Transparency

State and Local Government

Attorney General’s Office Starts a Curriculum Database of Its Own

When I started the Show-Me Curricula Project, I had no illusion that schools and districts would happily provide their teaching materials to me for publication. That clarity comes from experience; […]

Corporate Welfare

Corruption Allegations: Disappointing but Hardly Surprising

A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. In 1977, the Chicago Sun Times newspaper bought a bar. They didn’t just buy it to serve people […]

Corporate Welfare

Podcast: St. Louis BOA Indictments And The Future Of Tax Subsidies With Patrick Tuohey And David Stokes

Susan Pendergrass is joined by David Stokes and Patrick Tuohey. Patrick Tuohey is co-founder and policy director of the Better Cities Project. He works with taxpayers, media, and policymakers to […]

State and Local Government

Financial Data on Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities

The Tax Burden in Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities report that I published earlier this year displays financial information from Missouri’s most populated cities. To complete this project, I collected Comprehensive […]

State and Local Government

Privacy Is for People, Not Government

Earlier this year, I excoriated a concerning initiative out of the governor’s office that would have brought new barriers to government transparency, including reinstating attorneys’ fees in the document production […]

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State and Local Government

Parents’ Bill of Rights Heads to Senate Vote, But Obstacles Remain

Yesterday I testified before the Senate Education Committee on House Bill (HB) 1858, a parents’ bill of rights that we’ve written about in the past. The bill addresses a number […]

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