Missouri’s Mean Streets
Traffic fatalities in both Kansas City and St. Louis have seen significant increases, drawing concern from local leaders and community...
STL Q Down the Loo
One of my family’s favorite Kansas City events is the Ethnic Enrichment Festival. Representatives of so many different cultures and...
Looking For Bureaucratic Efficiencies in All the Wrong Places
There is a famous joke about the State Department. Whenever a president asks the State Department for options on a...
St. Louis Should Eliminate Its Economic Development Agencies
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. In July 2010, Missouri politicians joined the state’s...
Welfare Reform or Welfare Expansion?
St. Louis City Mayor Tishaura O. Jones wants St. Louis to join a growing list of American cities that have...
Even with an Updated Route, MetroLink Expansion is a Waste
Plenty of federal funds are available after President Biden signed a 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill into law last November, and...
MetroLink Light Rail is MetroWaste
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. Between 2014 and 2019, ridership on St. Louis...
Nevada 911!
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is seeking to improve the city’s troubled 911 response system by consolidating the heretofore separate...
Tax Subsidy Spurious—St. Louis Grift
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is giving me hope with her more disciplined approach to tax subsidies in the City...
The New Mayor Vetoes Two Tax Subsidies
In a welcome development, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones vetoed two newly proposed tax subsidy bills. One is a small...
More on the Earnings Tax
We have written several times about the earnings tax in recent weeks and its detrimental economic effects. On Tuesday, voters...
‘The Cartel’ School Choice Panel Discussion
Some 70 people witnessed a strong argument for school choice at a screening of The Cartel on Jan. 27 at...
The Case for School Choice
In a conversation with Reason.TV, Professor Jay Greene of the University of Arkansas makes the short case for school choice...
Celebrate National School Choice Week With Us on January 27!
Next week is National School Choice Week, when groups around the country will hold events in support of school choice....
