State Line Road

Kansas Missouri border, Kansas Missouri border war, border war truce, subsidies

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | June 10, 2026

The Border War Truce’s Predictable (and Predicted) Problem

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

Map of Missouri, Missouri population, population shrinking, Missouri decline

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | May 20, 2025

Border War is Back On!

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Kansas City

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | March 14, 2025

March 26: Insider’s Hour in Kansas City

By Show-Me Institute Staff | Read Time 1 min

Chiefs Super Bowl parade

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | June 26, 2024

The Border War Is Bad Because It Hurts Us

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Hands Grabbing Cash

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | February 19, 2019

Will There Be a Cease-fire in Kansas City’s Economic “Border War”?

By Patrick Ishmael | Read Time 2 min

Economy | ARTICLE | March 10, 2017

A Minimum Wage Increase and the Unintended Consequences for Kansas City

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | October 28, 2016

Creating a Field of Dreams for the American Royal

By Michael Austin | Read Time 4 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | September 6, 2016

A New Agenda for Cities Must Come from Cities

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 4 min

Economy | ARTICLE | June 1, 2015

Kansas City’s Reverse Robin Hood

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

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