No, Kansas City Star, The Legislature Should NOT Expand Medicaid
I guess all of the big battles are the ones that are fought over and over again. In “A good...
Kansas City Streetcar Northern Extension: The Bus With Rails Also Wants Its Own Bridge
Kansas City is proposing to build a wasteful addition onto its as yet unopened streetcar line. As the Kansas City...
New Terminal Already Costing Kansas City Taxpayers
On March 30, the Kansas City Star reported that according to Aviation Department Administrator Mark VanLoh, Building a new terminal would...
Is Texas Gov. Rick Perry Guilty of “Stealing” Missouri Jobs?
As appearing in the Springfield News-Leader on October 23, 2013: If “stealing jobs” were as bad as — and essentially...
How The Kansas City Star Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Streetcar
A recent Kansas City Star editorial trumpets the success of the downtown streetcar and supports planning new routes, even though it...
On Tax Policy And Iocane Powder
Last week, our friend and fellow blogger Dave Helling at the Kansas City Star wrote a critique of my post...
Steve Kraske’s Quality Of Life
In today’s Kansas City Star (last item), Steve Kraske listed our Sept. 17 Kansas City Policy Breakfast, “Is it Time To...
Terminal Financing – Part 3
In the Kansas City Star’s response to the Show-Me Institute’s latest post about the future of Kansas City International Airport...
For A Few Dollars More (Terminal Financing – Part 2)
According to the Kansas City Star, adding $14 to every ticket will have little repercussion on Kansas City International Airport’s...
It Is Hip To Be Square
Kansas City leaders have sacrificed much at the altar of cool. But arguably the coolest thing to happen to the...
Woe Is Me – Kansas City School District
Joe Robertson, of the Kansas City Star, recently had a piece explaining that the property tax levy in the Kansas City...
Don’t Bash Tax Cuts, Then Cite Freightquote And Applebee’s As Missouri ‘Wins’
Last week, Kansas City Week in Review had a fascinating segment about the economics and politics of Missouri Gov. Jay...
Going Pee-Wee: Missouri Dailies ‘Boldly’ ‘Eviscerate’ Tax Cut, Laud Veto
As expected, the Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch have come down in support of the governor’s veto of...
Kansas City’s Power And Flight District
Think voters in Kansas City will get a say on whether the city issues billions in bonds to build a...
Part Five: The Smallness Of The Potentially ‘Hip’ Core
In Part Four, I wrote about how the number of jobs in Saint Louis’ “central core” fell dramatically in the last...
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...
Kansas City Seeks To Extend Health Levy
In 2005, city leaders in Kansas City sought and received a temporary property tax levy to fund health services. Eight...
Trolleys, Trains, And Travails
The past few days have delivered even more sobering news for trolley and train transit in Kansas City. First, we...
Extra Health Levy In Kansas City A(nother) Tax Too Far
Last Tuesday, I was quoted in the Kansas City Star regarding whether Kansas City should renew a temporary health levy...
Soon-To-Be Kansan Company Gets $5 Million to Move A Half Mile
Earlier this year I told you the story of Teva Neuroscience, which announced that it would be moving fewer than...
