Want to Help Science Start-ups? Cut Their Taxes. While We’re At It, Cut Everyone’s.
Last year, I wrote about a Missouri circuit court’s finding that the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act (MOSIRA) —...
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No, A Medicaid Expansion Would Not Be ‘Medicaid Reform’
On Wednesday, the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce held a press conference touting a report...
Could The Tax Credit Bar For A ‘Solid Investment’ Be Any Lower?
Former Missouri Sen. Jeff Smith wrote in an op/ed published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last week that the “conventional...
State Of The State Address: Simply Irresponsible To Propose Medicaid Expansion
It was no surprise that Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon expressed his support for expanding the state’s Medicaid program during his...
Not Nebraska, Too
When thinking of Nebraska, what immediately comes to mind? Some people would say football and some would say corn(husking). Cardinals...
One Lucky Duck
Developer Paul McKee is winning, but is Saint Louis? McKee’s NorthSide Regeneration received $10.5 million in state tax credits at...
And Over In The House
I previously blogged about the Missouri Senate’s stated agenda for the upcoming legislative session that starts in January. Over in...
A Golden Opportunity
Now that there are veto-proof Republican majorities in the state legislature, lawmakers have the opportunity to enact real, substantive changes...
The Most Dangerous Place To Be Right Now: The Sidelines
The election season has — finally — ended, and soon the governing season will begin again in earnest. Although public...
The Thing That Everybody (Apparently) Can Agree On . . .
Last week, the presidential debate took its place among notable sparring contests, perhaps rivaled in anticipation only by Ali-Frazier I. Despite...
The DED Gets Audited . . . Hilarity Does Not Ensue (Part 2)
When the Missouri state auditor’s office released it audit of the Department of Economic Development’s (DED) Division of Business and...
Columbia’s Historic Preservation Study Should Be Understood As PR, Not Policy
Last week, a study presented to the Columbia City Council explored the impact of Missouri’s historic preservation tax credit on the...
On Commissions And The Fountainheads Of Reform
One of the first books I read in my introduction to the liberty movement was Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, the...
Simple Questions: Where Do You Stand On Tax Credits? And What Would You Do About Them?
As the summer has progressed, substantive and thoughtful policy discussions appear to have finally broken back onto the political stage...
Tax Credit Scorecard: The Good, The Bad, And The Downright Sad
The Missouri General Assembly’s 2012 session is over. How did the legislature do? The Good: With most current elected officials...
Adios, MOSIRA?
That is the word on the street. This morning, news broke that a Cole County circuit judge had ruled that...
State of the State: Reasons for Hope . . . But More Reasons for Skepticism
Last night, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivered his annual State of the State address. The speech — part pep talk, part...
Doing the Same Things Over and Over and Over . . .
After a 2011 chock full of tax credit disaster stories, one would think the last thing Missouri politicians would suggest is the creation...
The Gateway City, The ‘Possibility City,’ And Hope For The Future
The guard is changing at Saint Louis’ regional chamber of commerce, the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA)....
Oh Well, It Will Be A Thin Report: The Mamtek Hearings
A Missouri House committee heard testimony Wednesday from the soon-to-be former director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED),...
