Use Taxes on the Ballot in Missouri This November
There are several cities seeking to impose use taxes during special elections on November 4. These cities include Ladue and...
The Last Thing Missouri Needs Is More Urban Planning
A recent op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called for substantially increasing the power of urban planners in St. Louis and...
Creve Coeur Engages in Panic Subsidizing
When someone buys and wants to develop one of the most valuable parcels of land in one of the wealthiest...
Mask Mandate Lawsuit, Judge Rules on QuickTrip, Medicaid Update
Susan Pendergrass, David Stokes and Elias Tsapelas join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney General Eric...
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...
Smoke ’em While You Can
Although both Saint Louis City and County have recently passed a smoking ban (albeit a relatively mild one in the...
Fire Districts Are About as Confusing as It Gets in Local Government
I recall several years ago when the Post-Dispatch ran a great series about abuses in fire districts around St. Louis...
Tax Incentive Goose, Meet Subsidy Gander
The insantiy of Missouri’s tax incentive system is slowly becoming more apparent, though I have no confidence that, in this...
Two Posts With One Stone
Here’s my opportunity to talk about both the “Village Law” and Creve Coeur’s recent tax vote. A new Walgreens development...
Creve Coeur Votes Down Tax Increase
If you blinked you could have missed yesterday’s elections in St. Louis County. Countywide, there were three elections, two of...
