Report: Saint Louis, Kansas City *Not* Among Most Cost-Friendly Cities for Business
Recently, the Post-Dispatch prominently published an article claiming that, “St. Louis is among the top 10 most cost-friendly cities to...
Kansas City Deep in Debt
Back in 2013, when we examined Kansas City’s spending relative to other regional peer cities, what we found wasn’t good:...
The Cost of Inefficiency in Kansas City
Woody Cozad on Ruckus last Thursday talked about how poorly Kansas City government is managed. While most people are still...
Jones Dome Headed for Demolition?
We’ve talked about the fate of the Edward Jones Dome many times on this blog. When the city was planning...
Saint Louis Property Taxes, Part 1: This Land is Their Land
For cities across the country, property taxes make up a large—sometimes the largest—source of tax revenue. For instance, more than...
Health Care Price Transparency Report: Missouri Gets an “F”
Last year the Show-Me Institute published a report that explored some of the reforms Missouri needed not only to make Medicaid better,...
Show-Me Institute Presents: Breaking Down Revenue
City residents care about how much they pay for government services. For those in Saint Louis and Kansas City who...
New Study on City Spending Confirms What We Already Know
Photo: Union Station in Kansas City by Dual Freq Visitors to Show-Me Daily have probably come across the numerous ways...
Highway Robbery: Missouri Senate Passes Sales Tax Hike For Transportation
Yesterday, the Missouri Senate passed a bill that would use an increase in sales taxes to pay for transportation projects,...
Hospital Price Transparency Bill A Bold And Necessary Reform
In the coming days, the Show-Me Institute will release a policy brief about what Missouri can do to improve access,...
The Price Of Air Travel
Steve Sexton at the Freakanomics blog has an informative post about the cost of air travel. But the costs he...
Kansas City’s Eternal Emergency
Kansas City leaders may aspire to be Portland or Denver, but their legislative actions make us more akin to third...
Independence Privatizes Its Bus Services
I saw this excellent story on Tony’s Kansas City. Independence, Mo., is privatizing bus and transit services within the city. The Independence...
Another Way To Keep Score?
In a league as competitive as the NFL, it serves a team well to gain any advantage available. In Major League...
Kansas City: Grabbing the Pension Bull by the Horns?
Kansas City has recently begun to confront its future pension crisis. The issue is captured succinctly in the following quote...
Missouri Privatization Roundup
There has been a great deal happening on the issue of privatization throughout our state. Tony’s Kansas City has been...
Will They Push George Brett Around in a Wheelchair?
I sure hope not. For starters, I think he’s only 60 and in perfectly good health. But ever since the Red Sox...
For-Profit Restaurant Goes Nonprofit
In Clayton, the St. Louis Bread Co. (a chain known in most other locations as Panera Bread) has a store...
The City of Saint Louis Should Implement Water Meters
I pose this question to the residents of the city of Saint Louis: Did you know that when your neighbors...
“You Can’t Shrink Your Way Into Prosperity”
From a recent article in the Wall Street Journal: [A]ccording to some analysts and students of corporate behavior, […] companies...
