Media Round-Up for Kansas City Light-Rail Release
The Show-Me Institute’s study on light rail proposals for Kansas City certainly received a good deal of attention yesterday. Many...
New Study Analyzes Light-Rail Proposals for Kansas City
Today, the Show-Me Institute released a new policy study, "Review of Kansas City Transit Plans," by Randal O’Toole. The study...
Property Taxes in the News
The Kansas City Star has an interesting article on why property taxes keep going up despite the downturn in the...
City Manager on Hot Seat in Kansas City
Did you know that Kansas City is one of the largest cities in the United States that has a city...
More on the Internet Harassment Law
The Kansas City Star reports that the first people to be protected by the new law against internet harassment may...
Kansas City Counts on Gambling for Parking, Art, Self-Esteem
Gambling revenue is to government what masturbation is to single 20-somethings — just a reliable thing to fall back on...
The Show-Me Institute Really Is Non-Partisan; Here’s the Proof …
Man, oh man, this is gonna get me in trouble in the circles I run in. But intellectual honesty demands...
High Taxes. Zero Growth. Coincidence?
The Kansas City Star has an article today (link via Combest), on the small town of Farley in Platte County....
A Win for Consumers
Fans of free markets are doing the wave. Starting today, it’s legal in Missouri to sell tickets at prices above...
What Is the Worst Way to Dispose of Extra Budget Money in Jackson County?
The Kansas City Star has an article on the age-old question of what to do with leftover budget money. I...
Design-Build Comes to Kansas City
Later today, MoDOT is going to announce the team to rebuild/replace the historic Paseo Bridge in Kansas City. MoDOT will...
Big School Vote in Kansas City! Will It Come to St. Louis Next?
Voters in the section of the Kansas City school district that lies in the suburbs of Independence and Sugar Creek...
“I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means…”
On Sunday, the Kansas City Star ran a column that misinterprets a recent report published by the Wisconsin Policy Research...
Comments on Comments in KC Prime Buzz
The Kansas City Star’s Prime Buzz online column (link via Combest), which — thank goodness — is free to access...
Liberty Should Consider Privatization, Not Tax Increases for Utilities
Liberty, Mo. (Clay County), is considering raising utility fees, aka taxes, on its citizens as part of its 2008 budget....
All Eyes on the Midwives
Lest anyone thought I had forgotten about the midwives, here’s another update. OK, not exactly an update, because the only...
Revealed Preferences in Voting
The Missouri Ethics Committee announced today that it will delay a decision on how to enforce July’s Supreme Court ruling...
Hannah Montana Tests New Scalping Laws: Some Parents Intimidated by Their 9-Year Olds
Both the Kansas City Star and KSDK – Channel Five in St. Louis are reporting on the difficulty of getting...
Clay County Goes With Tax Option “B”
In order to understand the title, you may need to re-read (or just read for the first time, if you...
Decision Time for Clay County Taxes …
The Clay County Commission meets this afternoon to decide what to do with its property tax rate. One option on...
