Retooling Missouri’s Economic Engines
Dave Helling at The Kansas City Star recently wrote a piece about how Kansas City and St. Louis might fare...
Kansas City, King of Corporate Welfare
Good Jobs First, a “national policy resource center for grassroots groups and public officials,” publishes what it calls its Subsidy...
Patrick Tuohey Discusses New Legislative Session On KCPT’s Ruckus
On Thursday, January 12, the Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Tuohey appeared on KCPT’s Ruckus to discuss the new legislative sessions in...
Kansas City and St. Louis in Bad Financial Shape
Marc Joffe, Director of Policy Research for the California Policy Center, has rated the largest 116 U.S. cities according to...
Kansas City’s Intermodal Strength
The announcement a few months ago that Amazon would be opening a fulfillment center in Kansas City, Kansas was great...
Kansas City’s Remarkable Transportation System
Wendell Cox recently published a paper for the Show-Me Institute on Kansas City’s competitive advantages. One of the things that...
Development Can Happen without Subsidies
It is a sign of how bad the subsidy culture is getting when Kansas City Star reporter Diane Stafford has...
Patrick Tuohey Discusses Right to Work on KCPT’s Ruckus
On Thursday, December 22, the Show-Me Institute's Patrick Tuohey appeared on KCPT's Ruckus to discuss right to work and Kansas...
Listen Up, Missouri Lawmakers: Here Are Seven Resolutions for 2017
Oh, Missouri lawmakers, it is me, the Ghost of a Christmas Yet-to-Come, who whispers in your ear this wintry night....
Kansas City’s $800 Million Animal Shelter?
For months Kansas City has been talking about issuing an $800 million general obligation bond, backed by increased taxes, to...
MCI and Privatization
For years now, city leaders have pushed for a $1.2 billion new airport terminal, first proposed by former Aviation Department...
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Video: Kansas City: Genuinely World Class
The climate is so-so, there’s no nearby ocean or mountain range, and the metro area population has climbed only modestly...
When Kansas City Leaders Got It Right
We often use this blog to criticize city leaders for their bad ideas. City leaders rush to spend public funds...
2017 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward
The 2017 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward presents 15 policy ideas covering a broad ranges of issues – from education to healthcare, from...
Kansas City and “Fraudulent” Crony Capitalism
President-elect Trump has talked a great deal about the need for massive and widespread infrastructure spending. Many people agree that...
Right to Work, Show-Me Lead the Nightly News in KC
On Friday, 41 Action News in Kansas City did an in-depth report on the issue of Right to Work and its...
Will Streetcar Funding Dry Up?
Slate, a left-leaning news site, considers the implications for transit of Trump’s naming of Elaine Chao to head the Department...
We Are Thankful for Citizen Petitioners
The recent past has been a busy time for citizen petitioners in Kansas City. Current and recent efforts have included...
What Can City Leaders Do To Grow A City? Not Much
Wendell Cox recently wrote a paper for the Show Me Institute titled, “Kansas City—Genuinely World Class: A Competitive Analysis.” In...
Education Reform Should Be Top Priority for Missouri’s Leaders
On November 8, Missourians sent a clear message: We want change. Republicans won every major statewide office—all of which but...
