Report: Saint Louis, Kansas City *Not* Among Most Cost-Friendly Cities for Business
Recently, the Post-Dispatch prominently published an article claiming that, “St. Louis is among the top 10 most cost-friendly cities to...
Seattle’s Minimum Wage Experience A Cautionary Tale
When the price of a thing goes up, people buy less of it. We experience this every day when buying...
Pope Francis Is Visiting a Catholic School. Maybe You Should, Too
Today, Pope Francis will visit Our Lady Queen of Angels school in East Harlem in New York City. It will...
The Idea That Would Not Die
Last month I talked with a restaurant owner who told me that a sizeable increase in Saint Louis’ minimum wage...
Bad for Borrowing: Saint Louis Bond Ratings Slip
Recently, Moody’s, a prominent credit rating group, downgraded Saint Louis’s debt rating. While the changes are nothing drastic (and the...
A Canary in the Coal Mine?
Among the primary reasons for opposition to increasing the minimum wage is that doing so will result in job losses....
Kansas City Streetcar Advocates Argue Expensive Streetcar Not Country’s Most Expensive
Recently, an article in the Kansas City Star reported that the cost of the city’s two-mile streetcar line is par...
An Idea for Kansas City Schools: Give Principals Power
Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) is seeking input from parents, school staff, and the community about how it might regain and...
How to Attract Jobs, or at Least Not Repel Them
Public officials in Kansas City and elsewhere are eager to be seen as job creators. Almost every taxpayer-subsidized development project,...
The Overly Optimistic Estimates For The Kansas City Streetcar
The latest plan for the streetcar extension in Kansas City has 7.6 miles of routes at a cost of $472...
The Streetcars Strike Back
Despite their inefficiency and high cost, local planners are attempting to revive the streetcar system in Saint Louis based on...
The Emperor’s New Airport
At a recent Kansas City Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, Aviation Department Director Mark VanLoh walked the committee through a...
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China Law Blog on Mamtek: “[T]here are some lessons to be learned”
Looks like the Mamtek story that Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding wrote about on Friday is already getting some...
Taxes and Sports: The Earnings Tax (Part One in a Series)
This is the first in what will be a series of posts on taxation and professional sports in Missouri written...
Obstructing the Will of the People
Here at Show-Me Daily, we have long documented the efforts of the Missouri Municipal League to prevent this state’s citizens...
The Color of Technology
When I first glanced at the title of Bill Schrier’s latest blog post, “Gray, Not Green, Technology,” I thought he...
’47 Cheval Blanc … to Your Doorstep!
Amazon.com, the world’s largest Internet retailer, recently announced its intention to sell wine through its online marketplace, a venture that...
Gun Buyback Program Provides Seed Money for New Guns
The one-day flowering of peace and safety in St. Louis city has ended, with the city police purchasing 540 guns...
Forced Desegregation Isn’t the Answer, School Choice Is!
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, decided that the Seattle, WA, and Louisville, KY, school assignment plans...
Trains, market gains and monopolies…
Yesterday, my colleague, Sarah Brodsky, posted on the report on Missourinet about MoDOT’s desire to improve Amtrak’s performance in order...
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