Under Pressure from SB 5, Charlack May Disband Police Force
For many years, the small north Saint Louis County municipality of Charlack (population 1,366), has relied heavily on traffic fines...
Three Tips for Managing St. Louis Public Schools’ Enrollment Decline
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that enrollment in St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) is down by nearly 1,500 students. This...
Square Coming to Saint Louis City, but Not to Its Property Tax Rolls
Square, a tech company founded by a Saint Louis native, has generated significant fanfare by announcing a new office in...
Saint Louis to Try, Once Again, to Spend its Way to Prosperity
A recent article in the Post-Dispatch reported on the city’s plans to spend more than a billion dollars on a...
Stadium Planners Sweeten the Deal . . . for Billionaires
Recently, the governor’s stadium task force announced a provisional agreement for the naming rights of a proposed riverfront stadium. The...
The Ferguson Commission: A Bridge to Nowhere
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Roman philosopher Cicero once said, “Advice is judged by results, not...
Arch Ground Already Costing Saint Louis More than Promised
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported that Great River Greenways, a regional, taxpayer-funded organization,...
Saint Louis teachers want a raise, and they have a point
On Friday, the Post-Dispatch covered a recent Saint Louis school board meeting where over 100 teachers vociferously argued for a...
Charter Schools Do Serve Students with Special Needs
It’s been nearly two decades since Missouri passed a law allowing public charter schools to operate in St. Louis and...
Property Taxes Will Not Save the Saint Louis Stadium Plan
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported on a study done by Harvard Business School graduates (one of whom is from Chesterfield) on...
Sales Taxes will Not Save the Saint Louis Stadium Plan
This past week, the Post-Dispatch spilled some electronic ink touting a new study authored by a group of Harvard MBA...
Second All-Girls Charter School to Open
This school year, Hawthorn Leadership Academy opened its doors as the first all-girls public charter school in Missouri. Now, the...
Parking Is a Privilege in Saint Louis City
Parking at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport (STL) can get expensive. Depending on...
Zoos, Taxes, and Admissions Charges
A recent editorial in the Post-Dispatch by former Clayton Mayor Ben Uchitelle once again set off a debate on how...
Normandy Students-Still Trapped
The Post-Dispatch published a heart-wrenching story yesterday about a family trapped in the Normandy school district. The Harpers have two...
Why NOT let the public vote?
There is breaking News out of the St. Louis Circuit Court. Judge Thomas Frawley has ruled (http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/no-vote-on-city-money-for-new-nfl-stadium-in/article_51c33b67-9b72-5055-ba56-94cc9e1b46e2.html) that a city...
More Shell Games from Riverfront Stadium Planners
Last week, the Post-Dispatch published an article detailing yet another change to how a riverfront stadium, designed to keep the...
The Metropolitan Taxicab Commission and the Myth of Effective Regulation
We’ve written before about the benefits of ridesharing businesses like Uber and Lyft. However, these companies have been met with...
Be Skeptical of Dome Convention Claims
Recently, the Post-Dispatch published an article on the economic effects of the Edward Jones Dome’s conventions. The Convention and Visitors Commission...
Top Misconceptions About the Riverfront Stadium Plan
As the fight over funding a new riverfront stadium, designed to keep the Rams in Saint Louis, plays out in the...
