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Are Charters the Next Step for Private Schools?

Are Charters the Next Step for Private Schools?

Sep 5, 2014

Friedman Legacy Day St. Louis: Part 1: Are Charters The Next Step For Private Schools? In the first part of...

Does Kansas City Need Rail Transit?

Does Kansas City Need Rail Transit?

Aug 20, 2014

After downtown voters rejected a taxing district for the expansion of Kansas City’s streetcar, rail proponents are looking for a...

Highway Robbery: Missouri Senate Passes Sales Tax Hike For Transportation

Highway Robbery: Missouri Senate Passes Sales Tax Hike For Transportation

May 1, 2014

Yesterday, the Missouri Senate passed a bill that would use an increase in sales taxes to pay for transportation projects,...

Let’s Not Follow Cincinnati’s Lead On Airports

Let’s Not Follow Cincinnati’s Lead On Airports

May 20, 2013

The Kansas City Business Journal recently published an article about the effort to tear down Kansas City International Airport (MCI)...

What Can Starbucks Tell Us About Kansas City?

What Can Starbucks Tell Us About Kansas City?

Mar 14, 2013

Starbucks is one of the most ubiquitous brands on the planet: Since its founding in 1971, the upscale coffee chain...

Another Way To Keep Score?

Another Way To Keep Score?

Dec 23, 2011

In a league as competitive as the NFL, it serves a team well to gain any advantage available. In Major League...

A Starry-Eyed Proposal To Rescue an Airport and Revitalize a Region

A Starry-Eyed Proposal To Rescue an Airport and Revitalize a Region

Sep 2, 2011

In 1998, the airport authority in St. Louis approved the construction of a third runway at its 70-year-old airfield (the...

Kansas City: Grabbing the Pension Bull by the Horns?

Kansas City: Grabbing the Pension Bull by the Horns?

Aug 18, 2011

Kansas City has recently begun to confront its future pension crisis.  The issue is captured succinctly in the following quote...

Taxes and Sports: The Earnings Tax (Part One in a Series)

Taxes and Sports: The Earnings Tax (Part One in a Series)

Apr 29, 2010

This is the first in what will be a series of posts on taxation and professional sports in Missouri written...

Thanks, But No, Thanks, NCAA

Thanks, But No, Thanks, NCAA

Mar 16, 2010

Today’s KC Star is reporting on a hearing in Jefferson City in which sporting event promoters are attempting to get...

Lest We Think 1 Percent Is Small

Lest We Think 1 Percent Is Small

Apr 9, 2008

Everyone knows that April’s showers bring May’s flowers. Unfortunately, it also brings Missourians’ tax bills. This year, individuals, businesses, and...

Earnings Taxes and Wal-Mart

Earnings Taxes and Wal-Mart

Feb 19, 2007

Today’s announcement by Wal-Mart got me thinking about this study by the Show-Me Institute.  Wal-Mart is opening 9 new stores...

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