Independence

Budget and Spending | REPORT | September 9, 2026

A Free-Market Guide for Missouri Municipalities Part Five: Public Health & Sanitation

By David Stokes | Read Time 36 min

Boats, personal property taxes, Missouri taxes, property taxes

Economy | ARTICLE | June 23, 2026

What If You Eliminated Personal Property Taxes and Nobody Noticed?

By David Stokes | Read Time 4 min

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | March 27, 2026

Why Hand Out Subsidies to Data-Center Developers?

By Avery Frank | Read Time 4 min

Education | ARTICLE | November 25, 2025

Eliminating Missouri’s Income Tax, Subsidies for Gas Stations, and Early Literacy Reform

By David Stokes and 3 more | Episode Length 1 min

Empty classroom, four-day school week, 4dsw, Missouri education policy, school choice

Education | ARTICLE | October 10, 2025

Four-Day School Week Votes and School Choice in Missouri

By Avery Frank | Read Time 4 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | May 5, 2025

“Free” Transit Is Anything But

By David Stokes | Read Time 4 min

Municipal policy, water meter, water privatization, Sugar Creek, Missouri American Water, public services

Economy | ARTICLE | March 7, 2025

The Salad Days in Sugar Creek

By David Stokes | Read Time 2 min

Arrowhead Stadium

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | March 1, 2024

Chiefs Team President Accidentally Speaks Truth

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 1 min

Economy | ARTICLE | September 27, 2023

And Then There Were Three: Blue Springs Joins Jackson County Property Tax Lawsuit Party

By Patrick Ishmael | Read Time 2 min

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