Missouri’s “Subsidies-for-Development Disease”
An editorial in the Kansas City Star argues that Missouri should stop training companies to expect subsidies. It describes the...
Liquor Licenses as Weapons
Several weeks ago in a post about adult establishments, an interesting discussion about liquor licenses began in the comment section....
Regarding Missouri’s New Tax Credit Review Commission
Now that the $150 million incentive package for Ford has passed, it’s apparently time to reverse positions and talk tough...
Central Planners Get It Wrong, Again
The Kansas City Star recently wrote that the Power and Light redevelopment project in downtown Kansas City will cost more...
Will They Push George Brett Around in a Wheelchair?
I sure hope not. For starters, I think he’s only 60 and in perfectly good health. But ever since the Red Sox...
Next on the Agenda: 100% of the Carriage Wheel Market!
Last week, MissouriNet reported on the president’s speech in Kansas City, in which he talked about clean energy: President [Barack]...
Whose Benefits? Whose Costs?
The Kansas City Star recently reported on Kansas City’s adoption of a long-range transportation plan to “emphasiz[e] energy conservation, environmental...
Try, Try, Try Again? Not Always a Good Idea
The Kansas City School District, in another effort to reform lagging schools, plans to move students into an ungraded primary...
Trade Codes and Rent Seeking Are Hot in Missouri Tonight
St. Louis County, the city of St. Louis, and Kansas City are all seeing examples of preferred legislation for favored...
St. Louis and Pittsburgh, Lead and We Shall Follow
I came across this St. Louis Business-Journal blog post from a week ago arguing that St. Louis should follow the...
SLU Economics Professors Misstate Findings of Earnings Tax Paper
In a recent St. Louis Post-Dispatch commentary (“Don’t blame the earnings tax,” May 6), Drs. Lisa Gladson and Jack Strauss...
Seventh Signature and the Bill is Free!
The governor will be jetting around Missouri over the coming week for ceremonial signings of H.B. 1311, the Autism Spectrum...
Kansas City Needs Help Collecting Taxes
Yesterday’s Kansas City Star has an interesting story about tax collection problems in Kansas City. I give Councilman John Sharp credit...
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad For-Profit Animal Shelter?
St. Louis is, George; St. Louis is. The plan to contract out the operation of the animal shelter to Stray Rescue has been canceled. The...
KC Pitch Blurb About St. Louis Offers Insights to Government Structure
Today’s Kansas City Pitch has a short story on a new Brookings Institution study that places modern American cities into...
St. Louis Follows Kansas City by Moving Forward on Privatizing Animal Shelter
The Suburban Journals has an updated piece on where the city of St. Louis stands with its animal shelter. According...
Privatizing the Saint Louis City Water Division
Yesterday, we released the lastest Show-Me Institute case study, about the potential for privatization of the St. Louis city water...
Dreadful Assessment Lawsuit in Platte County
A simply atrocious lawsuit has been filed in Platte County (which includes part of Kansas City), according to the St....
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...
Privatization Moves Forward in the St. Louis Area
Here are two examples of government privatization moving forward in the St. Louis area: First, Festus is selling its municipal...
