A Free-Market Guide for Missouri Cities, Towns, and Villages Part Two: Taxation

David Stokes on Apr 14, 2025

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Accountability in Missouri’s Public Schools

Successful leaders know that while it might feel good to have “yes men” around, they are not the best people […]

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Reputation and Reality Matter in City Governance

When entrepreneurs and job seekers consider where to live or invest, they don’t rely solely on tax rates or housing […]

What Missouri Can Learn from Arizona’s Education System with Sean McCarthy

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Sean McCarthy, Director of Fiscal Policy for the Arizona House of Representatives, about the state’s innovative […]

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Beware the Budget Mirage

When it comes to Missouri’s budget, what you see is not always what you get. Recently, as Missouri’s House of […]

Don’t Throw It Out—Fix It

Missouri currently has a very weak system of accountability for public school districts. Every spring, students take assessments under the […]

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Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater

As part of the dramatic cuts at the U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration’s DOGE program, the entire […]

Charter Schools Are Highly Effective in Missouri

In 2023, the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University released its third National Charter School Study. […]

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Jackson County Property Tax Assessment Update

As part of the ongoing saga of the 2023 Jackson County reassessment debacle, the Missouri State Tax Commission (STC) ordered […]

Tariffs, Trade, and Economic Risk with Dominic Pino

Susan Pendergrass and Dominic Pino, the Thomas L. Rhodes Fellow at the National Review Institute, discuss the current state of […]

Platte County Commission Decision Not to Levy Taxes Upheld in Court

My colleague David Stokes has written a good deal about an effort in Platte County to institute a sales tax […]

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Attitudes on Open Enrollment in Missouri

Missouri families are still waiting for access to open enrollment. The Missouri House recently passed House Bill (HB) 711, but […]

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