Missouri assessment practices should contain greater consistency in land valuation.

Missouri assessment practices substantially favor agricultural property over other types of property. Missouri needs to correct some of that disparity.

The so-called “Arch Tax” has little to do with the Gateway Arch. City and county residents should give the proposed sales tax a resounding “no” in the April 2 election.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is wrong when it says that Kansas is going to fall of a fiscal cliff with its pro-growth tax reforms, and that Missouri will do the same if it follows the same path.

With all the talk of a “fiscal cliff,” our New Year’s resolutions for 2013 go out to all Missourians who are worried about the state of our state and the state of our union.

A proposal to reduce the size of the Saint Louis City Board of Aldermen from 28 aldermen and wards to 14 is a good one for several reasons.

Increasing taxes on tobacco products disproportionately harms the poor and does not guarantee improved educational outcomes for Missouri students.

Missouri and Kansas have maintained a steady rivalry for decades, but Kansas' latest tax reforms have changed the competitive landscape between the two states — decidedly in Kansas' favor.

Columbia, Mo., officials are considering increasing the city’s hotel tax from 4 percent to 7 percent to pay for an airport terminal expansion. That would be a poor decision for the city.

A recently approved federal grant allows the costly Loop Trolley project to move forward, despite the lack of evidence that it will benefit the area.

Officials in Kansas have begun promoting their state as a Midwestern tax haven — appealing to entrepreneurs and small businesses in neighboring states, including Missouri.

A proposal being sent to voters in August seeks to eliminate Kansas City’s land tax, but most economists agree that land taxes are advantageous for a city’s revenue stream.

Missouri ranked dead last in the “Great Midwestern Conference” in economic growth from 1997 through 2010. This calls for rethinking long-standing public policies.

The Kansas City Citizens’ Commission on Municipal Revenue’s (CCMR) has made some good and some bad recommendations to change the city’s revenue structure.

A proposal to increase Missouri’s cigarette tax rate by 429 percent could divert both sales and state tax revenue to neighboring states.

The proposed streetcar on Main Street in Kansas City is just the latest big idea in a long-line of irresponsible city projects. Time to pull the cable and get off this crazy train.

Missouri lawmakers have a big challenge in front of them to close a half-billion dollar budget deficit. But that did not stop them from wasting $ 7  million or more on Tuesday’s presidential primary election.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon mentioned the word jobs no fewer than 39 times in his State of the State address. He (and the current occupant of the White House) should take a less-is-more cue from a former U.S. president in thinking and talking about job creation.

MoDOT is considering charging a toll on I-70 in Missouri. This move is a positive change for Missourians, and good economic policy for our state.

Recognizing that the state of Missouri is in a budgetary hole, the Show-Me Institute has prepared a list of five New Year’s resolutions for lawmakers, educators and other public servants.