Subsidies

Corporate Welfare

Listen: More Tax Giveaways in St. Louis

David Stokes joined TCT on NewsTalk STL to discuss the current state of tax incentives in St. Louis and some recent development dealmaking.

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Corporate Welfare

Crestwood TIF Update

Dierbergs has withdrawn its request for $17 million in subsidies ($13.5 million via tax-increment financing [TIF] and $3.5 million from a community improvement district [CID]) to redevelop the Crestwood mall […]

Corporate Welfare

A Property Tax Tale of Two Cities

A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It costs money to run cities, and that money comes from taxes. While governments at all levels waste that tax […]

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Corporate Welfare

Wayfair Bill Is Chock Full of Goodies

Gov. Parson just signed SB 153 into law. Most of the attention on the bill will focus on the largest part—online sales tax collections. That is understandable, as that is […]

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Corporate Welfare

Is the City Foundry Just Moving Vegetables Around the Plate?

When you were a kid, did you ever push your vegetables around your plate hoping that the different placement would convince your parents that you’d eaten something? Often, we see […]

Corporate Welfare

The Latest on the Crestwood Mall Redevelopment

On Tuesday, June 29, David Stokes joined The McGraw Show on The Big 550 KTRS to discuss news from Crestwood, Webster Groves, Clayton and more.

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