The Myth of the Urban Millennial
The debate over what millennials want continues to rage in Kansas City and elsewhere. City leaders are spending gobs of...
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Thoughts on Medicaid, Right to Try, and Paycheck Protection As Legislative Session Wraps Up
Expect things to get a little wild before the legislature finishes its work at 6 p.m. Friday. Here are some...
Show-Me Now! Corporate Welfare In KC
Burns & McDonnell is a Kansas City success story, so why is it asking taxpayers to fund the development of...
Army Of Lobbyists Fails To Deliver
If 17 lobbyists cannot get you what you want, then I do not know what can. At the conclusion of...
Warren County Should Not Institute An Enhanced Enterprise Zone
The dirty little secret that nobody seems to want to recognize, or even attempt to uncover, is that Enhanced Enterprise...
Shrewsburying The Free Market
On Tuesday night, the Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen approved a $15 million tax subsidy for the construction of a new...
David Stokes on KZRG
David Stokes breaks down the Tax Increment Financing District proposal before the City of Joplin. Stokes on KZRG.mp3
Kansas City Citizens’ Commission: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
If you were trying to break a gambling problem, would you want your intervention team to consist of a bunch...
Ms. Harbin Goes to Washington
Today is my last day at the Show-Me Institute. Beginning next month, I will work at the Center for Fiscal...
Gov. Jay Nixon Should Take a Page From California’s Budget
I know, California is usually the last place policy wonks look for sound fiscal policy. But that doesn’t mean that...
Show-Me Institute in the Media
The primary purpose of Show-Me Daily is to facilitate conversation and debate about policy issues in Missouri, from a free-market...
Saint Charles County Grows Without TIFs
Local governments throughout Missouri continue their neverending quest to lure favored businesses and keep the chosen ones they already have...
Blinded by the Blight
George Orwell famously warned about the use of political terminology to obscure meaning, rather than to reveal or enlighten. It’s...
Quality Jobs, Questionable TIFS, and Cameras, Cameras, Cameras
Over at the Columbia Daily Tribune they have a depressing article about the corruption of a bill to expand the...
