Missouri Is 31st For Business Friendliness In CEO Survey
Earlier this week, Chief Executive magazine issued its annual “Best & Worst States for Business” survey, which asked business leaders...
Stokes on KWMU – Veolia Contract Would Benefit City
Innovation comes from the private sector. You don’t have to be a radical capitalist to agree with that simple truth....
Small Business Friendliness Survey: Kansas Gets ‘A,’ Missouri Gets ‘C,’ Illinois Gets ‘D’
The usual suspects are out in full force with the Parade of Economic Horribles they say would come from Missouri enacting Kansas-style...
What Can Starbucks Tell Us About Kansas City?
Starbucks is one of the most ubiquitous brands on the planet: Since its founding in 1971, the upscale coffee chain...
Contract With Veolia Would Benefit Saint Louis Water Services
Innovation comes from the private sector. You need not be a radical capitalist to agree with that simple statement. It...
Kansas City Star Skittish on Streetcar Proposal, and Rightfully So
I have written about how Kansas Citians living in a newly-created streetcar district will be casting ballots by mail to...
Kansas City Among The Nation’s Worst For Tourism Taxes
Long-time Show-Me Daily readers know that Kansas City is not exactly a tax haven. As the Kansas City Star‘s Yael...
More Bad News for Missouri Competitiveness
With the stroke of a pen, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has changed the competitive landscape in the Midwest. What happens...
Rising Taxes And Tax Giveaways In Kansas City
In two weeks, Kansas City voters will consider a proposal which would eliminate the city’s land tax and replace it...
Missouri Can Compete – Despite Recent Poor Performance
Consider two teams on divergent paths — the Missouri Tigers and the Missouri Widgets. Clearly, the football Tigers are on...
Kansas City Dead Set On Its Dead-End Development Ways
Last week, the Kansas City Star compared the Kansas City region’s race-to-the-bottom tax incentive competition to economic cannibalism. The newspaper cited a...
Building A Better Streetcar Proposal
I have lodged my complaints for a long time regarding Kansas City’s $100 million trolley proposal. In short, it is yet another unnecessary...
A Free Speech Win In Saint Louis
St. Louis resident Jim Roos, in front of the offending sign. Photo by the Institute for Justice. Good news for...
Tax Credit Sunsets: A Step Toward Reform
Over the last few months, we have worked hard to make the following point crystal clear: Tax credits that are narrowly...
Columbia: The (Subsidized) Silicon Valley of the Midwest?
From an article in the Columbia Daily Tribune: To bring a potential 120 new jobs to Columbia, the state has...
Despite Government’s Encouragement, Rate of Homeownership Remains Steady
The rate of homeownership has not increased to the extent that the author implies in this Post-Dispatch article: After being...
Check Out the Show-Me Institute’s Newest Web Tool in Action!
In an article published today at Kansas Liberty, Holly Smith used Show-Me Institute’s newest web tool, IDEAS: Interactive Database for...
Missouri and the Show-Me Institute Featured in Rich States Poor States
Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Jonathan Williams recently published the third edition of Rich States Poor States: ALEC-Laffer...
Thanks, But No, Thanks, NCAA
Today’s KC Star is reporting on a hearing in Jefferson City in which sporting event promoters are attempting to get...
She Fell In Love With The Drummer
The city of Duluth, Minn., made the band Wilco and its members honorary citizens. Not to be outdone, the city...
