An Incentive Package for Tesla May Not Benefit Joplin
Tesla is in search of a site for a new manufacturing plant, and Joplin has put itself in the running...
10! 10. 10?
On April 29, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced his 10-10-10 plan for reopening the city after the stay at...
More People Working from Home Means Less Earnings Tax Revenue
The earnings tax in Kansas City and St. Louis is a one percent tax on income not just for city...
KC’s League of Women Voters Weigh in on TIF
The League of Women Voters of Kansas City/Jackson-Clay-Platte Counties recently released its study of tax-increment financing (TIF). In a radio...
Another Fine Convention Hotel Mess
The New York Times recently published a story on the impact of the COVID-19 virus and the economic downturn on...
Missouri Auditor Blasts Jackson County Anti-Crime Program
The Missouri State Auditor just released an audit of Jackson County’s Community Backed Anti-Crime Tax (COMBAT) Fund. It’s a doozy....
A Peculiar Solution for Ever-Increasing Water Rates
On June 2, residents of Peculiar, Missouri will vote on the sale of the City of Peculiar utility system to...
Should All Cities Automatically Get Federal Help?
It isn’t surprising that mayors across the country are concerned about the impact a largely shuttered economy will have on...
How Are School Districts Responding to COVID-19?
It’s about the third Monday since nearly every school building in the United States was closed, and yet most large...
Audit the Kansas City Water Department
Water rates in Kansas City may soon go up, according to two ordinances just passed out of the city council’s...
The Kansas City Budget Amid Coronavirus
The City Council of Kansas City is currently debating its 2020–2021 budget. Mayor Quinton Lucas had suggested some worthwhile cuts...
Charter Schools Can Help More Students Get to College
Charter schools in Missouri have demonstrated the ability to outperform traditional public schools, and yet it is nearly impossible to...
In Crisis, Supply-Side Healthcare Reforms Are Even More Important
By far the most important news story of 2020 has been the coronavirus, and for obvious reasons; it has the...
Tax First, Provide Detail Later
Members of The Kansas City Star’s editorial board have lamented that the one-eighth-cent sales tax adopted by a citywide vote...
Patrick Tuohey on KCPT’s Ruckus
Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Tuohey appeared on the latest episode of KCPT’s Ruckus to discuss the proposed KCMO budget plan, major...
Patrick Ishmael on KCMO
This morning, Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Ishmael joined Pete Mundo on KCMO-AM in Kansas City to discuss the potential impact of...
Good News on Housing Affordability in Missouri
Forget the Academy Awards, the 16th annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey has just been released! It has some great...
About That “Economic Impact Study” Conducted on Free Bus Service in Kansas City . . .
In a January 26, 2020 column for The Kansas City Star, the CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority...
Charter Schools and Civil Society in Kansas City
After a nine-month tour of America in 1831, French political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville published Democracy in America, a volume...
Prop 13 Comes to Missouri
California’s Proposition 13 was enacted in 1978 as a reaction against high property taxes and some dramatic increases in tax...
