NorthSide Trial on Tuesday
Click to Enlarge Interactive NorthSide Map Another round of challenges to the $8.1 billion development of the city of Saint...
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Judge Rules NorthSide Can Move Forward, for Now
Deteriorating house in St. Louis’ north side. SAINT LOUIS — A circuit court judge ruled on Thursday that a contested...
New Plaintiff Joins NorthSide Case
SAINT LOUIS — Another plaintiff (and set of attorneys) has joined the lawsuit filed against the development company that the...
NorthSide Lawyer Says Eminent Domain Needed for Up to 20 Properties
The lawyer for a recently approved redevelopment of 1,500 acres in the city of Saint Louis’ north side says that...
Uneven Playing Fields
As we have written previously, one of the great evils of tax increment financing (TIF) is that it offers special...
NorthSide Project Passes Board of Aldermen
An earlier published version of this story inadvertently misstated the Board of Aldermen’s final vote on the project. That...
Court Hurdles Continue for NorthSide Project
A not-yet-approved $8.1 billion development of the city of Saint Louis’ north side is already facing legal action. Critics of...
Well, We Can’t Let Just Anyone on the KC TIF Commission, Now Can We?
I am definitely with Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser on this one. The Star has the story here. The dispute...
Why the Secrecy?
It took awhile to find in today’s paper, but the Post-Dispatch had a good article about developer Paul McKee’s $8...
Look Here, Please
Tonight at 7 p.m., at Zion Lutheran Church, developer Paul McKee and alderwoman April Ford-Griffin will make a presentation about...
Another Thing to Like About St. Charles County Government
We have praised county government in St. Charles a few times here at the Show-Me Institute. The primary reason is...
Counties, Not Cities, Should Determine TIFs
A 2007 change to state law granting more authority to county tax increment financing (TIF) commissions within the Saint Louis-area,...
Links to Radio Interview This Morning in Springfield
If you have time, you can listen to the full radio interview I did with Vincent David Jericho by scrolling...
Radio Appearance Tomorrow Morning in Springfield
I am excited to be appearing on the Vincent David Jericho show tomorrow morning to discuss my recent writings about...
A Hit Against Your Property Rights
The Missouri Supreme Court handed down a 6-1 decision yesterday in favor of "development" trumping property rights in the matter...
The TIF-fing Point
Sen. Tim Green has passed, apparently, legislation to change the ways Tax Increment Financing is managed in the St. Louis...
The Free-City Project for Missouri
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Columbia Missourian. In 2001, a group of very libertarian-minded activists launched...
Denied Entrance at the Port of Call
It is often said that government taxes and spends like drunken sailors, and that metaphor is particularly appropriate when referring...
KC’s Corporate Welfare: JE Dunn’s HQ Renovation Gets Public Support
Thomas Friestad of the Kansas City Business Journal writes that JE Dunn Construction has secured public incentives through Port KC...
Short-Term Rental Regulation May Again Be Changing in The City of St. Louis
On November 5, residents of the City of St. Louis will have the opportunity to vote on a new tax...
