Part 8: Does Kansas City Have and Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, and part seven in this series here.) Our results in...
Part 7: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, and part six in this series here.) In the last post in...
Part 6: Does Kansas City Have and Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five in this series here.) As earlier posts in...
Charter School Students Will Finally Stop Getting Shortchanged
Governor Parson has now signed House Bill (HB) 1552 into law. In signing HB 1552, the governor has acknowledged that...
As Kansas City’s Streetcar Expands, Its Buses Suffer
On Wednesday morning, The Kansas City Star published a detailed report on the city’s suffering bus system. Riders complain about...
Part 5: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one, part two, part three, and part four in this series here.) How affordable is housing in Kansas...
Part Four: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one, part two, and part three in this series here.) In the previous blog post in...
Part Three: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one and part two of this series here.) One of the primary problems in the affordable...
Part Two: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one in this series here.) It is often taken as gospel by some local (and many...
Part One: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
Kansas City has long been the crossroads of the United States. Once a frontier outpost in the 1800s, the region...
The Kansas City Star Is Right
A recent Kansas City Star piece excoriated the Missouri Senate for its behavior and failure in the recently concluded legislative...
Tax Burden in Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities
What do residents in Missouri’s largest cities pay in taxes, and what do they get for their money? This report...
Better Late than Never
With just one day left in the session, the Missouri Legislature is on the verge of finally making it easier...
Pittsburgh, Poster Child for Sloppy Housing Policy
In the weeks and months ahead, researchers at the Show-Me Institute will be taking a closer look at housing policies...
Death on the Vine in Jeff City
Every legislative session, there is plenty of bad legislation introduced. But each year, there often seems to be a few...
The Kansas-Missouri Border War Isn’t Over
A version of this op-ed was published in the Columbia Missourian. Missouri and Kansas are no strangers to border conflict....
Special Taxing District Don’t Stop Coming
Thanks to the Walt Disney Company and the State of Florida, special taxing districts are in the news. Florida is...
Building Height Limitations Are Unwise
There is a controversy in Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza. A developer would like to build a nine-story building on...
Shoring Up School Choice Laws
Missouri families need access to multiple options for their children’s education, and this need has only become more pressing since...
Podcast: Raises for Teachers, Billions for Meta, and a New Stadium for the Chiefs
Patrick Ishmael, Susan Pendergrass and Elias Tsapelas join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the Missouri budget, a massive tax incentive deal...
