Springfield Needs Charter Schools
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. Of Missouri’s four largest cities—Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, and...
More of the Same in Springfield’s New Buc-ee’s CID
The Springfield City Council just repeated an all-too-common Missouri mistake. The council passed a bill creating a new community improvement...
Springfield Does Not Need a Land Bank
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. In government, nothing succeeds like failure. How else to explain...
Springfield Should Reject Subsidies for Sports Town
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. It is important to learn from one’s mistakes, and when it...
Greene County, Missouri, Spending 2013 to 2017
Those who have been following our Government Checkbook database closely may have noticed that a new folder was added in the...
Springfield Policy Lunch: Legislative Update
In this policy lunch, Rep. Crystal Quade (D-Greene County) and Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) provide an update on the current...
Spring into Action on School Board Reform
With apologies to T. S. Eliot, April is the coolest month. In Missouri, the fish are jumping, the dogwoods are...
Nix The NIDs
A variety of innocuous-sounding names and acronyms are springing up like weeds in communities all over Missouri. They are a...
Judge Not, Lest Ye … Oh, Just Go Ahead
For many of us, election time can be overwhelming: We understand that we have the opportunity to create significant change,...
Collective Bargaining Under the Missouri Constitution
As the Springfield News-Leader reports, Judge Michael Cordonnier of the Greene County Circuit Court handed down a very important decision...
Two More November Ballot Issues
To follow up on yesterday’s post, we have some studies and articles out looking at a couple more ballot issues....
Springfield and the Courts, a Love Story
The Springfield News-Leader ran an op-ed about our recently published study of the "Missouri Plan" for judicial selection. The piece...
What Should We Do About Uninsured Kids?
A letter in the Springfield News-Leader complains about the number of uninsured children in Missouri: The SCHIP program provided health...
