Inefficient Bus Service Plagues North Saint Louis County
Metro, which operates public transportation in Saint Louis City and County, has announced that it has nearly completed a brand...
Census Data Does Not Reflect Saint Louis City Claims of Business, Tech Company Growth
Leaders in Saint Louis have touted the city for its efforts to attract new businesses, especially high-tech startups. Square’s decision...
Riverfront Stadium Deal May Be Worse for City than Dome Lease
After significant delay, Missouri and Saint Louis City residents finally have a proposal on how much the public will be...
Keeping the Rams – Lessons from a Nursery Song
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?Yes, sir, yes sir, three bags full. In reading reports of Tuesday’s NFL...
The Urban-Rural Divide in MoDOT Spending
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported on area residents who want to direct more MoDOT funding to urban areas. Specifically, a League...
The Great Race: Taxi v. Uber v. Metro Link
With UberX finally available in Saint Louis, Show-Me Institute staff decided to hold a race to see how the service...
The Risks to the City of the Convention Hotel Gamble
At the City Council's recent business session on the proposed convention hotel, proponents kept repeating that there was no risk to the...
Riverfront Stadium Unlikely to Increase Construction Jobs in Saint Louis
This week, members of the Saint Louis City Board of Alderman announced that they support a public vote on the...
Even Krueger Agrees: $15 Minimum Wage Too High
Alan Krueger, professor of economics at Princeton, has weighed in on the minimum wage debate. Writing in the New York...
Saint Louis Minimum Wage Increase Put on Hold
For those who have seen the James Bond movie Goldfinger, remember when James Bond stops the atom bomb from destroying...
$100 Million Here, $400 Million There-Are We Talking Real Money Yet?
Recently, the Saint Louis Business Journal reported that the Saint Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (CVC) is pushing for a...
Charter School Unionization: An Innovative Approach
Al Shanker, longtime leader of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), was an early cheerleader for public charter schools. Though...
Regionalism for Thee, But Not for Me
In their recent push to keep the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in Saint Louis City, city leadership has argued the...
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...
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...
Preschool: Silver Bullet?
Former St. Louis Mayor Vince Schoemehl recently penned a letter to the St. Louis Business Journal about the benefits of...
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 and Kansas City Enjoy Low Congestion, Commute Times
Recently, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute released a report on mobility in the nation’s urban areas, specifically focusing on congestion....
