“Norwood Hills CC: No Sweat and Plenty of Gain”
Two weeks ago I wrote about Norwood Hills Country Club in Saint Louis, which in 2006 was issued a $1.1...
Episode II: Attack Of The Dome
The Edward Jones Dome saga continues. I previously blogged about this topic and there is a new development. It seems...
100 Days Of Bad Teaching (Or More)
At a Show-Me Institute policy breakfast, Saint Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams noted that it is very difficult to...
Passport Scholarship Program Is Good For School Choice
In 2010, the Missouri Supreme Court held in Turner v. School District of Clayton that state law requires unaccredited school...
Land Banking Is No Miracle
On Wednesday, Julie Porter wrote in the Kansas City Star that a land bank could help return vacant city property...
Is This The Sort Of Development Missourians Expected?
Meet Norwood Hills Country Club. In 2006, the state issued more than $1.1 million in state Historic Preservation tax credits...
Putting Land To Productive Use
In light of the problems Saint Louis faces with respect to land utilization (see my colleague Audrey Spalding’s investigative research...
A Free Speech Win In Saint Louis
St. Louis resident Jim Roos, in front of the offending sign. Photo by the Institute for Justice. Good news for...
NorthSide Development is Complicated, But No Validation of Land Banking
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that the City of Saint Louis will be entering into an agreement to sell...
A Rebirth for Saint Louis? and When “Smart Growth” Isn’t
Saint Louis has been buffeted by some tough economic times over the past few years, but internationally known demographer and...
Why Does Kansas City Need a Land Bank?
The failed Citadel Development in Kansas City. What would such a development spearheaded by a land bank look like? Photo...
Lower Housing Costs, Less Urban Planning, and the Positives of 90 Municipalities in Saint Louis County
The Show-Me Institute is proud to release a new policy study by Wendell Cox, one of America’s foremost demographers and...
Donnybrook: Audrey Spalding Once Again on KETC
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding returned to Saint Louis local roundtable discussion show Donnybrook on February 9, 2012. Among...
Privatization of Parking Meter Collecting was Worthwhile Change for Saint Louis
Saint Louis Alderman Fred Wessels has filed a lawsuit regarding Saint Louis City Treasurer Larry Williams’ privatization of the city’s...
Money Down a Drain: The Millions Spent on Missouri’s No-Show Feb. 7 Election
Missouri lawmakers are feeling embarrassed. And well they should be. The representatives of the Show-Me State were shown up as...
Standstill Part Two?
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding is in Jefferson City today to give testimony about land banks. The state legislature...
Failing State Experiments: Taxing Their Way Into Poverty
Early in the morning of February 8, 2012, Jonathan Williams of the American Legislative and Exchange Council (ALEC) and Joseph...
Is Franklin County Violating The State’s Blaine Amendment?
A recent article on emissourian.com questioned whether a Franklin County program violates the Missouri Constitution. Franklin County has and continues to...
Dough for the Dome
The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission (CVC) just released its proposal (estimated price tag: $124 million, with the St. Louis...
Zombie Bill: Aerotropolis Tax Credit Rises Again
Last week, FOX 2 News in Saint Louis reported that the China Hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport was essentially dead. The...
