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Ask Famous Missourian Bob Barker if the Price Is Right?

Ask Famous Missourian Bob Barker if the Price Is Right?

Mar 19, 2024

Rent.com just released a report on, appropriately enough, rental housing rates in America that is worth some analysis. The report...

Kansas City’s “Source of Income” Housing Rule Is an Abuse of Government Power

Kansas City’s “Source of Income” Housing Rule Is an Abuse of Government Power

Dec 22, 2023

A version of this commentary appeared in the Courier-Tribune. In an attempt to increase the supply of affordable housing in...

Missouri’s Report Card and ESSA Requirements

Missouri’s Report Card and ESSA Requirements

Aug 22, 2019

Event Details:  Missouri has spent more than $6 billion in 2019 on public education. Do we know what we are...

Some Promising Numbers About Millennials in Kansas City. Maybe.

Some Promising Numbers About Millennials in Kansas City. Maybe.

Mar 11, 2019

  William Frey of the Brookings Institution just published a report entitled “How migration of millennials and seniors has shifted...

Minnesota Is Embracing School Choice-Missouri Should, Too

Minnesota Is Embracing School Choice-Missouri Should, Too

Oct 11, 2017

School choice is shaking up Minnesota’s public school system. Either by using the open enrollment system or attending a charter...

Report: Saint Louis, Kansas City *Not* Among Most Cost-Friendly Cities for Business

Report: Saint Louis, Kansas City *Not* Among Most Cost-Friendly Cities for Business

Mar 31, 2016

Recently, the Post-Dispatch prominently published an article claiming that, “St. Louis is among the top 10 most cost-friendly cities to...

Thank Obamacare: Buchanan County, Mo., Tops List For Insurance Rate Hikes On Men

Thank Obamacare: Buchanan County, Mo., Tops List For Insurance Rate Hikes On Men

Jun 18, 2014

Last year, Forbes published a story about how much insurance rates were expected to rise across the country because of Obamacare....

Kansas City: Grabbing the Pension Bull by the Horns?

Kansas City: Grabbing the Pension Bull by the Horns?

Aug 18, 2011

Kansas City has recently begun to confront its future pension crisis.  The issue is captured succinctly in the following quote...

“I Want to Ride My Bicycle / I Want to Ride My Bike / I Want to Ride My Bicycle / I Want to Ride It Where I Like”

“I Want to Ride My Bicycle / I Want to Ride My Bike / I Want to Ride My Bicycle / I Want to Ride It Where I Like”

Sep 28, 2010

Riding My Bicycle, “Trusty Rusty.”Photo Credit: Nicole Harbin I wasn’t aware that Saint Charles was considering banning bicycles, but, thankfully,...

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