Keep the Line Moving: Looking Beyond the 2017 Session
The Missouri legislative session ended May 12th, and there are enough storylines of intrigue, failure, and victory to fill a...
Streetcars and the Error of Confusing Correlation vs Causation
On January 20, I will participate in a panel discussion of the Kansas City streetcar sponsored by the American Public...
What Kansas City Can Learn From the Royals
Everyone at the Show-Me Institute, especially those in the Kansas City office, offer our ecstatic if hoarse congratulations to the...
School Visit Series: A Charter School With a Goal
The South Building of Ewing Marion Kauffman School in Kansas City looks much more like a new academic building than...
Star Survey Results Actually No Surprise at All
The Kansas City Star‘s Yael Abouhalkah seems surprised that voters in the Star‘s unscientific online survey rejected the question, “Should taxpayers...
Where Is Kansas City’s Recovery?
Whither Kansas City? According to local media outlets, the city is clearly on this rise. Millennials are moving downtown, residential developments...
Budget Battle Breakdown
When entering into an argument, it is necessary to have a common ground from which to argue. For example, in...
Stadium Subsidy Surprise
There is a controversy brewing in Kansas City over the Royals, and for once it does not have anything to...
Light Rail Heavy on Taxpayers’ Wallets
I’ve lived in St. Louis for 19 years now and I’ve used the area’s light rail system ten times …...
Taxes and Sports: The Earnings Tax (Part One in a Series)
This is the first in what will be a series of posts on taxation and professional sports in Missouri written...
Stadium Proposal is Unfair to Taxpayers
Should Kansas City’s taxpayers pay for the renovation of the Truman Sports Center? Advocates for the proposal offer two...
