Time Running Out to Protect Telemedicine
One of the few bright spots from the past year was the removal of various barriers that were needlessly restricting...
$17 Million Grocery Store, HB 271 is Signed and Dr. Dre Opens a School
This week on the podcast, Susan Pendergrass, David Stokes and Patrick Ishmael discuss a tax giveaway in Crestwood, a new...
Privatizing Lebanon, Missouri’s Municipal Electric Utility
City officials in Lebanon are considering getting out of the municipal electric business by selling their electric utility or, at...
Let Expired Agricultural Tax Credits Stay That Way
One of the better things to come from the 2021 Missouri legislative session was something that the legislature did NOT...
Yes, We Should Be Concerned About Critical Race Theory
Caroline Cureau was my great-great-grandmother. In 1902, Caroline married Onesiphore Sarafin Manade, my great-great-grandfather, and the couple moved from Louisiana...
Coming up for AIR After COVID
The last year has been a difficult one for Missourians. Our friends and neighbors have not only contended with a...
Jobs, Jobs, and More Jobs
It’s fitting that a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on job openings was released during Missouri’s...
Residential TIF Versus School Districts
The St. Louis TIF Commission approved a second phase of the City Foundry TIF project by a vote of 5...
Missouri’s $17 Million Grocery Store
The Crestwood TIF Commission is considering a proposal to redevelop the land that was once the Crestwood Mall. The plan...
Podcast: Missouri Education Spending, More Corporate Giveaways and Talk of a Special Session on Public Safety
Susan Pendergrass, Patrick Ishmael and David Stokes discuss a new report that claims Missouri ranks 49th in K-12 education funding,...
Better Preparation for a Rainy Day
Imagine opening a savings account so that you can put aside some money in case of an emergency. But when...
How Are We Recovering? (Part 3)
Now that we’ve discussed unemployment insurance (UI) in general and in connection with the Great Recession, it’s time to analyze...
“If You Ain’t First, You’re Last!”
It’s billed as The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, but the Indianapolis 500 isn’t just a sporting event. At its core,...
SMI Podcast: The Session Ends, Mayor Jones Vetoes and KC Makes a $43 Million Change to Police Budget
Susan Pendergrass, Patrick Ishmael and David Stokes discuss the end of the Missouri legislative session, the “pass it now, fix...
Missouri’s Health Facilities Review Committee Shouldn’t Exist
With all the drama of the past year of pandemic policymaking, one of the health care-related policy reforms that didn’t...
Missouri Has A Productive Legislative Session, With More to Come
As the clock ticked down in the last week of Missouri’s regular legislative session, there was growing concern about what...
Missouri Can Take a Lesson From Florida’s Toll Roads
I recently spent time in Florida, which included driving from Miami down to the Florida Keys. Along the way, I...
More Evidence of Failures of CIDs
The two sure things in life are said to be death and taxes. I might add a third (admittedly related...
Remember This: The Charter School Destruction Playbook
Imagine you wanted to open a new restaurant, but in order to do so, every restaurant in a five-mile radius...
Live Event! Media Matters: The Impact of Storytelling on Culture
Join us on Monday, June 14 (Flag Day) for an in-person presentation by Lee Habeeb on The Impact of Storytelling...
