislative session that starts in January. Over in...
A Golden Opportunity
Now that there are veto-proof Republican majorities in the state legislature, lawmakers have the opportunity to enact real, substantive changes...
The Most Dangerous Place To Be Right Now: The Sidelines
The election season has — finally — ended, and soon the governing season will begin again in earnest. Although public...
Columbia’s Historic Preservation Study Should Be Understood As PR, Not Policy
Last week, a study presented to the Columbia City Council explored the impact of Missouri’s historic preservation tax credit on the...
On Commissions And The Fountainheads Of Reform
One of the first books I read in my introduction to the liberty movement was Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, the...
Simple Questions: Where Do You Stand On Tax Credits? And What Would You Do About Them?
As the summer has progressed, substantive and thoughtful policy discussions appear to have finally broken back onto the political stage...
Tax Credit Scorecard: The Good, The Bad, And The Downright Sad
The Missouri General Assembly’s 2012 session is over. How did the legislature do? The Good: With most current elected officials...
Place Your Bets: Proposed Aerotropolis May Be Funded In Part With Casino Tax Revenues
We noted in February that we saw some legislative activity in the Missouri House intended to revive, at least in part,...
Adios, MOSIRA?
That is the word on the street. This morning, news broke that a Cole County circuit judge had ruled that...
