For More Affordable Housing We Need More Housing, Period
St. Louis, at least relative to other cities, is not facing a housing affordability crisis. In fact, a 2024 study...
How Can We Serve All Students Well?
Public schools serve all students. This idea leads to one of the most common criticisms of school choice programs—that these...
SMI Podcast: A Playbook for Public Safety with Hannah E. Meyers
On this episode of the podcast, Susan Pendergrass is joined by Hannah E. Meyers. They discuss what cities can do...
Local Wind Farm Project Highlights Electricity Generation Tradeoffs
The cancelation of a wind farm project in Barry County highlights the tradeoffs involved in green energy. The power producer...
Good News on Housing Affordability in Missouri
Forget the Academy Awards, the 16th annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey has just been released! It has some great...
The Myth of “Free” Medicaid Expansion
How do you pull the wool over taxpayers’ eyes in making a financial obligation totaling more than $2 billion disappear...
But How Will They Get to School?
A common point of resistance to school choice programs is figuring out how to make sure that each student has...
The Tax Burden in Kansas City Is High
On Ruckus the other day, panelist Woody Cozad mentioned that taxes in Kansas City are high. He’s right. My colleague...
Tax Reform and Tax Hypocrisy
Conservatives have long argued that taxes matter. Sure, they matter, progressives have countered – if all you care about is...
